Restaurants to be allowed to use bar areas for food service.
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts restaurants will soon be able seat up to 10 people at a table and use their bar areas to serve food. Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday during a visit to a Lowell restaurant that the moves that take effect Monday are intended to help the industry that has faced severe restrictions intended to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Also, Merrimack College has shut down a dormitory and placed more than 250 students in quarantine or isolation after more than a dozen tested positive for the coronavirus. And Massachusetts voters can now go online to request a ballot for the November election.
-Associated Press
