Baker: Started calling "everybody I could think of" how to get masks after 3 million masks MA had "lost" to the feds in the port of New York to try to get more masks. Those masks had been ordered through BJ's, then the feds seized them.
Baker said he called Jonathan Kraft with idea of treating Chinese mask purchase as "private humanitarian mission" to keep the feds from finding out. Ambassador Wong (Chinese UN ambassador) was "incredibly important" in arranging the deal and shipment.
Wu: Boston to require vaccination proof for indoor dining, fitness venues, theaters, sports events. Will apply to both patrons 12 and up and employees.
Sutters: State will post lists of who is getting the masks. Decisions will be made based on immediate Covid-19 and shortages - goal is to try to give "facilities in need" at least a 7-day supply.
Imagine if MA had a vaccine site that let you sign up just once and then get notified when a shot became available near you instead of being forced to try over and over and over. WV has a system like that - built by Everbridge, based in, um, Burlington
Women will make up a majority of the Boston City Council for the first time in history and a far cry from just a few years ago, when Ayanna Pressley was the only woman on the council
The must-read Boston interview of the day: A manager at the Charlestown lobster company where the Southie guy tried to make off with a truckload of live lobster
@ThreeCatsinaTr1
They will show up at Logan later today and be trucked to a Massachusetts state warehouse. NYC gets some and RI gets some, but MA gets the bulk of them.
@Lmpnurse
It's fake. Antifa is not going to risk getting lost in one of the 700 rotaries you have to go through to get to West Roxbury from the outside world.
Whether the weather be fine, or whether the weather be not, whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot, we'll weather the weather whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.
That kid who grew up in a refugee camp, got accepted to Harvard, got detained at Logan for eight hours, then kicked out of the country is in Cambridge and will start classes tomorrow
Guy just stole $150 worth of frozen shrimp from the Stop & Shop on American Legion Hwy in Roslindale, pedaled away on a mtn bike; at these temps, he better hurry
Baker praises Chinese UN ambassador, among others, for helping to arrange that shipment of N95 masks. Mass. masks should arrive at Logan later today. NYC and RI will also get part of the shipments. In total, MA will get roughly 1M masks.
Sutters: By Monday, Partners Healthcare will have an N95 decontamination system in place at vacant Somerville KMart that will be able to sterilize 80,000 N95 masks a day. N95 masks can be run through the system up to 5 times.
Sutters: "We've not yet received any ventilators" from the feds. How long ago was it Baker said the feds agreed to give us 1,000? In any case, MA has now increased its request to 1,400 ventilators.
AMAZON CANCELS PLAN TO COME TO NEW YORK
"After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens" - Amazon spokeswoman Jodi Seth
Traffic Alert.
#Boston
’s Soldiers Field Rd. Eastbound. A truck is wedged under the Western Ave. bridge at Soldiers Field Rd.
@MassStatePolice
awaiting a heavy-duty wrecker. No injuries. 📸
@pictureboston
Because I have no life, figured I'd wait at Forest Hills for the first Orange Line train with new car smell to pull in. But so far, all the trains still look like this:
Protesters at Brookline abortion clinic got in woman's face as she entered and left this morning, so she punched one of them in the face. Now she faces charges. Legal-defense fund?
Sullivan's at Castle Island removes outdoor seating after attacks by dive-bombing terror gulls: "Customers are dropping their boxes of food and running from the scene screaming."
The Parks & Rec Dept. in
#Arlington
says residents are complaining about daycare children constantly using the parks.
They're proposing daycares/preschools in town pay anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000 in fees to use them (money will be used to maintain parks)
Thoughts?
@wbz
🚚💥
#Storrowing
on Soldiers Field Road eastbound in
#Boston
tore the roof off this moving truck.
@MassDOT
said the bridge was inspected and no damage was found.
Alice Cooper's "School's Out" just started blaring from daughter's room: She just filed her last ever paper as an undergraduate. Her graduation was supposed to be tomorrow.
Pro-Covid moms in Dedham boycotting Ron's Ice Cream because a customer has raised funds for ice-cream cones for kids who get vaccinated. So if you're in Dedham or Hyde Park and want some ice cream ...
To be clear, we’re not looking to bully or boycott anybody. But,
@yellowdoortaco
should know that we like our martinis served with dignity and respect. As such, we’ll be encouraging our members to think twice before spending any of their money on any of Ms. O’Grady’s concoctions.
Was working on a year-end story, but now have to deal with this Hilaria Baldwin thing about the influencer who claimed she was Spanish but now says she grew up in Boston, only it turns out she grew up in Weston, and that's not Boston. Where does it end?
@megansarahj
The angry screamy lady who showed up at a couple of West Roxbury demonstrations to yell at parents of little kids just got fired from her job at a NH radio station for screaming at people speaking Spanish
Newbury Street to be shut to cars for 16 Sundays in a row; thoroughfares in five other neighborhoods to be turned into one-day street festivals this year
UMass Memorial employee was terminated after video surfaced of her in DC joining in an attack on a black woman videoing her and the others the night before the Capitol riot. She also got punched in the nose and was IDed by her own daughter
Today, I am directing every state to prioritize educators for vaccination. We want every educator, school staff member, and child-care worker to receive at least one shot by the end of this month.
It’s time to treat in-person learning like the essential service that it is.
I am officially putting a curse on the sports teams of Boston: No championships until ALL lines on the MBTA are fixed. Without a working public transit system, this is not a functioning city, and therefore, they do not deserve glory.
#WATCH
An
@airindiain
plane ✈️ (not in service) got stuck under foot over bridge. Can anyone confirm the date and location?
The competition starts now👇
At the Hyde Park McDonald's (don't judge me) and the PA is playing "You Can't Hurry Love" by the Supremes and a table of teens is singing along and it's adorable
Fortunately, nobody thought to search my trunk when I crossed the border back into Boston after picking up some things at the Dedham Stop & Shop this afternoon
As a UMass Amherst parent, watching news of all the other schools closing, tonight's sort of like waiting for Gary LaPierre to get to the end of the snow closing list.