Massachusetts will send an additional $4 million in emergency food assistance to food banks next month as SNAP cuts off on Nov. 1 amid the ongoing government shutdown, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday — but will not release the money some advocates have called for directly from reserves to supplement the aid payments to residents.
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‘They are terrified’: Community assistance organizations brace for impacts of SNAP shutoff
LOWELL — With a cutoff of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and fuel assistance benefits set for Saturday, local organizations are scrambling to meet what is expected to be a sharp increase in demand for assistance.
Nashoba Tech’s Viking Bistro reopens to the public
WESTFORD — The Viking Bistro, the award-winning restaurant at Nashoba Valley Technical High School, has reopened to the public.
‘Never going to stop fighting for this company’: Fired Market Basket execs speak out
READING — Two Market Basket executives spoke out Wednesday after they were both informed a day earlier they were being fired from their positions after a combined 89 years working at the company.
Healey responds to federal SNAP cuts with statewide anti-hunger task force
As cuts to food assistance come down from the Trump administration, Massachusetts will create an anti-hunger task force to advise on mitigating the losses, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday.
Eating yogurt over time can help prevent colon cancer: Mass General Brigham study
Mass General Brigham researchers have found that eating yogurt over time can help protect against colon cancer: ‘The connection between diet, the gut microbiome, and risk of colorectal cancer’
