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Portland, Maine, is bringing back a program many residents, visitors and business owners liked for another year. It allows restaurants and other businesses to use parklet spaces and space on shut down streets for eating, shopping and other activities.

The final phase of the COVID-19 reopening plan begins in Massachusetts on Monday, complete with relaxed travel restrictions and the return of outdoor dining in almost all of Boston. Large entertainment and sports venues such as the TD Garden and Fenway Park will be able to reopen to fans, albeit in a limited capacity. In addition, public gatherings of up…

Beginning Monday, you can dine outdoors again in Boston — except for the North End.

If you drove by Brewers Fork in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood last week, you might have noticed a huge wait for a table. It was the result of a taste of warmer weather. “The moment that temperature rose, we were full by noon and stayed full till we closed,” said Jessica Gooch, the general manager at the restaurant’s sister property...

Restaurants in Boston’s North End have to wait longer than the rest of the city to offer outdoor seating as spring fast approaches. Boston’s outdoor dining program will begin on Monday, March 22 — 10 days earlier than had originally been planned due to the weather forecast, Mayor Marty Walsh announced Friday. But the city’s North End has to wait…

Mayor Marty Walsh announced Friday that Boston’s outdoor dining program will begin on Monday, March 22 — 10 days earlier than had originally been planned due to the weather forecast. But the city’s North End has to wait. The Boston Licensing Board says outdoor dining can’t start until April 1 in the North End, citing “high density” for the delay….

Restaurants in Boston can resume outdoor dining on March 22, but restaurants in the city’s North End have to wait to open their outdoor sections until April 1.

Restaurants in Boston can start outdoor dining on March 22 — but restaurants in the city’s North End can’t open their outdoor sections until April 1.

Mayor Marty Walsh announced Friday that Boston’s outdoor dining program will begin on Monday, March 22 — 10 days earlier than had originally been planned. The program was moved up due to the weather forecast, the city said. The city’s outdoor dining initiative started last year to help restaurants survive during the coronavirus pandemic. Online applications for the program are…

At least seven people were transported to the hospital after a multi-vehicle crash sent two vehicles through an outdoor dining setup and food stand near Midtown. FDNY officials say the crash happened near 2nd Avenue and East 50th Street around 8:30 a.m. on Friday. An initial report of four people hospitalized was later upgraded to at least seven as the…

The remarks come as the city moves into a modified Phase 3, Step 2 Monday.

People looking to score a unique outdoor dining option during the pandemic can now make a run to the home of the Seattle Seahawks.

A Maine couple is getting ready to start selling an invention that they dreamed up out of pandemic necessity. Over the past four months, Jocelyn Olsen and Colin Greig have developed a battery-powered, heated seat cushion and created their own company to sell them. Their business is named Hüga, which is a spin on the Danish word “hygge” which...

A couple in Portland, Maine, thinks they invented the answer to comfortable outdoor dining during the winter: heated seat cushions.

If you’ve ever wanted to eat inside an igloo in New England, here is some good news: Several Patriot Place restaurants are now offering heated igloos to outdoor diners this winter. The idea is that guests can come out of the cold to enjoy a unique and safe dining experience, Patriots Place announced Friday. Groups of six or less...

People will be able to eat outside throughout the winter in Brookline now that officials extended their outdoor dining season. The town launched the Winter Outdoor Dining Pilot Program in an attempt to support restaurants – an industry that has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurants can continue to offer outdoor seating as long as they adhere to a…

The town of Brookline launched the Winter Outdoor Dining Pilot Program in an attempt to support restaurants – an industry that has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Outdoor dining will return to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on March 1, 2021, weather permitting, the City Council decided. The City Council voted unanimously on the date Monday, saying it was giving struggling restaurants “a small ounce of predictability” by guaranteeing the return of outdoor dining. City officials also said they expect to extend the mask mandate for public areas until…

Boston is bringing back its outdoor dining program in the spring, an initiative started this year to help restaurants survive during the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Marty Walsh announced Thursday. Online applications for the program scheduled to start April 1 — earlier if weather allows — are being accepted now, the mayor said in a statement. Under the program, restaurants may…

Mayor Marty Walsh announced Thursday the launch of an outdoor dining pilot program for 2021, building on Boston’s ongoing commitment to supporting restaurants during COVID-19. Walsh said we saw the benefits that outdoor dining can have in the city’s neighborhoods this year — the city approved more than 550 requests for restaurants in 2020.