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May 5, 2020

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.


May 4, 2020

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.


May 4, 2020
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May 1, 2020
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April 29, 2020

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.


April 29, 2020

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.


April 27, 2020
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We work with specially-designated congressional liaisons to get answers. We can't fix every problem, but we can help explain how federal policies apply to you, what options are available, and ensure that you are treated fairly according to U.S. law.

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April 24, 2020

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.


April 23, 2020
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Two months in, we’re starting to hit what experts are calling the “surge,” which is hopefully the peak of the cases we will see, with an eventual plateau and then decline. In other words, what we are doing is working. We are starting to reap the benefits of nearly two months of social distancing, shared sacrifice, and the heroic efforts of frontline workers.

April 22, 2020

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.