Portion of Lumber Street in Hopkinton to be closed next week for paving
HOPKINTON — Commuters are being asked to find alternate routes around Lumber Street due to roadwork for the first half of next week. From Monday through Wednesday, Lumber Street from Granite Street to the Milford line will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., according to the Hopkinton Department of Public Works. The road is being closed due to paving project. Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or nmiller@wickedlocal.com. For up-to-date public safety news, follow Norman Miller on Twitter @Norman_MillerMW or on Facebook at facebook.com/NormanMillerCrime.
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September 30, 2021 17:15 UTC
COVID-19 testing site to open Monday at Ashland commuter rail station
ASHLAND — A new COVID-19 testing site will open Monday at Ashland's commuter rail station on Pleasant Street, following an increase in demand for the service throughout the state. Residents can find the testing site closest to them online at www.mass.gov/gettested. “I am grateful to Ashland Town Manager Michael Herbert, Ashland (police) Sgt. Herbert said the town is "happy to partner with our state agencies and delegation to bring this important testing site to the region." "We hope the new location provides a convenient testing alternative for those who rely on public transportation," he added.
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September 30, 2021 17:03 UTC
Chennai Metro to get loan of USD 356.67 million from AIIB
The project involves the construction of a new corridor in Chennai’s metro network as part of Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2. AdvertisementCHENNAI (Metro Rail News): The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved loan amounting to USD356.67 million to assist in the expansion of the Chennai Metro Rail System. According to AIIB, the project involves the construction of a new corridor in Chennai’s metro network as part of Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2. In addition, the project will address traffic bottlenecks and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing public urban transport options. The improvement and integration of the transport sector in Chennai will further promote trade and economic growth,” said AIIB Vice President, Investment Operations, D. J. Pandian.
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September 30, 2021 17:01 UTC
FDA may approve long-acting injectable PrEP by January
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may approve the first long-acting therapy for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) within the next few months. On Tuesday, the pharmaceutical company ViiV Healthcare announced that the FDA has accepted and granted priority review for a new drug application (NDA) for cabotegravir, an injectable form of PrEP administered every two months. According to UNAIDS, new HIV infections worldwide declined by 30% from 2010. Furthermore, after a period of general stability, new HIV infections declined by 8% from 2015 t0 2019. However, new HIV infections continue in certain regions and populations.
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September 30, 2021 16:52 UTC
Claim Eminem team stole 'Mom's Spaghetti' recipe appears to be a hoax
click to enlarge Joe MaroonEminem's Mom's Spaghetti restaurant opened on Wednesday. An (alleged) Ypsilanti-based business claimed in an Instagram post that it designed the menu for Eminem's Mom's Spaghetti restaurant in Detroit before being dropped from the project — a claim that Eminem's team vehemently denies. "Mom's Spaghetti is my menu, my ideas, my family and I have absolutely nothing to show for it," Spa Day Spaghetti claimed, adding, "I ask that you please do not support this business until they give proper credit to Spa Day. "The previous pop-ups were really a test for us to determine whether there was enthusiasm for a regularly-occurring Mom's Spaghetti spot that would be open all year long. "The original archived Spa Day Spaghetti post is below.
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September 30, 2021 16:30 UTC
Peak appeal: Framingham land parcel atop Nobscot Hill brings unique business opportunity
Oh, and if you’re also interested in the two-way radio business. 395 Brimstone Lane is a lot at the top of Nobscot Hill. It's home to a communications tower, which serves the paging companies for some local hospitals and as a two-way radio for school bus dispatchers in Framingham and Acton, among other clients. “(The Framingham tower) is just one leg off in the distance. According to the Framingham Assessor’s Office, the property covers 0.78 acres and was last sold by Bank of America to Quimby in 2008 for $145,000.
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September 30, 2021 09:00 UTC
Andover man accused of having guns, bomb-making materials after Tinder date calls police
According to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Kessler was on a date with a woman he had met on the online app Tinder. While they were driving, Kessler showed the woman a firearm, scaring her. They contacted the Massachusetts State Police bomb squad to come to the scene, and several homes in the area were evacuated as a precaution, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Guns, ammo, large-capacity feeding devicesAuthorities searched Kessler’s car and found two loaded firearms, ammunition and large-capacity feeding devices, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Suspect has to wear a GPS monitorAt that hearing, Kessler was ruled as dangerous by a judge and was released on $5,000 bail.
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September 30, 2021 09:00 UTC
Shares in satellite company Eutelsat surge on bid interest from Drahi
PARIS (Reuters) -Shares in French satellite company Eutelsat surged on Thursday after the company rejected a bid proposal from billionaire Patrick Drahi, whose business interests include auction house Sotheby’s and media group Altice. “Eutelsat Communications confirms that the proposal received from Mr. Patrick Drahi – and rejected unanimously by therelevant governance bodies of the company – prices Eutelsat at 12.10 euros per share, all dividend attached,” it said. Eutelsat shares were up by 15.6% at 11.97 euros in early trade – just below Drahi’s bid proposal – and giving the company a stock market value of around 2.4 billion euros ($2.8 billion). Reuters earlier reported that Drahi had made a bid approach for Eutelsat and held talks with its top investors including state-backed Bpifrance which has a 20% stake in the company. ($1 = 1.1614 euros)(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, Gwenaelle Barzic, Pamela Barbaglia and Anait Miridzhanian; editing by Jason Neely, Elaine Hardcastle and Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
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September 30, 2021 08:03 UTC
Virgin Money to shut one in five branches amid online shift
The bank, which had promoted its branches as “community-focussed spaces” to “brighten … lives”, said customer’s willingness to bank online or using their mobile phones had prompted it to scale back. In the second half of 2020 Britain’s biggest domestic lender Lloyds resumed plans to cut 56 branches and Sabadell’s TSB announced it was axing 164 branches. When Clydesdale Bank merged with Virgin Money in 2018 the group had a combined total of 245 branches but that will fall to 131 after these latest closures. Earlier this year, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority told banks to rethink moves to close branches during the pandemic lockdown, fearing it could be to the detriment of customers. Virgin said the closures would trigger a restructuring charge of 25 million pounds ($34 million) in the fourth quarter.
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September 30, 2021 07:07 UTC
Taiwan sees upside from China power curbs if orders shift
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan may benefit from orders being shifted to the island if China’s power curbs disrupt the country’s exports, Taiwan Central Bank Governor Yang Chin-long said on Thursday. Yang, taking lawmaker questions in parliament, said that if China’s power crunch caused its exports to do badly, manufacturers could shift orders to the island. China’s new export orders contracted again in September, but less than the previous month, according to its official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). Yang said the central bank is also paying close attention to the impact of China’s electricity problems on financial markets. If the United States decides to raise rates, Taiwan may also consider following suit, he said.
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September 30, 2021 02:26 UTC
U.S. dollar slips from 1-year high on weak data, consolidation
U.S. initial jobless claims rose for a third straight week to 362,000 for the period ending Sept. 25, data showed. For the month, the dollar ended up 1.7%, its second straight monthly gain. For the third quarter, the dollar rose 2%. Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note stood at 1.524%, holding near a three-month high reached Tuesday of 1.567%. Europe’s single currency was down 1.9% against the dollar for the month and 2.2% weaker for the third quarter.
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September 30, 2021 01:41 UTC
China manufacturing unexpectedly shrinks, services offer support
Rising COVID-19 cases in tens of cities over the summer also disrupted the manufacturing and the services sectors, though the latter is starting to bounce back as the outbreaks receded. “In September, due to factors such as low volumes of business at high energy-consuming industries, the manufacturing PMI fell below the critical point,” said Zhao Qinghe, a senior NBS statistician, in an accompanying statement. A separate private survey also released on Thursday that focuses on small and export-oriented businesses showed that factory activity in September neither expanded nor contracted. Last month, COVID-19-related restrictions drove services sector activity into sharp contraction for the first time since the height of the pandemic last year. The official September composite PMI, which includes both manufacturing and services activity, stood at 51.7 versus 48.9 in August.
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September 30, 2021 01:18 UTC
Japan’s factory output extends declines on car production cuts
Separate data out on Thursday showed retail sales in August slipped for the first time in six months as households cut spending amid a coronavirus relapse, signalling lacklustre consumer sentiment. Factory output lost 3.2% in August from the previous month, official data showed on Thursday, hit by weaker production of cars and electronic machines and marking the second consecutive month of contraction after a 1.5% drop in July. The government downgraded its assessment of industrial production for the first time since April 2020, saying it was “stalling”. Separate government data on Thursday showed retail sales were weaker-than-expected, falling 3.2% in August from a year earlier, dragged down by consumer electronics and clothing. Compared with the previous month, retail sales declined a seasonally adjusted 4.1%.
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September 30, 2021 01:18 UTC
Motorcycling-Vinales withdraws from Austin MotoGP after cousin’s death
(Reuters) – Aprilia MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales will miss this weekend’s Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas, after the death of his 15-year-old cousin in a race accident in Spain last Saturday. Dean Berta Vinales, who rode for the Vinales Racing Team, died after he fell and was hit by other riders during a Supersport 300 support race of the World Superbike Championship in Jerez. “Less than a week has passed since the accident… which is not enough time to regain the serenity needed to race,” Aprilia Racing Team Gresini said in a statement on Wednesday. “Vinales, with the full and unconditional support of Aprilia Racing, has therefore decided to take a break on his journey of getting to know the bike and team. Vinales left Yamaha in August and signed for Aprilia for 2022, with his debut then brought forward this month after he tested with the team.
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September 29, 2021 22:52 UTC
Oak tree standing over historic grave in Ashland gets Planning Board's OK for removal
Oddly, in one of the submitted drawings sent to the Planning Board by Flansburgh Architects this month, there is a note to save the tree. Some of those include:The Planning Board is giving the applicant discretion as to whether it will chop down the tree. Wilson is president of the Ashland Historical Society but stressed he was speaking as an individual. In the letter, the commission outlines five recommendations it has for the town regarding the gravesite:For the project's planners to take into account the comments made by the general public along with the Ashland Historical Commission and Ashland Historical Society. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the Massachusetts Historical Commission should be "contacted immediately."
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September 29, 2021 19:30 UTC