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On Monday, much of Massachusetts begins Step 2 of Phase 3 of the state’s re-opening plan for the coronavirus pandemic.

Effective Monday, lower-risk communities in Massachusetts will be able to move to Step 2 of Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan, which allows indoor and outdoor recreation businesses to reopen, expands the size of outdoor gatherings at event venues to 100 people and allows indoor and outdoor performance venues to open up to 50% capacity.

Gov. Charlie Baker says the Shared Streets and Spaces program, which launched in June as a way to provide funds to local communities to expand sidewalks, curbs, streets, on-street parking spaces and off-street parking lots, could become part of the “permanent architecture” with respect to how businesses operate.

As Mass. residents anticipate the continuation of the state’s reopening, Gov. Charlie Baker talks about progress in the Commonwealth.

Businesses like martial arts studios, gyms, yoga and dance centers, as well as arts and music classes, are among those able to reopen Tuesday.

Details on whether Somerville will officially be able to move into phase three of reopening next week amid the coronavirus pandemic will be announced Monday.

The school committee in Newton, Massachusetts has voted in favor of a reopening plan under which younger students will start the academic year using a hybrid model while older students will do so remotely. Under the plan, students in grades 6 through 12 will start the school year under a fully-remote system; while pre-kindergarten through grade-5 students will have a…

With classes scheduled to start in just a few weeks, teachers in Sharon, Massachusetts are pushing back against the decision to open with a hybrid model. “Usually I’m anxious about the start of school in a normal year, but I never anticipated the level of uncertainty that I face this year, so my anxiety is really through the roof,”...

Teachers in Sharon, Massachusetts, are refusing to teach from classrooms, citing safety concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Sharon School Committee recently voted to adopt a hybrid learning model and is slated to meet again Wednesday.

Northeastern University students will be tested for COVID-19 every three days and workers will be tested twice a week throughout the semester as part of the schools efforts to prevent outbreaks. Additionally, students will have to test negative three times when they move back on campus before they can start attending classes on Sept. 3. The university is also launching…

As part of Northeastern University’s efforts to prevent outbreaks of the novel coronavirus, students will be tested for COVID-19 every three days and workers will be tested twice a week.

Northeastern University students will be tested for COVID-19 every three days and workers will be tested twice a week throughout the semester in an attempt to prevent outbreaks.

Methuen Public School officials have decided to push back the start of the school year and adopt a staggered reopening schedule in an effort to avoid coronavirus outbreaks. The school committee voted to have some students start school in September and others in October under a hybrid learning model during a meeting Monday night. People who are considered high risk…

Methuen Public School officials decided to push back the start of the school year and adopt a hybrid learning model during a School Committee meeting Monday night.

Students at Massachusetts schools from kindergarten up to universities, as well as children at least 6 months old in day care, must get the flu vaccine by the end of the year if they’re around others, health officials said Wednesday.

Teachers demanding action from Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to safely reopen schools rallied at the state house and across the Commonwealth Wednesday. Organized by their unions, they called on Baker to “take action in support of safe and healthy public schools and colleges,” in a push for adequate HVAC systems and rapid coronavirus testing for K-12 schools. “We don’t...

Teachers rallied outside the Massachusetts State House, calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to improve safety plans for when school reopens.

The Massachusetts Teachers Association is holding a socially distant stand out with the American Federation of Teachers and Boston Teachers Union outside the State House Wednesday, calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to “take action in support of safe and healthy public schools and colleges.”

Sports guidelines must be approved by board of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association and could change throughout the year, according to an announcement from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shared by the MIAA. The MIAA’s board of directors will meet Wednesday to review the recommendations.

A Boston City Councilor is urging local universities to switch to remote learning for the upcoming fall semester, saying an influx of students moving into the Allston and Brighton neighborhoods could accelerate the spread of the coronavirus. In a letter sent to the presidents of Boston College and Boston University, Elizabeth Breadon said many of those moving into off-campus housing…