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There were 229 Mass. communities deemed high risk for COVID-19 in January. Now there are zero Amanda Kaufman © Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff At the height of the winter surge in Massachusetts, 229 of the state’s 351 cities and towns were considered high risk for the spread of COVID-19. Months later, none of the communities in the Commonwealth merit high-risk designation. The state’s latest report marks a decrease from last week, when Tisbury was the lone community considered ...

COVID-19 updates: Mass. positive test rate continues to fall, new case numbers drop Monday Boston25News.com Staff >> 12 deaths, 812 new cases The state’s seven-day weighted average of positive molecular tests for coronavirus continued to drop to 1.72% on Monday, the state’s Department of Public Health reported. That’s down from 1.74% on Sunday. © Provided by WFXT Boston The DPH reported that 12 more people in the state have died while having confirmed cases of COVID-19,...

Active COVID cases drop by nearly 1,000 Friday as Massachusetts reports 1,452 new infections, 13 deaths Updated Apr 23, 2021; Active COVID cases decline further on Friday, from 31,215 on Thursday to 30,262, according to the latest data from the Department of Public Health. State health officials confirmed another 1,452 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. That’s based on 92,115 new molecular tests, according to the Department of Public Health. Officials also announced another 13 COVID-related fatal...

There are now 48 Massachusetts communities at ‘high risk’ for COVID spread; See if you live in one of them Updated Apr 22, 2021; The number of Massachusetts cities and towns at “high risk” for the spread of coronavirus declined for the second straight week, according to the latest Department of Public Health data. There are now 48 communities at high risk. Last week, the number of cities and towns at high risk was 59. Here is a breakdown of the cities and towns at high risk by county: ...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Enterprise Bancorp, Inc. Announces First Quarter Financial Results Enterprise Bancorp IncApril 22, 2021 GMT LOWELL, Mass., April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enterprise Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBTC), parent of Enterprise Bank, announced net income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 of $10.4 million, or $0.86 per diluted common share, compared to $4.0 million, or $0.34 per diluted common shar...

Woburn Police Department Pelham Police Department Subscribe According to the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, millions of people every year misuse prescription pain relievers, stimulants, tranquilizers and sedatives. Nearly 50,000 people in the United States died from opioid-involved overdoses that year. The survey also showed that a majority of misused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from a homes medicine cabinet. The last drug take-back event was he...

There were 26,717 new COVID-19 cases reported over the last two weeks, which is down from the 27,379 confirmed over the prior two-week period as viral activity shows signs it may be plateauing again. The number of cities and towns at “high risk” for COVID spread also declined this week. Last week, there were 77 communities with the highest risk designation. This week, that total dropped to 59 ...

See how many COVID cases there are in each Massachusetts community as of April 8 MassLive.com 7 hrs ago © Greg Saulmon | gsaulmon@repub.co/Greg Saulmon / The Republican Source: Massachusetts Department of Public Health Massachusetts reported another 27,379 COVID-19 cases over the last two-week period, up from 24,984 reported the prior 14 days, according to the latest data from the Department of Public Health. Percent positivity also rose over the last 14 days, from 2.36% the prior two week...

Updated: 11:00 PM EDT Apr 7, 2021 Two Massachusetts men are facing multiple charges in connection with a regional crime spree that spanned 10 communities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, according to authorities.The arrests of 28-year-old Gabriel Estuardo Rojas, of Methuen, and 24-year-old Manuel Jose Lopez, of Lawrence, come as a result of a 15-month investigation conducted by multiple law enforcement agencies.On Dec. 12, 2019, police responded to a daytime burglary that was happe...

BOSTON — House lawmakers made clear to the Baker administration Thursday that they want more information about how the discretionary portion of $71 billion in one-time aid thats already come to Massachusetts has been spent and want to have greater say around how another $40 billion in federal stimulus money thats on the way will be spent. After ceding some of its power through the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic as the governor flexed his executive authority around public health, the...