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Springfield, MA
News
Covid-
19: See How Your Town Is Planning To Reopen Schools
With the Friday, Aug. 14, deadline to submit final school reopening plans looming large over many Massachusetts School Committees, a dozen or so districts in Western Massachusetts and Worcester County have figured it out. Faced with COVID-19 challenges, school districts are, mostly, choosing among three plans: remote education, in-class education, or a hybrid of in-class and remote learning. Districts also need to consider when the first day of school will be; Massachusetts is allowing schools to choose when to start - with Sept. 16 being the latest date possible. Typically, Massachusetts s…
Springfield, MA
News
Covid-
19: Where Are The Hot Spots? Town Infection Rates, Trends - Hampden County, Aug.
Chicopee’s positive COVID-19 test rate continued to climb this week as most Hampden County communities see declines or are holding steady, according to the most recent information from the Baker Administration. In Springfield, the 14-day COVID-19 positive test rate is down significantly from a high of 3.4 percent in the city in mid-June. The most recent test rate was 2.7 percent. In Massachusetts, the goal is that by December the state will have less than 5 percent of COVID-19 tests come back positive. On Friday, Aug. 5, Gov. Charlie Baker reported the state’s 7-day positive test rate was a…
Springfield, MA
Business
Town-by-Town: 350 Employee
Covid-
19 Complaints Filed Against WMass, Worcester Co.s
Massachusetts has received hundreds of employee complaints alleging their workplaces are not meeting state safety and compensation standards during COVID-19. In March, the Massachusetts Attorney General started tracking worker complaints related to COVID-19. As of Friday, Aug. 7, Massachusetts workers had filed about 350 complaints against employers. The most heavily represented industry on the list is hospitals/nursing homes - over 50 complaints. The most common complaint was the nonpayment of wages. Of the complaints, 38 said they were retaliated against for coming forward with a grievan…
Springfield, MA
News
Covid-
19: Baystate Outbreak Grows As New Measures Created to Stop The Spread
A break-tent is going up on the Baystate Medical Center's lawn today, Wednesday, July 29, as more patients and staff fall victim to the COVID-19 outbreak at the hospital. The tent will allow employees to take socially distanced meal breaks. The number of people who have contracted COVID-19 at Baystate in Springfield has risen from 36 on July 27 to 40 on July 28 - that’s four more new cases. There are 26 staff members who are infected with COVID-19 and 14 patients, said Baystate President and CEO Dr. Mark Keroack. Of the patients, seven are being treated in the hospital and seven are out-p…
Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
Reward Offered For Info Leading To Cause of Raging Russell Paper Mill Fire
A $5,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can provide information that helps lead to who set the Strathmore Paper Mill fire in June. State and local police and fire officials have been investigating the cause of the blaze since it erupted like a volcano, Friday, June 19, at 34 Valley View Ave. The fire tore through the empty, sprawling mill complex, requiring the work of 120 emergency personnel to extinguish. A month later, the mill still smells like smoke. The Arson Watch Reward Program is offering $5,000 to anyone who can provide information that will lead to the cause of the myster…
Springfield, MA
News
Covid-
19 Outbreak At Baystate Health Has Infected More Than 30 People
An outbreak of COVID-19 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield has left 23 employees and 13 patients infected. The outbreak was found in a non-COVID-19-related unit. The outbreak is likely related to an employee returning to work after visiting another state where COVID-19 is surging, said Baystate Health President and CEO Dr. Mark Keroack at Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno's daily press conference, Monday, July 27. Some staff members were also found to have taken off their masks while together in breakrooms. "There's no guarantee that this virus cannot spread even when precau…
Springfield, MA
News
Covid-
19, Where Are The Hot Spots? Town-by-town Infection Rates And Trends - Hampden County
Positive tests for COVID-19 continue to stay under 2 percent in Massachusetts. Massachusetts' seven-day positive test rate for COVID-19 has been below 2 percent since the beginning of July. On Friday, Gov. Charlie Baker said the positive rate for the past seven days is 1.7 percent. Meanwhile, in Hampden County Russell has the highest rate of positive COVID-19 tests countywide over the past 14 days, followed by Agawam, Monson, and West Springfield. The state economy is now in Phase 3 of a four-phase reopening plan. The fourth phase - which would see the reopening of business such as …
Brentwood, NY
News
Recall Issued For Meat, Poultry Products Shipped To Long Island Targets
A wholesale grocer is recalling an undetermined amount of popular meat and poultry products that were shipped to a pair of Target locations on Long Island due to concerns they may contain Staphylococcus aureus, Shiga-toxin producing E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella. Westfield, Massachusetts-based C&S Wholesale Grocers announced it is recalling ready-to-eat and not-ready-to-eat meat and poultry products due to temperature abuse during transport, which may have resulted in the growth of spoilage organisms or pathogens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Touchdown
! Rapper Post Malone's Diverted Teterboro Flight Lands Safely At Stewart Airport In NY
After spending nearly 5 hours in the air burning fuel, a jet that blew two tires after taking off from Teterboro carrying rapper Post Malone and 15 other people Tuesday morning landed safely at New York's Stewart Airport in Orange County around 3:50 p.m. A fleet of ambulances and other responders -- including an AirMed One medical chopper from Hackensack University Medical Center -- were lined up on the tarmac but weren't needed as the plane touched down safely. The London-bound Gulfstream IV blew its two left front tires after takeoff from Teterboro around 10:40 a.m. The pilot originally …
Armonk, NY
Business
Did You Buy It? Beef Jerky Recall Issued
A national recall has been announced for more than a thousand pounds of a popular beef jerky product that may contain known allergens. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Whip City Jerky, a Westfield, Mass. company, is recalling 1,391 pounds of products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen. Officials said that the jerky contains milk, which is not declared on the product label. The contaminated products were produced between Dec. 18 last year and Jan. 31. The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 00948M”…
