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DANVERS — A wayward shipment of about 9,500 gowns intended to protect Northeast Arc and 15 other organizations' workers and their clients during the coronavirus pandemic has been found stuck in customs.
Tim Brown, Northeast Arc's director of innovation and strategy, said 6,000 gowns were shipped out Tuesday "and are on the road." Another 3,500 gowns were still in customs, he said.
The gowns were purchased from a promotional marketing company in China.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — Things have been slow at the Port of New Bedford.
The fishing industry is hurting since restaurants have been shut down. Local fisherman estimate nearly 70% of seafood consumed in the country is done so in restaurants.
“We’re probably scaled down at this point about half of where we would be historically from a head-count perspective,” explained Keith Decker, president and CEO of Blue Harvest Fisheries in New Bedford.
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SALEM, Mass. — Today, Representatives Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to support nonprofits in the next round of coronavirus disaster relief. More than 140 Members of Congress and a large group of the nation’s leading national nonprofits joined them in the call to action.
Massachusetts (April 29, 2020) – Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representatives William Keating (MA-09) and Seth Moulton (MA-06) called for the immediate release of federal guidance for how fishery participants can access the designated $300 million in disaster assistance funding included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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Two military all-stars have joined retired four-star Gen. Stanley McChrystal to help Boston Mayor Marty Walsh steer the city and quickly address daily issues popping up during the coronavirus outbreak.
Legendary CIA operative Greg Vogle — who saved Afghan politician and Taliban resistor Hamid Karzai in 2001 — and Lt. Gen. John R. Vines have joined the twice-daily phone calls with Walsh’s administration as part of the McChrystal Group’s two-month, nearly $500,000 contract. Walsh hired the group in late March.
SALEM, Mass. — Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) has asked the members of the National Defense Industry Association’s members to supply the nation’s defense workers with personal protective equipment so they can safely carry out their essential work supporting the nation’s defense.