Massachusetts

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A local group of donut shops and a local group of bagel places have decided to team up. Based on information from a source, Union Square Donuts has set up shop within the location of The Bagel Table at Boston Landing in Brighton, with an Eater Boston article saying that the collaboration...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will visit a new free drive-through testing site at Suffolk Downs and provide an update on the state’s continuing battle with the coronavirus on Tuesday. He is scheduled to speak at 12:30 p.m. Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders and Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo are also expected to attend. Massachusetts...

People who live in or near some Massachusetts communities at high risk for COVID-19 transmission were getting alerts on their phones Monday afternoon reminding them about coronavirus safety rules. It’s the first time a Wireless Emergency Alert is being sent about the coronavirus in Massachusetts, a Massachusetts COVID-19 Command Center spokesman said. The first of the alerts were going...

10 communities in all received the message reminding people the coronavirus pandemic is not over.

Massachusetts has delayed the resumption of jury trials until early next month. The earliest potential start date for jury trials will be extended to Nov. 9, Trial Court Chief Justice Paula Carey said in a statement last week. The delay comes amid a rising number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 around the state. The Supreme Judicial Court had authorized the…

Despite rising coronavirus case numbers that lifted the city into the high-risk category on Massachusetts’ coronavirus hot spot map, Weymouth Public Schools is pushing forward with its hybrid learning plan. But that decision is being met with some skepticism. “If things change and things got worse, I would consider” fully remote learning, said parent Colleen Conners, who has two children…

School districts across Massachusetts have to look at coronavirus numbers on their own and then make their own decisions on whether to move to remote learning.

Boston University’s applications are up 20% compared to last year.

A harassment order against a Boston activist accused of leaving hypodermic needles at Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s home in Swampscott earlier this month was upheld in Lynn District court Monday. The needles were part of a protest about drug use in the area of Boston known as “Methadone Mile,” and Domingos DaRosa said he and his group were only...

Monthly payments of up to $400 will be sent to nearly 2,000 families starting in November.

The second man has not yet been arrested.

A Massachusetts woman charged with assaulting a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran out supporting President Donald Trump in Douglas over the weekend faced a judge on Monday. Kiara Dudley, 34, of Douglas, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault and battery on a person of 60 during her arraignment in Uxbridge District Court. She was released on $250 bail. It was…

A Massachusetts woman faced a judge Monday for the alleged assault of a Vietnam veteran who was out supporting President Donald Trump over the weekend.

With the number of infections once again climbing at a rapid rate, infectious disease experts warn the “darkest days” of the pandemic may still be ahead.

A bomb threat was called in to an assisted living facility in Hingham, Massachusetts, Monday, prompting an hourslong search of the grounds while residents sheltered in place, police said. The all-clear was given at the Linden Ponds Senior Residential Complex over four hours after the the threat arrived by phone, according to Hingham police. No one was injured. No explosive…

Massachusetts reported 827 new confirmed coronavirus cases Monday and an additional 15 deaths. There have now been 9,532 confirmed deaths and 141,474 cases, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive, on average, remains at 1.2%, according to the report. The total number of coronavirus deaths in the daily COVID-19 report, however,…

Boston Water and Sewer Commission crews worked Monday morning to repair a water main break in downtown Boston that shut down a part of Interstate 93 near the O’Neill Tunnel. Crews started working late Sunday night to contain the break, which flooded Summer and High streets near South Station. The water impacted several services and closed Exit 20A on I-93…

Service has been restored in a Boston neighborhood after a water main burst overnight.

Massachusetts officially surpassed 140,000 coronavirus cases on Sunday, with 744 cases and 14 new deaths reported. Combined with Saturday’s 550 cases, that represents nearly 1,300 new cases of COVID-19 in the state in one weekend alone. The 3-day average of hospitalized patients has also increased, from between 300 and 400 for most of September to over 500 for the past…

Exit renumbering began Sunday night in Massachusetts, and it will start on Route 140 between New Bedford and Taunton. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is changing the exit numbers on highways from the current sequential numbers to a mileage-based system, the state secretary of transportation reported to the DOT Board last month. “One of the reasons it was put in…