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State readying for surge to begin by Friday. Gov. Baker to give update at 3:30 p.m. today.

All of our coronavirus stories are being provided for free as a public service to our readers during the coronavirus outbreak. For more coverage go to winchester.wickedlocal.com/topics/coronavirus. Please support your local journalism and subscribe to the Winchester Star at https://explore.mypapertoday.com/wickedlocalpremium/Nearly 20 years ago, Wei Han moved to Winchester, started a family, and began to [...]

All of our coronavirus stories are being provided for free as a public service to our readers during the coronavirus outbreak. For more coverage go to winchester.wickedlocal.com/topics/coronavirus. Please support your local journalism and subscribe to the Winchester Star at https://explore.mypapertoday.com/wickedlocalpremium/On the day his school went remote for the duration of the coronavirus shutdown, Josh [...]

APRIL 9, 2020.....On the eve of what could prove to be a period of significant strain on the state's health care systems, the number of COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts climbed to nearly 19,000 and the number of residents who have died of the disease topped 500.Gov. Charlie Baker signed three executive orders Thursday aiming to expand the health care system's capacity and ensure access to COVID-19 treatment, including in field hospitals, as the anticipated surge of patients nears. [...]

Gov. Charlie Baker made an appeal Saturday for Massachusetts residents to donate blood, calling it a way to save lives as the state strives to prevent its health care system from becoming overwhelmed by the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic.The visit Baker made alongside First Lady Lauren Baker to the Red Cross donation center in Dedham was his first media appearance since Public Health Commissioner Dr. Monica Bharel announced Friday night she had tested positive for COVID-19. [...]

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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the state is now 4,257.

Home sellers are canceling open houses. Lenders are extending the time it takes to close a deal. Realtors are skipping the live walkthrough, giving video tours instead.From going to the office to dining out, there's virtually no aspect of American life untouched by the coronavirus, and that now includes buying and selling a home.A brisk housing market is [...]

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BOSTON, MARCH 30, 2020.....Federal lawmakers are pledging to fight back against the Trump administration's decision late last week to disestablish the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's reservation and remove its land in trust status.The tribe said it got word from the Bureau of Indian Affairs late Friday that Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt ordered the tribe's land be taken out of trust status, putting the sovereignty of the tribe's 321 acres of reservation land in Mashpee and [...]