Salem is expanding its government-owned ridesharing service, the Salem Skipper. On Thursday, city officials announced the service will begin offering rides to two neighboring North Shore communities.
This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox,, is expanding. On Thursday, city officials announced the service will begin offering rides out of town to its neighboring communities,How’s it different than the big ride-hailing apps? An average ride with the Salem Skipper costs around $2 . Mayor Dominick Pangallo said people of all ages use the service to get to school, doctors appointments and more.
What’s happening today: Judge Christopher Lopez will consider how and when the hospitals — including seven in Massachusetts — might be sold. Steward has proposed a quick timeline to have its hospitals go to auction by the end of June, but Ross Martin, a professor of law at Boston College, told WBUR’s Deborah Becker he thinks the geographic diversity of the hospitals and the complicated nature of the auctions could result in delays.
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