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Charlie Baker lifts 9:30 p.m. curfew on restaurants, other businesses effective Monday but capacity limits continue

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GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS.XBy | | Boston HeraldA curfew mandating restaurants and most other businesses to close by 9:30 p.m. lifts on Monday, but industries hit hard by the coronavirus will have to live with customer capacity caps of 25% for another two weeks, Gov. Charlie Baker announced.“Vaccines are reaching residents, positive case rates have stabilized. Those trends are moving in the right direction. As a result, we believe it’s time and it’s OK to start gradually easing on the restrictions we put in place,” Baker said during his regular coronavirus briefing at the State House on Thursday.The easing of restrictions is welcome news among business owners, who hope to see the reopening progress even further in the weeks to come.“Allowing diners to have more time to enjoy time out of the house, in a supervised, regulated and proven safe environment is a great step to moving away from unregulated private gatherings.&nbsp; We also look forward to increasing our capacity limits shortly,” said Bob Luz of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association.Restaurants, gyms, casinos, offices, churches, libraries, movie theaters, arcades, golf facilities, museums and most other businesses had to cut capacity to 25% of their maximum on Dec. 26 in response to state regulators after holiday gatherings sent coronavirus numbers skyrocketing.Baker said the decision led many to call him “Scrooge on social media” but added that the clamp down on businesses appears to be working.“Today, three weeks into 2021, our public health data is trending in a better direction in some categories, like hospitalizations and the percent of positive COVID cases for the first time in a long time,” Baker said.The order cutting limiting business capacity to 25% is set to expire Feb. 8 unless Baker extends it.The stricter regulations were intended to last for just two weeks but were extended for an additional 14 days as the state rode out a surge in hospitalizations and case numbers spurred but Christmas and New Year’s gatherings.— DevelopingSign up for email newslettersMost PopularClose

GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS.XBy | | Boston HeraldA curfew mandating restaurants and most other businesses to close by 9:30 p.m. lifts on Monday, but industries hit hard by the coronavirus will have to live with customer capacity caps of 25% for another two weeks, Gov. Charlie Baker announced.“Vaccines are reaching residents, positive case rates have stabilized. Those trends are moving in the right direction. As a result, we believe it’s time and it’s OK to start gradually easing on the restrictions we put in place,” Baker said during his regular...

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