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A handful of residents gathered outside of Billerica Town Hall to protest the recent mask mandate announced by the district at the end of July.

States scale back virus reporting just as cases surge OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several states scaled back their reporting of COVID-19 statistics this month just as cases across the country started to skyrocket, depriving the public of real-time information on outbreaks, cases, hospitalizations and deaths in their communities. The shift to weekly instead of daily reporting in Florida, Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota marked a notable shift during a pandemic in which coronavirus dashboards have become a staple for Americans closely tracking case counts and trends to navigate a crisis that has kil...

increase font size Groups urge Maine to protect last wild Atlantic salmon in U.S. A coalition of environmental groups and scientists say the fish could be afforded more protections if they were added to Maine's list of endangered and threatened species. By PATRICK WHITTLEAssociated Press Share a 4-year-old Atlantic salmon is held at the National Fish Hatchery in Nashua, N.H., in April 2012. Jim Cole/Associated Press Maine is home to the last wild Atlantic salmon populations in the U.S., but a new push to protect the fish at the state level is unlikely to land them on the endangered list.

States scale back virus reporting just as cases surge OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several states scaled back their reporting of COVID-19 statistics this month just as cases across the country started to skyrocket, depriving the public of real-time information on outbreaks, cases, hospitalizations and deaths in their communities. The shift to weekly instead of daily reporting in Florida, Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota marked a notable shift during a pandemic in which coronavirus dashboards have become a staple for Americans closely tracking case counts and trends to navigate a crisis that has kil...

Wilson says the first major problem is the puddles of water in the park, on the sand where the old baseball diamond was. With the standing water being there dogs urinate in it, and drink it, which can cause infections and contamination. Oswald Sawh, with the Thompson Humane Society, says after talks with John Burrows, the director of recreation, parks and culture, that the city is aware of the problem. “[John Burrows] said that the city has committed to building a mound to make sure there is no more large areas of water.” Wilson noted that it would be nice to have some type of water fe...