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Former Wynn executive unveils plans for 21-story tower in Everett, featuring a rooftop restaurant
Building would offer diners panoramic views of the Boston skyline
By Jon Chesto Globe Staff,Updated March 2, 2021, 6:15 p.m.
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Nick and Nico Varano have plans to run a restaurant at the top of a 21-story apartment building planned for Everett. Here is an artist s rendering of what the views of the Boston skyline would look like.Image by 1068Renders
John Tocco helped build the tallest tower in Everett, Wynnâs Encore Boston Harbor casino, as head of community affairs and government relations at the casino. Now, Tocco is taking that experience and applying it to what would be the second tallest tower in the city â a planned 21-story apartment building in an industrial area near the Chelsea line.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker toured a pooled COVID-19 testing program during a visit to the Nock-Molin Middle School in Newburyport.Nicolaus Czarnecki / Pool
President Biden urged state officials Tuesday to give school employees priority access to COVID-19 vaccinations, setting a goal that all educators receive a shot by monthâs end.
Bidenâs directive drew immediate praise from teachers and Democratic leaders who had urged Governor Charlie Baker to move educators to the front of the line. But it raised concerns that doing so could delay distribution for other groups given limited vaccine supply.
âVaccinating educators is important,â said Colin Killick, executive director of the Malden-based Disability Policy Consortium. âWhat weâre focused on is that Massachusetts is behind more than 25 other states in the level of priority it is giving to people with disabilities. Thatâs what needs to be corrected.â
Vaccines are being distributed, financial savings have brought pent-up demand, and federal stimulus aid has totaled the equivalent of roughly 17% of the American economy with potentially far more still to come.
That s enough for Michelle Meyer, a managing director and head of U.S. economics for Bank of America Global Research, to find optimism in the nation s economy after the coronavirus pandemic ends. Gross domestic product had rebounded to three-quarters of its pre-pandemic levels, Meyer said, and unemployment, though still high, is closer to pre-pandemic levels than its peak last summer. The good news is that we ve gotten out of that hole faster than many, many thought, said Meyer, a keynote speaker for the Worcester Business Journal s annual Economic Forecast Forum, held online Thursday in partnership with the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Applications for pandemic aid are being rejected at a high rate, leaving small businesses in the lurch
Both state and federal programs are rejecting higher numbers of applicants as officials rush to fix paperwork issues.
By Shirley Leung and Janelle Nanos Globe Columnist and Globe Staff,Updated February 10, 2021, 6:27 p.m.
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Doug Bacon applied for the state grants in October, but so far has received funds to support just one of his eight restaurants.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
Thousands of hard-hit small businesses are once again having trouble accessing millions of dollars in pandemic aid from the state and federal governments, as they fight for survival while a second wave of virus infections continues to undermine the economy.