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Local business owners are trying to find their footing after a three-week extension of restrictions that will keep many of them closed.

As coronavirus cases climb, many cities and towns are tightening their COVID-19 restrictions, leaving small business owners in limbo. Many of them are worried statewide closures will be next.  On Tuesday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced he is extending the city’s restrictions for at least three more weeks. The modified Phase 2, Step 2 that the city is now under...

The Christmas Day explosion has sparked shock across the country after a bomb detonated in the heart of Nashville’s historic downtown

Business leaders in Massachusetts expressed a measure of relief on Tuesday that the Baker administration’s new COVID-19 restrictions fell short of a widespread shutdown, while still expressing concern for struggling businesses, especially those required to close. For most businesses, the rollback means they can still operate, but under slightly stricter conditions. Retailers, gyms, museums and corporate offices are limited...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills said Friday she is extending through Jan. 3 a requirement that some businesses close by 9 p.m. amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mills initiated the policy prior to Thanksgiving and originally said it would apply to some businesses until Dec. 6. The rules apply to all outdoor and indoor entertainment venues, performing arts venues, casinos, movie theaters,…

When Connecticut locked down in March, Sean Murray had hundreds of gallons of beer and no one to drink it. Between the restaurant and the dive bar he managed in the city’s downtown, Murray has 70 draft lines. “We lost about $15,000 in beer alone,” he said. Bottles of beer and wine can sit, but the kegs, Murray said, “were…

Businesses, some of which are seasonal, are now hoping the nice weather will continue into the fall, so that they’ll continue to make up lost revenue from the coronavirus pandemic.

Beach businesses, some of which are seasonal, are now hoping the nice weather will continue into the fall, so that they’ll continue to make up lost revenue from the pandemic.

Businesses on Cape Cod could be in further financial trouble if a recent surge of COVID-19 cases continues.

Gov. Charlie Baker provided new details Monday on what types of businesses can open in Phase 2 of his plan to reopen the Massachusetts economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. He signed an executive order that clarifies which businesses and sectors fall into the second phase of the state’s reopening. Monday’s executive order also lists which businesses included in Phase 2…

The Baker administration has hit more than 60 businesses with cease-and-desist orders in recent weeks for allegedly violating restrictions related to Covid-19, including big-name retailers like Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., Nordstrom Inc. and Williams-Sonoma Inc. In most instances, the firms had failed to close their brick-and-mortar locations even though they were not performing what the state considers to be essential…

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott issued guidance Friday on how to reopen the economy.

Consumer and manufacturing reports for March showed the hit to the economy from the coronavirus was even swifter and deeper in the early weeks of the shutdown than expected. March retail sales fell 8.7%, the most ever in government data, and New York regional manufacturing activity hit an all-time low, declining to a shocking negative 78.2%. Industrial production slipped 5.4%, the largest decline...

President Donald Trump has said he wants to see the United States economy emerge from the coronavirus outbreak and reopen on May 1. But local leaders said Monday it’s way too early for that conversation. Massachusetts has just entered what state public health officials expect to be a peak period for new COVID-19 infections and patients requiring hospital care. “The…

Many businesses shut their doors Tuesday after Gov. Charlie Baker ordered nonessential businesses to close.