mask mandate

Anyone 12 and older going to TD Garden for any event, including Boston Bruins and Celtics games, will need to show proof they are fully vaccinated or recently tested negative for COVID starting next week, the venue announced Tuesday. Everyone at least 3 years old will need to wear a mask except when they’re eating and drinking, following a city…

The Big E will be requiring masks or face coverings in all buildings and indoor spaces after the West Springfield Board of Health voted to implement a townwide mask mandate.

The Transportation Security Administration is increasing the penalty for people who violate the mandate to wear masks on planes, trains and other forms of transportation to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

Since last Thursday, New Haven’s Health Department Task Force has made 88 unannounced visits to ensure mask mandate compliance.

The mayor and health director in New Haven went to some businesses Tuesday to make sure they are complying with the city’s indoor mask mandate.

New Haven will begin imposing fines on establishments repeatedly found violating the city’s indoor mask mandate.

Local school districts can impose mandatory mask mandates on students and staff, a Florida judge ruled Friday, dealing a blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ efforts to let parents decide whether their children wear masks or not. Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper ruled the state has to give school districts due process and allow them to show their mandatory mask…

Boston’s indoor mask mandate took effect at 8 a.m. Friday for everyone over the age of 2. This means masks must be worn in businesses, restaurants, and gyms. There are exceptions, however, such as private buildings and places of worship. The mandate is in response to the delta variant, which is the more contagious strain of COVID. It is also…

East Hartford is the latest municipality to issue a mask mandate that could come with a fine for those who violate the order.

Add East Hartford to the growing list of municipalities issuing indoor mask mandates. It went into effect Tuesday, and those who aren’t compliant could face a $100 fine. “So the fine is not to be punitive in any way to individuals. It’s really meant to be a tool for us to use if we have a business, for example,...

The three states are all hot spots in the nation’s recent COVID-19 surge, and defiant boards in Miami, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and other urban areas argue that requiring masks protects students, teachers and staff from contracting and spreading the virus as many pediatric hospitals fill.

The 38 member municipalities of the Capital Region Council of Governments called on Gov. Lamont Thursday to issue a statewide mask mandate.

Students and teachers in all Rhode Island schools will be required to wear facemasks during the upcoming school year, regardless of vaccination status, Gov. Daniel McKee announced Thursday. The Democrat said he’d sign an executive order soon formalizing the mask mandate in K-12 schools. “Until we can vaccinate more students, we need masks in schools,” he said in a...

Gov. Ned Lamont is coming under increasing pressure from cities and towns across Connecticut to issue a statewide indoor mask mandate. The Capital Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) sent a letter to Lamont Thursday requesting that he institute a mandate to wear masks indoors throughout the state. CRCOG is made up of 38 municipalities in the Greater Hartford region. It…

“Avoiding masks is not in the Bible, but taking care of others is,” Justin Kanew said of those claiming a religious exemption from wearing a mask.

The Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, which is made up of 22 cities and towns, sent a letter to Gov. Lamont Wednesday asking him to institute a statewide indoor mask mandate.

The Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, which is made up of 22 cities and towns, sent a letter to Gov. Lamont Wednesday asking him to institute a statewide indoor mask mandate.

A group of 22 cities and towns in southeastern Connecticut Wednesday called on Gov. Ned Lamont to issue a statewide mask mandate. The Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments (SCCOG) sent the governor a letter after holding a teleconference Wednesday morning to discuss municipal mask mandates. In all, the chief elected officials from 20 of the 22 municipalities that make up…

Some city and town leaders are calling on Gov. Ned Lamont to make an official decision on issuing a statewide mask mandate.