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North Carolina bars can welcome customers back inside Friday evening for the first time in nearly a year as the state eases COVID-19 restrictions.
Many Charlotte-area bars and nightclubs are preparing to reopen this weekend for the first time in nearly a year. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order Wednesday allowing many businesses that have been closed since the start of the pandemic to reopen at limited capacity beginning at 5 p.m. Friday.
Bars, movie theaters and nightclubs will be allowed to operate at 30% capacity. Bars were previously limited to serving patrons outdoors. The order also lifts the 10 p.m. curfew that has been in effect since early December, though on-site alcohol sales are prohibited after 11 p.m. and the statewide mandatory face mask order is still in effect.
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HARWICH – The Board of Selectmen postponed a decision Tuesday night on whether to sanction two popular Harwich Port restaurants for multiple alleged violations of state COVID-19 restrictions on masking, social distancing and alcohol service over Memorial Day weekend and in mid-July of last year.
“We have been pressuring (Town Administrator Joseph Powers) to take action on this,” Selectmen Chairman Larry Ballantine said Tuesday. “Our feeling is this was very flagrant. They ignored the whole of Covid-19 regulations.”
Ember and The Port could lose their liquor licenses
The board decided Tuesday to wait until the liquor licenses for Ember and The Port come up for renewal next month to make a decision, which could involve anything from warnings to liquor license revocation. The board said it would likely devote an entire meeting to the hearing, and will also take into account noise complaints made against the establishments.
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Recent Updates
On Thursday, December 10, 2020, Governor Ralph North announced further actions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within the Commonwealth. While Virginia’s COVID-19 case count and positivity rate remain relatively low compared to other states, new cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in all areas of the Commonwealth. Thus, the Governor has ordered further, more restrictive, measures to fight the spread of the disease. The following measures will take effect at 12:01am on Monday, December 14:
At the License Commission meeting on January 20, commissioners heard about the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects on local restaurants and organizations.
The owners of Lazy Crab Restaurant and Bar, located at 733 Broadway, appeared before the commission to explain the delay in opening their establishment. Attorney Joseph Cattoggio, representing the owners, told the commissioners that the pandemic has made it difficult to obtain the necessary building permits and inspections to open the restaurant in a timely manner. He stated that construction has been on-going in 2020, but has been slow, with the final building permit not being issued until December.