Where to get a COVID-19 test
p>Health officials in Boston and other communities are urging anyone who recently attended a large turnout Black Lives Matters protests to get tested for COVID-19.Fortunately, Massachusetts has dramatically increased testing capacity with a network of nearly 300 testing sites. A new interactive map provides an easy way to locate a COVID-19 test site.
Rental Assistance-Mayor’s Update April 24, 2020
While Mayor Fuller’s updates are welcomed, sometimes she includes upcoming policies that have not been fleshed out which leads constituents to ask questions of their councilors who don’t yet have the answers. When the above happens, as it did with the...Your safe and sane things to do, COVID-19 edition
In a world where the list of things we can’t do is getting longer every day (and for good reason!), let’s provide our community with a list of safe things we can do. Specifically, use the comments to describe some positive and compliant things you’ve...And no play dates, either
Please read this most recent article by Asaf Bitton at Ariadne Labs here in Boston. He offers an informed opinion in a time of uncertainty. I’d rather follow his advice and hope that it is not necessary than not follow it and discover he was right. Excerpt: No...
Wait, this is me now!
Sorry if this comes across as too personal, but I’m offering it as a general statement on behalf my generation and also (perhaps) to help you “young’ns” understand how some of us might be feeling when we strongly encourage people in Newton to...
Do it for each other
We spend a lot of time on this forum having discussions and making arguments about how to be good citizens and good neighbors. The COVID-19 virus gives us all another chance to demonstrate our commitment to one another and the broader community. This has nothing to...We’ll try to fit it into the day
I’d like to make clear that this post is not a criticism: It’s more a story about the complications and cross-currents in our lives that arise from the COVID-19 virus. A Newton parent related the following story. Concerned about the virus, she’s been...