New Deal On Table For Striking Worcester Nurses | Patch PM

MASSACHUSETTS — It's Monday, June 28. Here's what you should know this afternoon:

• Nurses on strike in Worcester have received a new offer from St. Vincent Hospital's owners.
• The former owner of a Cape Cod seafood company was arrested Friday after Sandwich police said he killed $10,000 worth of lobsters.
• The MBTA will begin design work on a project that could speed up the Framingham-Worcester commuter rail line.

Scroll down for more on those and other stories Patch has been covering in Massachusetts today.

Today's Top Story

About 112 days after nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester walked off the job, the owners of the hospital have sent a third offer to end the strike.

At first glance, the nurses say the offer does not meet their No. 1 need: to increase staffing inside the hospital. The nurses plan to look over the proposal on Monday and send a counter-offer by Tuesday.

Read the full story here.

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Monday's Other Top Stories

Big MBTA project: The regional transit agency has approved funding to begin design work on a project that could bring more express trains to the Framingham-Worcester line, plus upgrades to stations in Natick and Wellesley.

Indictment in Worcester stabbing: Jehlon Rose, 19, died in November after he was stabbed several times during a fight outside a hookah lounge in the Kelley Square area.

Sudbury transmission line case goes federal: A group of Sudbury residents opposed to an Eversource project — one that would also result in a new paved rail trail — to bury power lines under an old rail line have asked a federal board to review the matter.

Man accused of killing $10K worth of lobster: The former owner of a Cape Cod seafood company was arrested Friday after Sandwich police said he killed $10,000 worth of lobsters. Joseph Vaudo, of Sandwich, was charged with felony vandalism of property and illegal dumping.

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Massachusetts is in its second heat wave of 2021, and weather forecasters are now saying this month, with an average temperature of 72.9 degrees, is on pace to be the hottest June on record in Boston (the previous record holder was June 1976, when the average temperature was 73.2 degrees). The highest temperatures of the current heat wave are likely to be recorded today and tomorrow.

In Case You Missed It

Pastrnak's infant son dies: Condolences from around sports are pouring in after Bruins star David Pastrnak revealed he and his wife lost their infant son. Viggo Rohl Pastrnak was just six days old when he died June 23. "We have an Angel watching over us and we call him SON," Pastrnak wrote in a brief Instagram post Monday morning. "You will be loved FOREVER. Please respect our privacy as we are going through these heartbreaking times."

By The Numbers

80,000: The approximate number of New Hampshire residents who paid Massachusetts income taxes, even as they worked from home during the coronavirus pandemic. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow New Hampshire to sue neighboring Massachusetts over the income tax dispute. New Hampshire wanted the justices to declare Massachusetts' collections unconstitutional and order a refund to people who are paying taxes of just over 5%.