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Reply 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 si...

UpdatedTue, Dec 15, 2020 at 6:45 pm ET Reply 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 a...

UpdatedWed, Dec 16, 2020 at 2:39 pm ET Reply 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...

UpdatedFri, Dec 11, 2020 at 11:03 am ET Reply 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. Subscribe Until the state changed its fo...

UpdatedFri, Dec 11, 2020 at 9:59 am ET Reply(1) 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 unti...