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A high school in Burlington, Massachusetts is moving class online Monday as officials deal with an outbreak of coronavirus cases, according to the district’s superintendent. In an email to families and staff Sunday, Superintendent Eric Conti said the district will switch to remote learning through April 12, citing 10 cases of COVID-19 in the past week. At least 130 Burlington…

In an email to families and staff Sunday, Superintendent Eric Conti said the district will switch to remote learning through April 12, citing 10 cases of COVID-19 in the past week. At least 130 Burlington High School students are now in quarantine.

In an email to families and staff Sunday, Superintendent Eric Conti the district will switch to remote learning through April 12, citing 10 cases of COVID-19 in the past week. At least 130 Burlington High School students are now in quarantine.

St. Patrick Parish in Stoneham, Massachusetts, has canceled Easter masses amid a coronavirus outbreak among staff and clergy, according to the pastor. Four office staff and one deacon have tested positive, according to Father Mario Orrigo, the pastor at St. Patrick, who explained that the numbers have grown since Monday. “I don’t want the parish to become an area...

Ahead of Easter, a church in Stoneham is canceling its services for 10 days due to an outbreak of coronavirus.

Swampscott High School is going fully remote for the next two weeks in what district officials are calling the “largest outbreak of COVID cases,” the Massachusetts town has seen throughout the entire pandemic. About 100 high school students and parents have either tested positive for COVID-19 or were in close contact with somebody who did, according to town officials. “These…

With Swampscott High School in remote learning for the next two weeks due to an outbreak, mobile coronavirus testing is underway.

A coronavirus cluster is causing Swampscott High School to go remote.

Officials are urging anyone who attended a wrestling tournament in Hampton, New Hampshire, earlier this month to get tested for COVID-19 after multiple cases were linked to the event. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services determined there were “potential community exposures” at the King of the Mat Wrestling Tournament, held on Saturday, March 6, at the RIM…

Anyone who went to the King of the Mat Wrestling Tournament on March 6 may have been exposed to COVID-19 and should get tested, New Hampshire health officials said.

The town of Amherst will keep in place capacity limits and a business curfew, both of which were set to loosen on Monday, as part of efforts to contain a COVID-19 outbreak at its flagship University of Massachusetts campus. The Amherst Board of Health extended the 25% capacity ceiling and the 9:30 p.m. closing time for many industries indefinitely in…

Six residents have died in the past week at an assisted living facility in Andover, Massachusetts, officials confirmed. At Atria Marland Place, 50 residents and 21 employees have tested positive since Oct. 27 — a total of 71 cases. “Our thoughts are with their families during this difficult time,” Regional Vice President Kymberly Codair said in a statement. “At Atria…

Six residents have died in the past week at an assisted living facility in Andover, officials confirmed. At Atria Marland Place, 50 residents and 21 employees have tested positive since Oct. 27 – a total of 71 cases.

As coronavirus cases increase in Worcester and across Massachusetts, students at Assumption University are being told to shelter in place.

Families who lost loved ones during the coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home testified before state lawmakers Tuesday. The beleaguered veterans’ care center has been the subject of several major investigations after the site became of one of the nation’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks at a long-term care facility. At least 76 veterans living at the home who tested positive…

Emotions ran high as family members took the stand speaking to a special committee investigating one of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks in the state.

As coronavirus cases continue to spike across Massachusetts and the country, it raises an important question — are we going to see shortages of toilet paper and other grocery store staples like we did during the spring surge? Probably not, at least according to area grocery store chains. This time around, they said they’re ready for another round of shutdowns…

Families who lost loved ones during the coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home will share their stories during an 11 a.m. hearing Tuesday morning as part of an investigation being conducted by a special committee of Massachusetts legislators.

With coronavirus cases on the rise in Massachusetts, food manufacturers and distributors appear to have suffered a higher number of COVID-19 outbreaks in recent weeks than other types of businesses, according to state records obtained by the Business Journal through a public records request. For some of the largest COVID-19 workplace clusters, the outbreak does not seem to have been…

Winter sports likely won’t start until after Thanksgiving at schools in Vermont as officials push back the release of related guidelines. Since most winter sports are held indoors, the considerations are “more complex” and “more problematic” than fall sports, Vermont Education Secretary Daniel French said Friday. Therefore officials are now pushing back their release of the guidelines, initially scheduled...