Wrentham News Archives

“Just to be on the safe side, we're doing some extra disinfecting.”

In Tewksbury, teachers are asking children to wash their hands for as long as it takes to sing the alphabet song. via Boston.com

“The town is already proposing a new (fire) station in the neighborhood of the outlet center”

Russell Thibeault, president of Applied Economic Research in Laconia, an engineer working on behalf of the town, calculated town services cost $490 for each person working in town, meaning an added 829 outlet ... via UnionLeader.com

“We put it out there, and it exceeded our expectations in terms of the excitement that the shoppers had and their willingness to come out and be patient, because it was busy and there were lines that formed in front of the stores”

Sounds like plenty of time for shoppers to check off items from their holiday gift lists, but retailers eager to rope in customers for what's expected to be a tight-spending holiday season already are ... via Boston Herald

Haverhill senior lunches Monday: Stuffed peppers with tomato sauce, white rice, peas and mushrooms, unsweetened pineapple, oatmeal bread. via Hgazette.com, Haverhill, MA

“We were nervous, obviously, in the beginning.”

Fairhaven High School officials are taking preventive measures and are keeping a close eye on students after two cases of antibiotic-resistant staph infections early in September. via SouthCoastToday

Frederick and Melinda Learning of Pembroke have announced the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Jaclyn Learning of Harwich Port, to Kristopher Michael Zaiatz, also of Harwich Port, son of Kenneth and ... via Cape Cod Times

“We really wanted to take a proactive approach”

A cleaning crew worked to sanitize a Wrentham elementary school last night after a second-grade girl was diagnosed with an antibiotic-resistant staph infection, but Superintendent Jeffrey Marsden said other ... via The Boston Globe

“We wanted to make sure that everyone knows; that staff knows, that the parents know, the students know so they can take precautions”

According to the Superintendent of Wrentham Public Schools, a student attending the Delaney Elementary School was diagnosed with the MRSA strain of the staph infection. via Cw56.com

Two Massachusetts communities are taking precautions after public school students were diagnosed with a drug-resistant staph infection. via WLNE-TV Providence

A Wrentham elementary student has been diagnosed with an MRSA infection, according to school officials.

The student who contracted the staph infection goes to the Delaney School.

Parents with children at the school were notified about the infection by letter on Thursday.

Although it is not clear if the affected student contracted the staph infection at school, officials say they are still taking several precautions to make sure classrooms are properly sanitized.

MRSA is a staph infection that is resistant to antibiotics. It is commonly spread by direct skin contact, or direct contact to wound drainage of someone who is carrying or is infected with the bacteria. Those who contract the virus usually have a sore or an infection that seems to get worse rather than heal. Read more

Wrentham's selectmen are set to tackle the issue of finding a replacement for Police Chief Joseph Collamati, who is retiring on Nov. via Globe West