70% COVID vaccination rate may be in reach, new poll suggests
People are getting that growing sense of comfort and reassurance that ‘people like me’ are getting vaccinated. Evelyn Urbaez makes a selfie while receiving a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Spc. Ismaela Rodriguez of the Massachusetts Army National Guard at the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center vaccine clinic in Boston last month. Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
A new poll suggests the United States could be on track to vaccinate at least 70% of the adult population against COVID-19 by this summer.
In the latest survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 62% of respondents said they had received at least one dose of a vaccine, up from 56% in April. At the same time, about a third of those categorized as “wait and see” reported that they had already made vaccine appointments or planned to do so imminently.
BOSTON In a case it called “challenging” and “sad,” the First Circuit
upheld the dismissal of a man’s claims that the Massachusetts Army National Guard negligently fired military artillery close to him while he walked through Boston Common, allegedly causing him to suffer permanent hearing damage.
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The red outline on this map of Camp Edwards shows where the Army National Guard is proposing an eight-lane machine gun range. The surface danger zone, where projectiles could land, is highlighted in pink.
A tense meeting over a proposal build a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod ended tonight with the vast majority voicing their opposition to the project.
The virtual three-hour town hall, attended by more than 200 people, served as the first open conversation the Massachusetts Army National Guard has held since outcry over the project began in August.
“I don’t think you understand the impact that this will have across the entire Cape,” said Elizabeth Harder, Harwich delegate to the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates. “No one’s against soldiers; nobody’s against training, but this is just not the right place for it.”
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Beverly Ward 3 City Council candidate Richard Tabbut: The city needs leaders to look at our challenges from the perspective of an experienced small business financial manager. I plan to work as a team player to face the challenges facing our great city. (Richard Tabbut Campaign)
The following is a declaration of candidacy from Beverly City Council candidate Richard Tabbut to Patch:
I am excited to announce my candidacy for Beverly Ward 3 City Council. This is the first time I have run for election to a public office.
The city needs leaders to look at our challenges from the perspective of an experienced small business financial manager. I plan to work as a team player to face the challenges facing our great city.
Edgar Bowser, man who killed Shrewsbury Police Officer James Lonchiadis in 1975, dies in prison hospital 3 months after being granted medical parole
Updated May 10, 2021;
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Edgar Bowser, the man who killed Shrewsbury Police Officer James Lonchiadis nearly 50 years ago, died in a prison hospital last week, roughly three months after he was granted medical parole by the state.
The 61-year-old man had metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, a rare throat cancer, and his condition took a turn for the worse when he contracted coronavirus late last year, according to his attorney, Rebecca Rose.
“His lungs never recovered from COVID,” she said.
He died last Friday night in a correctional unit at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, according to the Somerville-based attorney. The facility provides health care to inmates from more than two dozen state and county prison facilities across Massachusetts.