Telegram & Gazette Staff
WORCESTER Nearly three months after 800 nurses at St. Vincent Hospital walked off the job over staffing concerns, a delegation of federal and state lawmakers sent the hospital’s owner, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Executive Chairman and CEO Ronald Rittenmeyer, a sharply worded letter regarding the company’s decision to permanently replace striking nurses.
Led by U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, and U.S. Reps. James McGovern and Lori Trahan, the letter was signed by 28 other local officials and state leaders, including State Sen. President Emerita Harriette Chandler, Worcester Mayor Joseph M. Petty and the City Council.
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No.3 Gin debuts 500ml bottle 7th May, 2021 by Nicola Carruthers
Berry Bros & Rudd has launched its No.3 London Dry Gin in a new 500ml bottle across the UK and Europe.
The new 500ml bottle size allows consumers to “trade up at less of a risk”
The new bottle comes in the same hexagonal design as the 700ml format.
Berry Bros & Rudd unveiled a new bottle design for No.3 Gin, along with a new campaign, titled The Art of Perfection, in 2019. The new bottle was designed by Stranger & Stranger.
The family-owned firm decided to release the new 500ml size to meet consumer demand for a smaller bottle due to changes in consumption habits.
The Call for Making Public Transit Free Continues
In this May 17, 2005, file photo, former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation John Cogliano shows a CharlieTicket, an automated fare card, at Airport Station in Boston.
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In a surprising move, the Worcester Regional Transit Authority last week voted to end its year-long experiment with free bus service.
The program began as a one-year pilot last March offering free bus service on all its routes. Members cast their votes without giving a reason, but cost may have been a factor. The one-year trial cost the city $2 million in lost revenue. But one board member was upset. Gary Rosen said with more than $ 40 million in federal COVID-19 relief money coming to the city, the board should continue the fare-free pilot for another year.
WESTBOROUGH If you ve ever stopped in for a drink at the DoubleTree Hilton Westborough, you may recognize the bar when you check in this time for your COVID-19 vaccination.
In the hotel s restaurant, instead of dining, there are now 11 vaccination stations. Once vaccinated, people walk from the restaurant to a ballroom where they are observed for 15 minutes before they leave.
On Friday, state legislators visited the DoubleTree, a regional collaborative vaccination site that has administered more than 4,000 doses since opening on April 14.
The MetroWest-Westborough regional site at 5400 Computer Drive is a collaboration between the towns of Ashland, Boylston, Holliston, Hopkinton, Northborough, Southborough and Westborough.