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Non-vaccinated individuals are advised to continue wearing face masks and to continue distancing in most settings. The advisory will also recommend fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear a face covering or social distance indoors or outdoors except for in certain situations.
Updated face covering advisory for unvaccinated residents
Face coverings will still be required for all individuals on public and private transportation (including rideshares, livery, taxi, ferries, MBTA, Commuter Rail and transportation stations), healthcare facilities and providers, congregate care settings and health and rehabilitative day services.
Face coverings will also remain required indoors for staff and students of K-12 schools and early education providers.
Updated on May 25, 2021 at 3:34 pm
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Gov. Charlie Baker announced last week that Massachusetts will rescind the state s current mask order effective Saturday, May 29, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Non-vaccinated individuals are advised to continue wearing face masks and to continue distancing in most settings. The advisory will also recommend fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear a face covering or social distance indoors or outdoors except for in certain situations.
Updated face covering advisory for unvaccinated residents
Media Contact for Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles Announces Placard Abuse Prevention Week
Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles Announces Placard Abuse Prevention Week
BOSTON - The Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is announcing that Placard Abuse Prevention Week, a yearly public service campaign that seeks to bring attention and awareness to the misuse of disability parking placards is taking place this week from, Monday, May 3, 2021, through Friday, May 7, 2021. The RMV along with the members of the Massachusetts Disability Placard Abuse Task Force developed Placard Abuse Prevention Week to highlight the seriousness of this issue and use educational messaging and outreach to inform members of the public about stringent penalties for usage of fraudulent credentials.
Recalling when the magic happened at Presto Records
Short-lived but celebrated Boston label is reissuing its catalog on digital platforms
By James Sullivan Globe correspondent,Updated April 29, 2021, 2:14 p.m.
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Presto Records founder Chris PorterHayley Young
For more than two decades, Lowell native Chris Porter has made the West Coast his home. He moved to Seattle in the late 1990s to work for the production company behind that cityâs annual music and arts festival, Bumbershoot. A few years ago, he took over the role of talent buyer for San Franciscoâs Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, a huge free annual festival in Golden Gate Park.