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Some weekend commuter rail service was restored under a revised MBTA proposal for service cuts to make up for low ridership during the coronavirus pandemic. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)
SALEM, MA The MBTA apparently listened as local and state officials, T workers and the riding public decried proposed massive cuts to service proposed to make up for lost ridership due to the coronavirus health crisis at recent public forums.
Yet, while the extent and lengths of the cuts were ultimately reduced in some cases in the Fiscal Management Control Board s final recommendation, they will still be significant for North Shore residents who rely on traveling the commuter rail at off-peak hours and who utilize certain bus lines through Salem.
UpdatedTue, Dec 15, 2020 at 6:45 pm ET
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With up to eight inches of snow predicted for Thursday, Danvers students could be facing a remote learning day instead of a traditional snow day. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)
DANVERS, MA A pile of snow predicted for Thursday won t necessarily mean a day off for Danvers Public Schools students. With Danvers Schools switching to remote learning as of Thursday due to rising coronavirus and staffing concerns, the district will keep all students in a remote learning day in place of a traditional snow day should this week s storm warrant school closures across the state. We provided an update at the school committee (Monday) night and will provide remote instruction on snow days, Danvers Superintendent of Schools Lisa Dana told Patch. We also updated our school calendar back in September to reflect this change.
UpdatedWed, Dec 16, 2020 at 2:39 pm ET
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Some Beverly Hospital staff could receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as soon as Wednesday, according to Beth Israel Lahey Health. (Shutterstock)
BEVERLY, MA The first coronavirus vaccine could be available to front line staff at Beverly Hospital as early as Wednesday, according to Beth Israel Lahey Health.
The health care system that runs Beverly Hospital said in a statement to Patch it expects to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the next day or two and is planning to begin staff vaccinations the next day. A multi-disciplinary BILH Vaccine Command Team has developed a highly coordinated, systematic plan and a consistent set of criteria for administrating the vaccine to our staff and ultimately, our patients over the next several months, said Richard Nesto, Chief Medical Officer and Incident Commander, Beth Israel Lahey Health. This team has been working with our local teams at Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals.
UpdatedFri, Dec 11, 2020 at 11:03 am ET
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While Beverly s coronavirus case count rose in the latest state report the city remained below the threshold for being considered at high risk for community spread. (Shutterstock)
BEVERLY, MA Beverly coronavirus cases are once again on the rise, according to this week s state report.
While the city recorded more than 100 more new positive tests over a 14-day span compared to last week s report, Beverly did remain below the state s new threshold for being considered at high risk for community spread.
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Until the state changed its formula one month ago, any community with greater than 8.0 cases per 100,000 people was considered high risk.
UpdatedFri, Dec 11, 2020 at 9:59 am ET
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Coronavirus cases in Danvers surged once again over the past week as the town enters the state s high risk category for community spread. (Shutterstock)
DANVERS, MA The coronavirus case level in Danvers surged sharply once again in the past week, according to state data, as the town entered the state s high risk category for community spread.
Danvers recorded 315 positive cases over the past 14 days, compared to 177 cases in the same span leading up to Dec. 3. The town s cases per 100,000 residents the sole metric the state used until last month to determine whether cities and towns could move forward in reopening jumped from 44.3 cases per 100,000 to 68.27 cases per 100,000.