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Northshore October 2025
As North Shore towns grapple with restaurant dining in this new COVID-19 era, this past weekend marked the first of two weekends during which Newburyport will shut down State Street to allow for more outdoor dining. Phase two of Massachusetts’ phased reopening began June 8, allowing restaurants to welcome diners as long as they were outside. Newburyport, which normally has a quaint, buzzing downtown area especially in the summer months, put up Jersey barriers in many places to block off parking spaces and make even more room for outdoor dining. Many restaurants and retailers have been permitted by the town to expand outdoor dining int
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