THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, MAy 2, 2025 Page 19 BEACON | FROM PAGE 18 make it easy to determine who, if anyone, should have access to a deceased person’s online accounts. It would also establish procedures and safeguards to prevent inappropriate disclosure of the deceased’s private communications. The legislation protects privacy while also ensuring that there is clarity about who may access the digital assets of someone who has died.” HEALTH CARE SURROGATE (S 1047) – Would create a process for handling the care of incapacitated patients who don’t have a health care proxy. The measure would allow attending physicians to appoint surrogate decision makers and identifies several candidates for that role, including the incapacitated patient’s spouse, unless legally separated, parent, adult child or adult sibling. Under current law, Massachusetts health care providers must go through the difficult process of seeking a judicially appointed medical guardian before even routine decisions about care can be made. Then, after a medical guardian is appointed, some decisions, including those related to transfers to nursing facilities, require additional judicial approval. These cumbersome processes are a disservice to incapacitated patients, whose care can be delayed by weeks. A surrogate would not be empowered to make decisions about transferring the patient to an inpatient mental health facility nor be able to make any “extraordinary” decisions about life support, sterilization and abortion. Those decisions would continue to be determined by a court. “Massachusetts is one of only four states without a statute allowing for the appointment of a health care surrogate when an incapacitated patient does not have a designated proxy,” said sponsor Sen. Cindy Cream. “[The bill] would create a more practical process for making medical decisions in such cases, while preserving important safeguards. Certain decisions would still require additional judicial approval, ensuring continued oversight. The bill strikes a careful balance by allowing timely care decisions to be made in the patient’s best interest, while respecting their rights and aligning as closely as possible with their known values and wishes.” QUOTABLE QUOTES “Massachusetts has some of the most beautiful state parks in the country, and it takes all of us to preserve them for generations to come. In honor of Earth Day, it’s nice to get outside and celebrate our natural spaces.” ---Gov. Maura Healey who along with First Lady Joanna Lydgate, visited Torbert MacDonald State Park in Medford to celebrate Earth Day. “Massachusetts is hemorrhaging private sector jobs, and the Healey administration’s an~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE JUDICIAL BRANCH SUPERIOR COURT Hillsborough Superior Court Northern District 300 Chestnut Street Manchester NH 03101 CITATION FOR PUBLICATION Superior Court Rule 4(d) Case Name: Optiline Enterprises LLC v Interiano Drywall Corporation Case Number: 216-2024-CV-00945 The above entitled action is now pending in this Court. The original pleading is on file and may be examined by interested parties. The Court has issued an Order for Service by Publication on defendant(s) Interiano Drywall Corporation. The Court ORDERS: Optiline Enterprises LLC shall give notice to Interiano Drywall Corporation of this action by publishing a verified copy of this Citation for Publication once a week for three successive weeks in the The Advocate Newspapers, a newspaper of general circulation. The last publication shall be on or before May 24, 2025 Also, ON OR BEFORE 30 days after the last publication June 14, 2025 Interiano Drywall Corporation shall electronically file an Appearance and Answer or other responsive pleading with this Court. A copy of the Appearance and Answer or other responsive pleading must be sent electronically to the party/parties listed below. Optiline Enterprises LLC shall electronically file the Return of Publication this Court. Failure to do so may result in this action being dismissed without further notice. If you do not comply with these requirements, you will be considered in default and the Court may issue orders that affect you without your input. Send copies to: Suzanne Amy Spencer, ESQ Allison Kathleen Regan, ESQ Interiano Drywall Corporation Nixon Peabody LLP 900 Elm St Ste 1400 Manchester NH 03101-2031 Nixon Peabody LLP 900 Elm St Ste 1400 Manchester NH 03101-2031 55 Glendale Street Everett MA 02149 BY ORDER OF THE COURT W. Michael Scanlon Clerk of Court April 09, 2025 (126954) April 18, 25, May 02, 2025 Telephone: 1-855-212-1234 TTY/TDD Relay: (800) 735-2964 http://www.courts.state.nh.us swer is to bloat the government at a time when our state’s fiscal wellbeing is in a very tenuous position. This isn’t job growth— it’s political insulation, and taxpayers are the ones footing the bill.” ---Paul Craney, executive director of the Mass Fiscal Alliance on newly released employment data which he says revealed a net loss of 24,800 private sector jobs over the last year. “When employers violate our laws, including through wage theft and untimely payments, workers are unfairly harmed, exploited and financially deprived. My office will continue to enforce our laws to proBEACON | SEE PAGE 22
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