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Popular NJ supermarket will stop selling cigarettes
🚬 A popular grocery chain will stop selling tobacco products permanently. 🚬 The goal is to help customers and staff make better health choices. As of Aug. 31, Stop & Shop will stop selling all cigarettes and tobacco products at its 360 stores. The grocery chain announced it...
Massachusetts health officials report second case of potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts health officials on Thursday announced a second confirmed case of the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus in the state. A second case of the virus in a horse was also confirmed. The human case is a woman in her 30s. Both were exposed in the...
Steward has "definitive agreements" to sell 3 hospitals in Mass.
BOSTON - Steward Health Care said Thursday it has "definitive agreements" to sell three of its hospitals in Massachusetts, as Gov. Maura Healey says the state is closer to being rid of the bankrupt company "once and for all."Rhode Island-based Lifespan has filed an asset purchase agreement to buy Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River and Morton Hospital in Taunton. Lawrence General Hospital is set to buy the Holy Family hospital campuses in Methuen and Haverhill. "As Steward continues to progress through the ongoing Chapter 11 proceedings, we are thrilled to have identified such qualified acquirers for hospitals in the Commonwealth...
Opioid recovery center opening up in Ludlow
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - This Saturday marks International Overdose Awareness, and on Thursday, the town of Ludlow got a new resource to fight the opioid epidemic: a new treatment center to help those dealing with an addiction or issue. Those dealing with opioid addiction, experienced an overdose, or were at...
AAA expects heavy traffic for Labor Day weekend
LUDLOW, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - With Labor Day weekend right around the corner, groups like AAA and TSA report this to be the busiest travel weekend on record. When we spoke, many travelers expressed their anticipation for traffic over the holiday weekend, but that they have yet to see large amounts of traffic.
Problem Gambling May Be on the Rise Among Monthly Gamblers in Massachusetts, Online Surveys Suggest
In the latest of three online gambling surveys conducted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, monthly gamblers in Massachusetts reported an increase in gambling intensity and gambling harms. In addition, their attitudes toward gambling have grown more negative. The online surveys – conducted in 2014, 2022 and 2023 – can’t...
Field of purple flags remembers Massachusetts lives lost to overdoses
WORCESTER, Mass. - The 2,125 purple flags at UMass Memorial Health represent each life lost to an opioid-related overdose in Massachusetts in 2023. The annual event is about honoring the story behind every single flag and raising awareness. “One of those flags a few years ago was for my son,”...
Here’s What To Expect For The First Snowfall In Massachusetts
Winter is a fact of life here in Massachusetts. I know we're still in the month of August but I'm already hearing people how they can't wait for Fall and some say they can't wait for Winter. Honestly, summer is my most favorite season because I enjoy being outdoors comfortably without freezing my rear-end off.
Protesters want Healey to save 2 hospitals days before they close
BOSTON - A rally was held at the Massachusetts State House Wednesday to try and save two Steward Health Care hospitals from closing this weekend."Very simply, people will die"The two hospitals, Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, are set to close Saturday, Aug. 31."Very simply, people will die," said one protester who joined nurses, doctors, community members, public officials and others at the rally."In Nashoba, it's going to be a half hour drive that they're going to have to take to get to an emergency room and that's not acceptable," said Lyn Newkirk, a volunteer...
Massachusetts strikes down a 67-year-old switchblade ban, cites landmark Supreme Court gun decision
Residents of Massachusetts are now free to arm themselves with switchblades after a 67-year-old restriction was struck down following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 landmark decision on gun rights and the Second Amendment. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision on Tuesday applied new guidance from the Bruen decision, which declared that citizens have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. The Supreme Judicial Court concluded that switchblades aren’t deserving of special restrictions under the Second Amendment. “Nothing about the physical qualities of switchblades suggests they are uniquely dangerous,” Justice Serge Georges Jr. wrote. It leaves only a handful of states with switchblade bans on the books.
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