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Cape Cod Chronicle
Orleans May Regulate Landscaping, Leaf blower Noise
ORLEANS – The town could be working its way toward an all-out commercial ban on the use of gas-powered leaf blowers, but not likely until the spring. A proposed bylaw that would regulate hours for commercial landscaping work in town and ban companies from using gas leaf blowers was discussed last week among the articles slated for the Nov. 16 special town meeting. But select board members said Sept. 23 that the bylaw is unlikely to be ready to go before voters until next May.
WHAV
Former Holy Family Hospitals Show Improved Profitability in Report
Hospitals Financials Improved Ahead of ‘Most Disruptive Wave’. The former Holy Family Hospital and its new parent, Merrimack Health, showed improved profitability during the last fiscal year. It was among a majority of Massachusetts hospitals that boosted their profitability, but a trade group offered a cautionary note this week...
CBS News
Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses schedule another strike
nbcboston.com
Brigham and Women's nurses set date for potential open-ended strike
Months after holding the largest health care worker strike in Massachusetts, nurses from Brigham and Women’s Hospital are set to go on an open-ended strike starting Oct. 14, their union announced Friday. Among 4,000 unionized nurses with the hospital, 2,986 voted last week to authorize an open-ended strike, with...
beckershospitalreview.com
Mass General Brigham targets heat, air quality risks to patients
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has formally launched The Cooperative, an initiative building healthcarewide models to protect patients from extreme heat and poor air quality. The health system unveiled the initiative Sept. 22 at The Cooperative’s first Innovation Forum. The event was held at Climate Week NYC as part of...
Taunton Daily Gazette
Taunton senior center adds movie theater, social and education rooms
Taunton's Center at Olney , which provides services to Taunton's seniors, has completed a renovation that added a movie theater and other rooms for socializing and education. Charlene Bonenfant, the director of the Department of Human Services which operates the Center at Olney, said that the Taunton Housing Authority previously occupied part of the center but vacated the space, which opened up more space to use for seniors. The renovation took that vacant part of the building and added new facilities. "They can catch a movie. They can catch an exercise class. They can do some yoga. We have meditation. We have a podiatry clinic. We have a dental clinic," Bonenfant said of the offerings at the center. A ribbon cutting was held at the Center on Friday, Sept. 25. Here's what we know. Features of new movie theater, renovated center The newly opened section of the senior center contains a movie theater as well as other amenities, Bonenfant said. There is a room where politicians or other individuals can hold meetings with seniors. There are also rooms dedicated to social activities and education. The standout feature is a new movie theater, which features light strips on the floor to
hoodline.com
Quincy EMS Prepares to Carry Blood on Ambulances for Bleeding Trauma Patients
Quincy EMS will soon carry mobile blood transfusions for trauma victims, giving paramedics the ability to start replacing lost blood before a patient ever reaches a hospital. The city will have emergency blood supplies in the field. The Quincy Police Department announced the plan before CBS News Boston covered it,...
Connecticut Public
The latest tool to reduce nitrogen pollution: restoring retired cranberry bogs to natural wetlands
An attendee of the Barnstable Land Trust and Barnstable Clean Water Coalition's Bog Restoration Walk learns about the mesocosms where various wetland designs are being tested to compare their ability to remove nitrogen from the water that passes through the wetland. Rewilding retired cranberry bogs to promote native habitat has...
whatnow.com
Norwood Medical Spa Dynamic Evolutions Expanding to Melrose This Fall
A Norwood-based medical spa is expanding to the northern suburbs of Boston. Dynamic Evolutions is opening a second location at 35 Green Street in Melrose, founder and Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Christina Knight told What Now Boston. The building is currently undergoing a full renovation, with framing in place and plumbing and electrical work underway. The business is targeting an opening around November 15, 2026, though that timeline may shift as work progresses.
hoodline.com
Taunton Woman, 37, Collapsed and Died at Hospital — Now Family Sues Steward Hospital
In September 2023, Jennifer Knight, 37, arrived at the emergency room at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton describing acute chest pain and shortness of breath. Instead of being evaluated, she was sent to the registration line, where she later collapsed and died. The Boston Globe reports that Knight's family...
capeandislands.org
The past, present, and future of water quality protections
Have you heard the phrase “the solution to Pollution is dilution?”. It became popular in the mid-20th century as industrialization accelerated. We assumed vast bodies of water or the atmosphere could absorb or weaken waste products so much that they would cause no harm. By the late 1960’s and 70’s it was clear that our air, water, and soil were not impervious to waste and pollution, and the modern environmental movement was born.
WBUR
Brigham hospital nurses vote to authorize indefinite strike as contract talks remain stalled
Nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital voted Thursday to authorize an open-ended strike as the contract negotiation stalemate with Mass General Brigham continues. The Massachusetts Nurses Association said 93% of nurses voted in favor of the strike — with 2,986 nurses in support of the action and 215 in opposition. That tally represents the largest number of nurses backing a strike authorization in state history, the MNA said.
Martha's Vineyard Times
Remembering an Island doctor and friend
Recently I attended a wonderful celebration for Dr. Timothy Guiney. He brought cardiac care to the Island, and his practice extended from Massachusetts General Hospital to the Vineyard. He was not only your cardiologist, but a friend. Dr. Guiney and Dr. Russell Hoxsie created an intensive care unit in our...