The Nashoba Valley Medical Center closed its doors this morning after serving 16 central Massachusetts communities for more than 64 years.
With Nashoba Valley Medical Center scheduled to close in less than 24 hours, the Healey-Driscoll administration announced a series of steps this afternoon to reduce the impact of the closing on affected communities and prepare for the future.
An emerging emergency
Diane Hewitt (with megaphone) leads residents, medical professionals, hospital staff, and area legislators to protest the closing of Nashoba Valley Medical Center at a rally, Aug. 26. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz)
With few days remaining before this weekend’s scheduled shuttering of Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, concerned hospital staff and residents have ramped up their protests, holding rallies this week at the hospital and State House in Boston, and calling on Gov. Maura Healey and her administration to stop the closure.
The Harvard and Ayer councils on aging, which provide services to older adults in their respective towns, had their work cut out for them in the past month.
When students returned to classes at the Bromfield School on Wednesday this week, they found changes to the building and also met several new teachers.
The Hildreth Elementary School has six new, smiling faces in the building. The new hires were gracious enough to speak with the Press just before their students arrived for the 2024–25 academic year.
The office of Allyson Mitchell, the new assistant town administrator, is off the hallway by the back entrance of Town Hall. Being physically in the middle of things seems to reflect Mitchell’s vision for her new job.
The new assistant town clerk, Nicole Levay-O’Brien, was hired two weeks ago, and having held a similar job for two years in Hopkinton, she told the Press she has “hit the ground running.”
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