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FM #251 Bryan Taberner, Planning and Community Development 4/16/20 (audio) |
Jaime and Matt look for answers to their coronavirus related questions by connecting with Bridget Sweet, Exec. Director of Food Safety, at Johnson & Wales University. Their conversations tackle best practices as they relate to food delivery, take out and in store shopping.
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Bridget Sweet on food safety and COVID-19 (audio) |
"As most work places shut their doors, employees adjust to working from home and consumers get used to once-weekly shopping trips with face coverings and gloves, one South Shore business is working overtime to make sure airplanes, grocery stores and other essential spaces are still safe for the public: Clean Harbors.
“As it hit hot spots, so did we,” Clean Harbors Senior Vice President Chuck Geer said. “Our movements really did mimic the COVID-19 spread and our responses have spiked almost simultaneously with the virus cases.”
Clean Harbors is one of the nation’s leaders in decontamination, and has been for decades. The Norwell-based business has responded after major events such as the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the Gulf Oil Spill, as well as the swine flu spread and H1N1 scare, but as is true for most businesses, a pandemic is new territory.
“It’s completely new to us, America hasn’t seen a true pandemic like this and neither have we,” Geer said Tuesday. “But really, there are a lot of similarities between this kind of clean up and any type of infectious waste. . . The chemicals we use to destroy the virus may change up, but really it’s the same principal.”
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https://www.cleanharbors.com/ |
i. I request a motion that the Board vote to convene in Executive Session for the purpose of discussing strategy with respect to collective bargaining, because an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the Board.2. ADJOURN
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Franklin, MA: Town Council Meeting - Agenda - Executive Session - April 29 |
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Franklin Public Schools: Update on School Closure |
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Franklin Public Schools: Davis Thayer Faculties Analysis |
"Gov. Charlie Baker hinted Tuesday that he plans to convene a group of public health, academic and business leaders to assemble a “thoughtful framework” for how Massachusetts might be able to resume more normal economic and social life once the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic subsides.
At the same press conference in which he announced schools will stay closed through the end of the school year, Baker said he is more focused on the ongoing surge of COVID-19 patients than he is on making a decision about whether to extend restrictions on non-essential businesses beyond May 4. But he started his press conference by saying he wanted to address “what I think is on everybody’s mind, which is when does new normal get here?”
“Right now, the commonwealth is still in the surge ... the facts on the ground tell us that we need to stay strong, continue to socially distance and stay home. While we ask for your full cooperation to get this job done, please know that we’re working hard to think about a strategy to reopen the economy,” Baker said. “We’ll have much more to say about this in the days ahead as we pull together the best and brightest minds from our business and public health and academic communities to work together to put together a thoughtful framework that can work in Massachusetts.”
"Facial coverings are now a required accessory in Milford, according to an order issued Tuesday by the Board of Health.
″...the Coronavirus COVID-19 is a highly contagious and potentially fatal respiratory disease, the prevalence of which is increasing rapidly throughout the world, inclusive of the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,” part of the order reads.
People older than 5 years must “wear a mask, or some form of suitable covering over their nose and mouth” when entering a building open to the public, using public transportation, taxis, or ride shares, and while using outdoor self-service facilities, such as a gas station. The order also includes broader language requiring a facial covering when “engaged in any activity within a confined or enclosed facility where other members of the public are present or have routine access.”
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State Rep Roy: Virtual Office Hours - Apr 24 - 8:30 AM |
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Senator Rausch: COVID-19 Update #14 |
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Please practice social distancing and avoid groups |