Every winter, a who’s who of the Central Mass. business community puts on their finest and gathers – typically, at Mechanics Hall in Worcester – to celebrate and support UMass Memorial Health Care.
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MCGOVERN Q&A: THE RIGHT THING IS TO IMPEACH Rep. Jim McGovern, chair of the House Rules Committee, will have a key role when the House
begins impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, which will likely happen this week. I spoke with McGovern on Sunday about his experience when the mob stormed the Capitol last week, and his thoughts on the final days of the Trump administration. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
Worcester launches COVID vaccination hub for first responders at senior center with 288 doses expected on first day
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
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Dr. Michael Hirsh had difficulty sleeping Sunday night. Worcester’s medical director and UMass Memorial Health Care’s director of trauma services and surgeon-in-chief of the Children’s Medical Center felt the excitement of Monday morning when the city began administering COVID vaccines to first responders in Worcester.
He elevated Monday ahead of the day when he received the vaccine.
“There’s a lot of people who are going to have immunity, which is great,” Hirsh said.
Masks covered the faces of Worcester Police Chief Steve Sargent and Fire Chief Michael Lavoie but joy permeated from their expressions as each became the first first responders in the city to receive Moderna’s vaccine.
On Jan. 6, Nathan Nickerson III, owner of Arnold’s Lobster & Clam Bar in Eastham, attended the pro-Trump rally in Washington, D.C. He marched to the Capitol as a violent mob sieged the government building, leaving five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer. He called into a conservative radio program to describe his experience.
And then he apologized.
In a now-deleted post published to the Eastham Community Space Facebook page on Jan. 6, Nickerson detailed his attendance and remorse for participating in what he thought was going to be “a peaceful protest.”
“I would like my friends in Eastham [to] know I was at the Trump rally in Washington D.C. today to support Donald Trump for President,” Nickerson wrote. “I am not particularly fond of him personally but I am extremely worried about the direction the country is heading in. I thought it was a peaceful protest until I learned that some idiots got into the Capitol Building and Lord knows what they did. I also j