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coronavirus
COVID-19 STREAMS: MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND A SONG FOR WORKERS
“We have no touring expenses like gas, hotels, childcare, our bandmates and our crew, which make it extremely challenging to come home with any profit.”
THE WAY WE WERE: CORONAVIRUS THEN AND NOW (MARCH 15 VS. APRIL 15)
That was nearly a week before the first Mass resident, an octogenarian veteran from Winthrop, was declared the first coronavirus-related death in the state. To put it mildly, a lot has changed.
SIGN “MIT HARVARD PETITION” DEMANDING BETTER SOLUTIONS FOR CAMBRIDGE HOMELESS DURING PANDEMIC
Editor's note: The following petition was drafted by Cambridge City Councilor Quinton Zondervan and is reprinted here in the public interest. Read "Cambridge Plan to Warehouse Homeless Could Spark COVID Outbreak" by DigBoston's Jason Pramas for more background.
MASS CANNABIS ADVOCATES ASK AG TO GUIDE BAKER’S DISPENSARY DECISION
“We are asking these bodies to step up and ask the attorney general for an opinion that will officially settle the question of whether the governor has the authority to restrict retail cannabis sales to Massachusetts residents.”
STATUS REPORT: INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON, 4/12/20
On the status of the Boston area's major independent film festival during the COVID-19 pandemic.
EVEN MORE REMOTE SPOTS CLOSE TO BOSTON FOR SOCIALLY DISTANT HIKING
A burned-out town in the middle of nowhere, beautiful conservation lands, and a piece of Watertown in … Weymouth?
We’ve been told over and over again over the past few weeks that if you’re going to get out for some exercise, it’s best to stay away from crowds of people as well as overflowing parking lots. This is good advice, as we are now in the heart of the pandemic and ...
PHOTOS: MASS AVE TO THE BU BRIDGE THROUGH KENMORE DURING COVID-19
Since we hope and assume that most of you aren't crisscrossing the region blight-seeing, we asked Derek Kouyoumjian to share some of his photos from out in the wild.
LUNCHTIME COMIX COVID-19 SPECIAL: THE NEW NORMAL (PARTS 1-3)
"Wow, you changed your pants. Big day at the office?"
NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 4.10.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE
Grocery store workers face fears, coronavirus, and union busting