Emptying the Nest. Again.
Many young adults moved back in with their parents during the pandemic. Now the parents are facing a second exodus.
Credit.Rose Wong
May 14, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
When Kristine Mestaz’s son, Jeremy Cunningham, now 20, moved to Arizona for college, she was sad but supportive and grew accustomed to his absence. Then the pandemic happened and her nest was refilled: He returned home to Auburn, Calif., in March 2020 for spring break, but didn’t leave, as his school, Arizona State University, went online.
“I have loved every minute of it,” Ms. Mestaz said. She taught Jeremy, who is her only child, how to cook; they went on daily walks, watched movies and discussed world events. Now, after more than a year at home, he’s heading back to Arizona at the end of May to begin an internship. Though she knows her son needs to move on with his life, Ms. Mestaz said she is already missing him. “I know I have to be an empty nester again. I know he has to be on h
WORCESTER After a week-long hold and some additional wrangling Wednesday night, the City Council voted to support a resolution calling for the state to allow the city to act on its own to require all new construction in the city move away from fossil fuels.
The council also Wednesday officially started the fiscal 2022 annual budget process by sending City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. s proposed $733 million fiscal 2022 budget and the annual capital budget to committee.
The resolution asks the state to commit to swift building decarbonization by allowing municipal action, including the adoption of a net-zero energy stretch code designed to move toward renewable energy sources, primarily electricity.
‘This is where the future is’: Opening day at Polar Park offers perspective of the true value WooSox bring to Worcester
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Edward Augustus Jr. walked out a pair of glass doors Tuesday that separate the NESN broadcast booth from the crowds of people in the DCU Club at Polar Park.
When the Worcester City Manager left his spot on the television broadcast of the Worcester Red Sox’s first game at their new ballpark, a group of people near the booth cheered him.
The impromptu reaction by residents of Worcester followed Augustus throughout the new ballpark.
By Callum Borchers, WBUR Reporter
May 13, 2021
Callum Borchers, WBUR Reporter
After being shut out of sports arenas for a year, Boston sports fans are shelling out huge sums to watch the Red Sox, Bruins, and Celtics play in person.
Pent-up demand and limited supply are driving ticket prices to record highs, even with capacity limits at Fenway Park and TD Garden set to double Monday to 25 percent.
Average resale prices for the Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins are in the $350 range this season about $200 more than when fans were last allowed through the turnstiles prior to the pandemic, according to TicketIQ, a firm that monitors prices.
POST Commission
The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission is charged with creating a mandatory certification process for police officers, as well as processes for decertification, suspension of certification, or reprimand in the event of certain misconduct.
About us
The POST Commission was established as part of the criminal justice reform enacted in Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2020. By establishing the Commission, the Commonwealth is taking an important step to improve public safety and increase trust between members of law enforcement and the communities they serve.
About the Commissioners
Appointees of the Governor
The Honorable Judge Margaret R. Hinkle (Ret.) served from 1993 until 2011 as a Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, and will serve as Chair of the POST Commission. Since her retirement in 2011, Judge Hinkle has worked as an alternative dispute resolution professional for JAMS, a private alternative dis