Wicked Local
Most of the state's COVID-19 restrictions are set to be lifted this weekend, a large relief for many after 14 months of living with the pandemic. Local businesses are gearing up for a big shift in how they've been operating and are staffing up to meet an expected rise in customer traffic.
Mae's sandwich shop on Ocean Street opened in October 2019, but because of the pandemic, the first Marshfield summer in their beach-adjacent business as anything but what they expected, so owners Eileen Price and Sam Kauff said they're excited to see what this season brings.
"The fact that it's coinciding with the start of summer is a little stressful for us because we didn't have a real summer last year," Price said. "We're adjusting to more people coming out because they feel more comfortable with vaccines or people opening up again, and also the nice weather. We're trying to manage a new level of busy that we haven't had before."