The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated new guidelines for individuals who have received both of their COVID-19 vaccinations. As of April 27, those who have received both shots are able to safely attend small outdoor gatherings without having to wear a mask. However, these individuals must continue to wear masks in indoor public areas and in larger crowds where exposure may be higher.
These new recommendations from the CDC say that those who are fully vaccinated can attend small outdoor gatherings with a mixture of vaccinated and unvaccinated people, dine outside at restaurants with people from other households and perform physical activity outside with others without a mask.
A couple on their first date sharing a cupcake. A child idolizing his birthday cake. All part of Richard (Rick) Dickinson’s ‘great cakes.’ For decades, Dickinson has made these baked goods for all of Fairfield County to share. First as a baker, and then owner at the bakery Great Cakes, which closed in 2014, and most recently at Peters Market in Weston, which closed last month.
But now, Rick Dickinson’s signature sweets are returning to Westport at the Granola Bar where he will be working as the Commissary Manager alongside co-owners Dana Noorily and Julie Mountain.
Dickinson made baked goods that were a large part of many Westporter’s childhoods, with some quoting the now-closed bakery Great Cakes, a ‘mom and pop place’. By joining Granola Bar, he is able to bring his goods back to Westport after seven years.
This year has looked far from normal, but one of the few things that remain are snow days. A day adored by all ages, one where students can sleep until noon, go sledding at Winslow park with friends and most importantly get a break from school. The snow day policy has been altered slightly, but it still keeps a similar structure from previous years and ensures that students won’t be missing out on the fun.
Superintendent Thomas Scarice changed the policy, and students have found snow days even more enjoyable.
“The district will not have back-to-back snow days, if a storm is strong enough, or clean up is serious enough, to require a second consecutive day. On such an occasion, the second day will be a remote learning day,” Scarice wrote in an email to the district.