Olympian Running Falmouth Road Race For Cancer Charity: Patch PM

Falmouth MA

09 August, 2021

2:38 PM

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MASSACHUSETTS — It's Monday, August 9. Here's what you should know this afternoon: Indoor mask mandates are coming back to more Massachusetts cities and towns with one starting in Belmont on Monday and one proposed to start soon in Salem. St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester has begun hiring new nurses to replace striking ones in a further escalation of the months-long labor dispute.An Olympic bronze medal winner from Cambridge will run the Falmouth Road Race to raise money for cancer research.Some guys have all the luck — including a Braintree man who recently won a state lottery jackpot for the second time. Scroll down for more on those and other stories Patch has been covering in Massachusetts today. Monday's Top Story Molly Seidel ran for her country, and now she's running to help kids fighting cancer. On the heels of her bronze medal-winning performance in Tokyo, U.S. Olympic marathon runner Seidel will travel to Cape Cod to run the Falmouth Road Race. As part of her participation, Seidel will be the official race starter and then join the field as the last runner. For every runner that she passes along the 7-mile course, Falmouth Road Race, Inc. will donate $1 to Tommy's Place, a vacation home in Falmouth for kids fighting cancer. The 2021 Olympic marathoner will also run the ASICS Falmouth Road Race alongside her sister, Isabel, as a post-Olympic celebration. Read the full story. Like this article? Sign up for our newsletter and get it delivered every weekday. It's free! Monday's Other Top StoriesStrict vaccination requirements coming to Salem: Salem intends to introduce some of the strictest coronavirus-related mitigation measures in the state over the next two weeks — including an indoor mask mandate for all businesses and a strong push for twice-weekly testing for all public and private unvaccinated employees. The vaccine guideline would require all city or school employees who remain unvaccinated to undergo twice-weekly testing. Worcester hospital moves to replace striking nurses: St. Vincent Hospital on Sunday said it has hired 100 people to replace nurses out on strike, and will begin the process of replacing many more this week. About two-thirds of St. Vincent's 800 nurses went on strike in March. The hospital hired temporary nurses to replace them, but in May leaders announced they would begin hiring permanent replacements. Downed wire cause quite a mess in Brookline: Drivers in Brookline were told to avoid Heath Street between Hammond and Warren streets as well as Randolph Road Monday morning after witnesses said a moving truck pulled down wires and multiple utility poles. Eat fresh: Patch's 2021 Massachusetts Farmers Market Guide Picture This John Hammill previously won $1 million in 2006 of the state lottery's "Set For Life" scratch ticket game. (Massachusetts State Lottery) One Braintree man has twice as much luck on his side: For the second time in the last 15 years, John Hammill, of Braintree, won millions of dollars in the Massachusetts State Lottery. On July 26, Hammill hit the jackpot, winning $15 million in the "Massachusetts Millionaires' Club" instant ticket game. They Said It "When employers violate the Fair Labor Standards Act willfully, they not only cheat their employees, they place law-abiding businesses at a competitive disadvantage." Wage and Hour Division District Director Carlos Matos on the $310,000 in back wages and liquidated damages three Canton businesses and their former president were ordered to pay 19 employees who were denied overtime despite working the hours.