ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH
Half of all nursing homes in Massachusetts are understaffed
Plymouth Harborside Healthcare is among nursing homes out of compliance with 5-year-old staffing standards enacted to improve care, a New Bedford Light investigation found.
Latest Environment News
It’s the heat and the humidity, to the extreme
With a warning in effect until Saturday evening, cooling centers have opened across town, but four ponds are off limits due to bacteria blooms.
A.D. Makepeace accused of illegal sand mining
A Boston environmental group announces it will sue to restore wetlands. The company calls the allegations ‘baseless.’
Hospital expansion leads to $3.6 million in ‘Community Health’ grants
First wave to benefit isolated older people, kids with mental issues, and grief-stricken families.
Power restored, roads open
Students are set to resume classes Monday as residents begin return to normal.
TOWN DIGS OUT
No fatalities reported yet, but there were a record number of emergency calls during the blizzard.
Thousands remain without power days after storm
Eversource crews working to restore service, road clearing continues, schools to stay closed all week.
Blizzard blitz aftermath: Power outages, drifts, impassable roads
The town is in cleanup mode, but many Eversource customers are still without power. Schools, municipal buildings remain closed.
Plymouth takes worst of blizzard
Second major storm tests town resources, many people remain without power.
Ban on potent nicotine pouches takes effect April 1
The Plymouth Board of Health voted unanimously to take products with more than 6 milligrams off shelves.
Blizzard bears down on Plymouth
With up to two feet of heavy snow and high winds expected, officials declare emergency, announce closings, parking ban.
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