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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 Library, a 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 Machine, archive.org and archive-it.org

Access the Internet Achive:

How do I sign up for access?
Signing up for an Internet Archive account is free and open to the world. Please visit https://archive.org/account/signup If you have any problems, please write to info@archive.org
How do I check out a book?
You can browse our collection or search for books or authors at https://archive.org/details/nationalemergencylibrary Use the “Search this Collection” box along the left to begin. During this time of emergency, users can check out up to 10 books at a time.
What if I’m still reading my book when my 14-day loan is up?
While waitlists are suspended you will be able to check the book out again. Once waitlists are back in place at the end of the US national emergency, users will once again join waitlists to view available copies.
Frequently Asked Questions about the National Emergency Library

Website: https://archive.org/details/nationalemergencylibrary

Announcement: http://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public

Questions? Please write to us at info@archive.org

MASS Cultural Council invites cultural sector members to share their concerns & stories with Legislators on Beacon Hill.

Join the MASS Cultural Council Legislative Listening Session on April 2, 1-2pm with Tourism, Arts, & Cultural Development Committee Chairs State Senator Edward Kennedy & State Representative Paul McMurtry, Mass Cultural Council, & MASSCreative for an online forum focused on the economic impacts of COVID-19 on the Commonwealth’s cultural sector.