W’town Theatre Festival: “We are unable to proceed with the theatre season in Williamstown at this time.” (4.7.20)

Artistic Director Mandy Greenfield said the shows will go on– on AUDIBLE:
“We will make the season of new work we planned to make. We will create seven new productions with Audible, the world’s largest producer and provider of original spoken-word entertainment and audiobooks, in a format safe to elevate, entertain, transport, reveal, unmask and transform audiences from the comfort of their homes. The stellar group of artists who planned to spend the summer in Williamstown, will deliver—with fearlessness and redoubled passion—on the promise they made to create this work for you. This virus might get to tell us what we cannot do but it does not get to dictate what we can do. The voices of these artists will be heard.”

As a token of our appreciation, special access to the 2020 WTF Season on Audible will be made available to new donors at the $600 level and higher and to current donors at the $600 level or higher who sustain or increase their support this year.”

More info at wtfestival.org

MA Gov. Baker COVID-19 update: Field hospitals, Medical resources update, Insurers to cover all charges conx to COVID-10 (4.9.20)

Click here to watch Gov. Baker’s outlines (4.9.20) details of Boston Convention Center Field Medical Station & other newly created field hospitals, tests, ventilator update, medical response update. Medical students to be engaged in increasing front-line health care workers…Insurers to cover all charges connected to COVID-19 (4.9.20).

Testing Site Expansion, Grocery Store Restrictions, Crisis Standards of Care (4.8.20):

Click here to watch  MA Gov. Baker’s COVID-19, with Lt. Governor Karyn Polito & Secretary of Health & Human Services Marylou Sudders, outlines an expansion of COVID-19 testing sites for public safety personnel; new Crisis Standards of Care documentation for the Commonwealth’s health care facilities; & new guidance to further promote social distancing at grocery stores. (4.8.20)

Gov. Baker announces $800million infusion to support health care providers in this  COVID-19 Update (4.7.20)

AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST BOARD meets via conference call at 5:30pm today (4.1.20).

Agenda includes discussion of deploying discretionary funds to assist renters & homeowners in W’town & other courses of action for the Trust to respond to the COVID-19 crisis…Watch live on WilliNet TV channel 1303 at 5:30pm.
(tune in to LISTEN to the conference call live from an empty Select Board Mtg room)
The Public may join the meeting via conference call by DIALING:  712-432-458-6122...and enter conference #: 676878.

MA Gov. Baker extends closure of non-essential businesses to May 4, effective April 1 at noon. (3.31.20)

Watch Gov. Baker’s entire announcement & update on Massachusetts COVID-19 efforts, click HERE.

Visit Milne Library online! Also, explore the National Emergency Library offer of FREE access to digital books, films, magazines, virtual museum tours…

Visit the Milne Public Library website  to access FREE digital books, audiobooks, magazines, language learning software, & more! Also available on the Milne Library Facebook page, find links to family-friendly activities, educational resources, virtual museum tours, & resources to stay engaged while staying at home.
Explore the NATIONAL Emergency Librarya collection of digital books that supports remote teaching, independent scholarship, & intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, libraries are closed. Until at least June 30, there will be no waitlist for the 1.4 million digitized books in this lending library that was created by the Internet Archive.
Open Library is an initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Other projects include the Wayback Machinearchive.org and archive-it.org

Access the Internet Achive: