Rioters storm the U.S. Capitol Wednesday following a rally with President Donald Trump.
College and university leaders across the country responded to the violent chaos at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday using unusually strong terms for higher education leaders. Many college presidents said they were saddened and frightened by the sight of supporters of President Donald Trump storming the U.S. Capitol and condemned the rioters’ actions on Twitter and in statements or emails to students and employees. I want to be clear: the storming of the Capitol complex is not merely a brazen act by a relatively small group of instigators. It is the direct result of a campaign to sow mistrust in our democracy and to overturn an election that was by all reasonable accounts conducted freely and fairly, Vincent Price, president of Duke University in Durham, N.C., said in an email to the campus. These events are made all the more shameful by their futility they are based on falsehoods and conspira
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Some area towns see sharp spike in COVID-19 cases
As of Thursday, statistics from the state Department of Public Health indicate a significant jump in COVID-19 cases in Franklin County. Courtesy graphic/Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts
Published: 12/11/2020 4:37:10 PM
The number of COVID-19-positive cases in Greenfield is “significantly rising,” according Greenfield Interim Health Director Jennifer Hoffman.
Mayor Roxann Wedegartner said she was told by Hoffman that the Health Department is investigating “more than 100 people” who might have been exposed and might or might not have COVID-19.
“This is an unusual spike for the city,” Wedegartner said. “It falls on the heels of Thanksgiving.”