Physical abuse cases last year ticked up, compared with what The Dolphin House Child Advocacy Center typically sees. Ordinarily, the about 75 to 80% of the center’s caseload entails sexual
There were plenty of nervous eyes on the sky Friday night, as bolts of purple lighting zipped through the deep gray sky and a cold wind blew heavy rain almost
Hidden Oaks K-8 School, just west of Boynton Beach, has a lot to brag about this year, jumping up two letter grades since 2019, the largest gain in the entire School District of Palm Beach County.
COVID UPDATE:
On April 23, the Marblehead total case count = 1,306; 23 active cases; 31 total deaths. The average daily incidence rate was 15.8/100,000, a slight increase over 4/16, and the percentage positive tests was 1.73%, also a slight increase. He noted that the part of the explanation for the latter was that the governor’s travel order had changed to an advisory, and now the number of tests had declined from 3,000s over the previous 2 weeks to 2605 over the next time period. With fewer tests but the same number of positives, the percentage would go up.
Statewide the number of cases continues to trend downward. The age distribution of the cases is: 8, 0-19; 3, 20-29; 2, 30-39; 6, 40-49; 10,50-59; 5, 60-69; 1, 70-79; and 3, > 80. Many of the new infections are in the lower age groups as older age groups are getting vaccinated. (As of April 16, all > 16 years old are eligible for vaccination.)
League of Women Voters, Marblehead
Observation reports are submitted by Marblehead League of Women Voters members who have attended meetings of various town boards and commissions. Observers are solely responsible for accuracy of the information. Complete reports can be found on the MLWV website at http://lwvmarblehead.org.
Marblehead Board of Health
League Observer: Thomas Krueger
Members in attendance via Zoom: Andrew Petty, Todd Belf-Becker, secretary Andrea Flaxer, Michelle Gottlieb and Helaine Hazlett
COVID-19 UPDATE:
• COVID-19 Order No. 59: The order restricts all nonessential person to person (PTP) contact outside the home. This is in response to the large increases in cases (as of Dec. 22: 65.1/100,000; average daily 4073 [vs. 1837 on Nov. 8]) and hospitalizations (doubling from 986 to 1991 from Thanksgiving to now).