The last time the rules changes in Massachusetts was a month ago when large venues like Fenway Park were permitted to open at 12 percent capacity, and most businesses are still restricted to 50 percent capacity and no more than 500 people. Baker said he usually likes to wait two to three weeks before taking the next step forward, and has been monitoring the health data to make sure whatever comes next doesn t create a bounce in the wrong direction.
Though daily case and test counts remain higher than many other states, Baker said the rate of hospitalization in Massachusetts is lower than any state on the eastern seaboard to Florida and across the Midwest to Minnesota.
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This billboard is part of Pittsfield s COVID-19 awareness campaign, Bring Back the Joys of Life. Now two weeks in, the campaign asks everyone to take care of their community during the coronavirus pandemic. City of Pittsfield image
PITTSFIELD â Mayor Linda Tyer reports that the city s vaccination effort is going well and that the community s response to Pittsfield s COVID-19 awareness campaign, Bring Back the Joys of Life, has been welcoming.
Now two weeks in, the campaign asks everyone to take care of their community during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Bring Back the Joys of Life billboard messages and ads are clear and aspirational, says Pittsfield Mayor Linda Tyer, depicting the better times that we all recall: smiling, unmasked faces of people enjoying one anotherâs company, theaters, downtown celebrations. No one should be doing this right now, notes Tyer, but it is what we want to get back to.
Massachusetts municipal leaders ask statehouse for small business relief
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and more than 50 Massachusetts municipal leaders called on statehouse leadership on Dec. 18 to provide immediate relief for small businesses struggling during the COVID-19 health crisis.
The coalition of 53 officials representing cities and towns throughout Massachusetts signed a letter urging the state legislature to help small businesses bridge the gap toward an equitable recovery. The call comes after several communities, including the city of Boston, temporarily returned to earlier stages of the commonwealth’s reopening plan during the week of Dec. 14, amidst rising COVID-19 cases and lower hospital capacity.
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December 19, 2020
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, together with more than 50 Massachusetts municipal leaders, is calling on State House leadership to provide immediate relief for small businesses struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. The coalition of 53 officials representing cities and towns throughout Massachusetts signed a letter urging the Legislature to help small businesses bridge the gap toward an equitable recovery. The call comes after several communities, including the City of Boston, temporarily returned to earlier stages of the Commonwealth s reopening plan this week, amid rising COVID cases and worsening hospital capacity.
Subscribe Boston along with other cities and towns across the state continue to find new and creative ways to support our small businesses, which have faced unprecedented challenges this year, but we need our state and federal partners to leverage all the tools at their disposal to further our local efforts, said Mayor Walsh. As municipal
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