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   Brookdale Senior Living, headquartered in Tennessee, has 8 locations throughout Massachusetts. None however are currently in Western Mass and to find one with a nursing home one would have to venture out to Rhode Island where the company operates four nursing homes. Within the state, Brookdale Senior operates independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, and continuing care retirement communities.    All the facilities are beautiful with kind compassionate staff that enjoy what they do and unlike some facilities have been found to be paid fairly as well, which has been shown to keep employees happy and create a better work environment. As far as senior care and living facilities goes in the Bay State, these are some of the more comfortable one with a strong sense of community.    Recently, an undisclosed company has tried to purchase Brookdale Senior living but the offer was rejected. It seems that residents and workers of the area are not the only ones w

       News about the new Nantucket hospital is still coming in and what we know is impressive. The building itself will be 30 percent larger than the one that it is replacing. The building that is part of Partners HealthCare is being built to withstand the worst that mother nature has been dealing out in the storm department. Hospitals are all about caring for those in medical need yet as we have seen in recent ( and distant events ), that mother nature is indiscriminate on whom she shows her wrath. The new hospital is set to open later this year and has been built to withstand a Category 5 hurricane. To be put that into perspective, the United States has only ever had 3 Hurricanes hit the United States as a Category 5. The last one to do so was in about 25 years ago, although the way the world was rocked by last year;s Hurricane Irma, has not been lost on many, especially the engineers, risk advisors, and top decision makers. Nantucket hospital sits 30 miles off the coast

Entertaining kids while also not boring the parents can be tricky at times. It also can get expensive very quickly. Trips to the roller rink, the zoo, Six Flags and everywhere else usually cost money. Plus how many trips to the beach can you take before everyone is burned and the car starts to look like a sandbox? Well, great news! For this first weekend of August, here are some totally free trips you can take in Massachusetts that would normally cost you money. Pack a lunch and save even more cash because this is a list of places you can take your significang other or the family to this Saturday for free. Saturday - August 3rd Franklin Park Zoo Cape Cod Museum of Art Children's Museum of Greater Fall River Davis Museum at Wellesley College Naumkeag, The trustees Worcester Historical Museum Osterville Historical Museum Historic Deerfield  The Earle Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Paragon Carousel Check back soon as I will be adding to the list and inclu