THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 Page 13 Baker launches additional intervention initiatives for high-risk COVID-19 communities T he Baker-Polito Administration recently stepped up its targeted initiative to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in communities across the Commonwealth with the highest number of positive cases. This initiative brings even greater focus to the top 5 highest-risk communities with regular neighborhoodlevel assessments and a comprehensive multi-lingual public messaging campaign. The initiative focuses eff orts on Chelsea, Everett, Lawrence Lynn and Revere. The Commonwealth’s COVID-19 Enforcement and Intervention Team (CEIT), in partnership with local community offi cials, is leading this eff ort. This targeted initiative includes regular meetings with local leadership to understand residential and business activities contributing to trends, an even greater level of state focus to stop the spread and a new public messaging campaign. The goal of the public messaging campaign is to ensure residents know they live in a high-risk community and reiterate the importance of wearing a mask and other best practices to stop the spread. Built around a message of, “You have the power to save a life,” the comprehensive campaign will encourage the use of masks and social distancing and will run in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, Arabic and COVID | SEE Page 17 RMV offers by-appointment service hours for customers 75 years of age or older T he state Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is announcing that it will begin offering dedicated service hours for customers who are 75 years of age or older and are required to renew their Massachusetts driver’s license in person. The new designated service hours will be by appointment only and will be off ered on Wednesdays through the month of September at select service center locations. The new service hours began on Wednesday, September 2 at the Watertown Service Center with additional locations in Danvers, Leominster, New Bedford and South Yarmouth to follow beginning on Wednesday, September 9. The RMV is off ering this new customer service option to facilitate proper COVID-19 “social-distancing” protocols to keep customers and staff safe and healthy. Throughout September, certain service centers will dedicate Wednesdays (hours vary by location) to customers 75 years of age or older whose driver’s license or ID card expires in September, including customers whose licenses/IDs were extended until September (March, April and May expirations). The following service centers will exclusively serve these customers who make renewal appointments: • Danvers Service Center (starting September 9) • Leominster Service Center (starting September 9) • New Bedford Service Center (starting September 9) • South Yarmouth Service Center (starting September 9) • Watertown Service Center (started September 2) Below are the options for seniors to renew by appointment: • If you are an AAA member, you may make a reservation now to renew your driver’s license/ID at a AAA location. Visit aaa.com/appointments to schedule your visit. • If you are not a AAA member, visit Mass.Gov/RMV to make a reservation to renew at an RMV Service Center. Select the Seniors License Renewal option on the Make/Cancel a Reservation transaction. • Email the RMV for assistance to renew at the MassDOTRMVSeniors@dot.state.ma.us email address. • Call the RMV at 857-3688005. License and ID renewal appointments are also available at other open RMV Service Centers that off er general appointments to the public. Select “Renew My Driver’s License” or “Mass ID” option on “Make/Cancel a Reservation” at Mass.Gov/RMV to view availability and make a reservation at one of these locations. The RMV is introducing this service alternative due to the COVID-19 public health emergency to encourage “social-distancing” in its Service Centers and prioritize other essential in-person needs by appointment only. All RMV customers are encouraged to visit www. Mass.Gov/RMV to complete one of over 40 other transactions available online, by mail or by phone. For additional information on RMV service off erings during the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit www.mass.gov/ rmv or https://www.mass.gov/ info-details/rmv-covid-19-information. oo ll footba game is always ay ys a po popular evevevent op football game is always a popular event when the Lady Pats played a rival team. As you can see it was a competitive game and many students and families turned out to support the Lady Pats both home and away. For Advertising with Results, call The Advocate Newspapers at 781-286-8500 or Info@advocatenews.net ~FLASHBACK~ Tenth in a series of photos
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