Bars and nightclubs prepare to reopen with or without masks, at full capacity
JENNIFER MONASTESSE, manager of McBride s Irish Pub in Providence, is asking her customers to continue to wear masks indoors when not at their tables. / PBN PHOTO BY MARY MACDONALD.
PROVIDENCE – After more than a year of reminding patrons to wear their masks when they aren’t seated, bar owners and managers suddenly are free to decide whether they want to continue doing that, or operate with fewer restrictions.
The choice is theirs, Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced last week, quickly following on guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that said Americans who are vaccinated no longer need to wear masks indoors or outside in most situations.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo came to Rhode Island on Wednesday to focus on small businesses, and they made time to visit one as well. It was an unexpected visit for the staff at Books on the Square in Wayland Square in Providence. They said they only had about a minute with the pair from Washington, but it's one they won't forget. It's a sentence store manager Jennifer Kandarian never thought she'd say: "The.
Monahan Drabble Sherman Funeral Home has sold. PHOTO: GoLocal
Monahan Drabble Sherman Funeral Home which has handled the funeral arrangements of many of Rhode Island’s most wealthy and influential over the decades has sold its building to a developer.
The history of the funeral home goes back over 140 years. The business will be selling its location in the victorian home on the corner of Waterman Street and Wayland Avenue.
Mark Russell, one of the owners of the home and the property, tells GoLocal that it was a heartbreaking decision to sell the building.
“We will continue to operate in East Providence, but we are over 70 years of age and we need to begin to plan,” said Mark Russell.