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Outdoor Dining Coming to Rhode Island
In Rhode Island, restaurants will be able to reopen as early as Monday, May 18 with outdoor dining. According to the Block…
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Cape Cod Unemployment Rate Reaches 28 Percent
The unemployment rate in Massachusetts is high as a result of the coronavirus emergency, but it is worst on Cape Cod and…
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Vermont Says Anyone Who Wants Coronavirus Test Can Have One
In Vermont, anyone who wants to get a coronavirus test will be able to have that opportunity — even if they do not…
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Pastors Who Want Churches Opened Feeling Sandbagged By Massachusetts Governor
Leaders of a movement seeking to re-open churches in Massachusetts say they're disappointed they weren't invited to…
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Catholics Plan Gathering At Cathedral To Ask Archbishop To Open Churches
Boston-area Catholics frustrated with the lack of Mass and confession are planning to gather outside the cathedral this weekend to call…
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NYC Commute For Connecticut Residents Could Be A Thing Of The Past
For Connecticut residents, a commute to New York City could soon be obsolete, the state's governor says. Connecticut Governor Ned…
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Worcester Pastor Sues, Asks Judge To Overturn Governor’s Order
The Worcester pastor who has held five church services for more people than the limit set by the governor is asking a…
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Dan Koh Says No To 2020 Congressional Bid in Lowell-Centered District
This won't be the year that Dan Koh runs for Congress again. The Andover selectman and former aide to Boston…
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Some Getting Antsy About Massachusetts Governor’s Slow Rollout of Coronavirus Re-Opening
The governor should give business owners information about reopening much sooner than administration officials are currently planning, a spokesman for the Massachusetts…
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Public Buildings May Get Permanent Barriers To Protect City Workers From Contagion in Worcester
People visiting offices at city hall in Worcester might be greeted by permanent physical barriers between them and employees sometime in the…
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Murder Hornets Could Survive in Some Parts of New England, Biologist Says
Giant hornets capable of killing a human being that recently showed up in Washington state from Asia could survive in some parts…
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No More Basketball? Massachusetts Governor Describes New World Order in Age of Coronavirus
Authorized basketball is a thing of the past at the moment, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker isn't sure when it…
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Providence Journal Ends Editorials
Rhode Island's biggest newspaper has decided to end editorials. Instead, writes Alan Rosenberg, executive editor of The Providence Journal, the…
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Vermont Scolds Are Shaming Mask-Less Vermonters on Social Media
Self-appointed informants have taken to social media to try to shame people they see not wearing a mask in public in…
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Time To Let Us Go, Governor, Cape Rally-Goers Say
Under mostly sunny skies, through a stiff wind at 57 degrees, about 40 people rallied at the Bourne Rotary to re-open…
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Rhode Island Talk Show Host Writes Coronavirus-Sendup Song
Rhode Island talk show host John DePetro has published a video of a song he wrote poking fun at the coronavirus experience…
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Churches Are Not To Re-Open in Phase One, Rhode Island Governor Says
Retail shops the state considers non-essential were allowed to re-open for business in Rhode Island on Saturday, May 9, but…
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Unemployment Checks Leading Some People To Say No To Employers Who Want To Re-Open
Some people whose unemployment checks are higher than their normal paychecks are telling employers who want to re-open that they don&…
