Talk of the Times: St. Joseph Novena moving from Legion to Facebook

“With great sadness, Felicia Ciaramitaro Mohan announced that the public St. Joseph’s Novena and re-enactment scheduled for March 19 at the Capt. Lester S. Wass Post 3 of the American Legion has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns that are now sweeping through Cape Ann.

“We canceled everything Wednesday night after the rosary,” said Mohan. “I sent all my novena girls a message that everything was being canceled. We are devastated. Lots of tears have been shed, not only from me but all my ‘cumnares’.”

On Thursday, Mohan and novena participants did a livestream of the saying of the rosary in front of the altar at the Legion before they started the laborious process of taking it down on Friday.

“We began taking off all the breads and saints and decorations,” said Mohan.

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Gloucester, Rockport schools to close for two weeksBy Michael Cronin Staff Writer
The Gloucester and Rockport public school districts have announced they will close all schools from Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 27.The districts made the decision as the state continues to deliberate on the most effective actions toward eliminating the spread of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19.
“They are cancelled for two weeks,” said Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken, an ex-officio member of the School Committee, explaining that the closure is not because of any presumed cases. “I don’t even have to shut the schools down … But because we want to do an extensive cleaning, there is no way that can happen while children are in school.”

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Good afternoon Hamilton-Wenham Families and Staff, 

While at this time the School District is unaware of any confirmed COVID-19 cases, out of an abundance of caution, the school district will be closed tomorrow, Friday, March 13, 2020, for students and staff. 

Student and staff health and safety remains our number priority. 

Canceling school tomorrow will allow our District Emergency Response Team to participate in a state-wide conference call with the Commissioner of Education and the Department of Public Health. We anticipate receiving additional long-term guidance regarding a broader school-based COVID-19 response plan. This will also allow us to further plan for any possibility of extended absences or school closures. We have launched a new webpage that will contain all of our COVID-19 Resources and Information. This information will be updated regularly. 

We believe that taking this proactive step will serve our staff and students well. Monday, March 16, 2020, is a scheduled professional development day and students will not attend school. As of today, staff will report on March 16th.

Any additional changes to our schedule or school calendar will be communicated directly by me through our normal communication channels.

Steps for preventing illness can be found on the CDC website by visiting the following link included below.
 

Kind Regards, 

Dr. Kukenberger 

HWRSD COVID-19 Resources and Information: http://www.hwschools.net/page.cfm?p=2387

CDC Steps to Prevent Illness: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/prevention.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fabout%2Fprevention-treatment.html

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