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First Parish Church in Weston There will be no Sunday morning worship services at First Parish in July. We look forward to resuming services on Sunday, Aug. 1, at 10:30 a.m. During the week, our Knitters & Stitchers group will meet in person at the church on Monday at noon. Our Wednesday morning meditation group continues to meet virtually at 8:30 a.m. For more information, visit FirstParishWeston.org or call 781-893-7798. Bnai Torah Join Congregation B’nai Torah for Shabbat on the Beach o...

Companies pay — sometimes a lot — to be judged on a range of categories, some relate directly to COVID but others have little obvious link.

A company sees the pandemic as an opportunity to push its ‘Well’ seal. It would like the indoor wellness logo to become as ubiquitous as the LEED green building halo — and make a profit, too.

Screenshot/YouTubeBy Michael McAuliff | KHNViewers could be excused for thinking Robert De Niro was just being a good fella in an ad promoting safe buildings amid the COVID pandemic, along with the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga and Michael B. Jordan.They would be wrong.De Niro and the other A-list celebs are backing something called the Well Health-Safety seal, offered by the International Well Building Institute. The organization, a for-profit subsidiary of a real estate service company ca...

Robert De Niro and the other A-list celebs are backing something called the Well Health-Safety seal, offered by the International Well Building Institute. The organization, a for-profit subsidiary of a decade-old real estate service company called Delos, is piggybacking on post-pandemic anxiety to profit by popularizing its healthy building certification program.