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New restaurant rules allow diners to finish after closing

With the governor's mandatory early closing hours for some businesses kicking in Friday, the administration updated its rules for restaurants on Thursday making clear that diners served before 9:30 p.m. can finish their food and drinks, but must be off the premises by 10 p.m.

Tree House expanding to Cape Cod

Tree House Brewing Co. is planning a taproom on Cape Cod next summer, the Charlton craft brewer announced on social media Thursday.

Fitchburg’s 50/50 Diner receives $50K NCMDC micro-loan

Management behind Fitchburg’s 50/50 Diner received a $50,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp., the economic development arm of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, the agency announced on Wednesday.

Mass. surpasses $1B in marijuana sales

Cannabis retailers in Massachusetts have now cumulatively passed $1 billion in gross sales, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission announced on Tuesday.
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Jack’s Abby will not open indoor beer hall

Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham will not open its indoor beer hall this season, as it transitions away from its outdoor beer garden, the brewer announced on Monday. 

Q&A: Ethos Cannabis will connect customers to cultivation

Pennsylvania marijuana company Ethos Cannabis opened its first recreational dispensary in Fitchburg on Halloween, colocated with a...

Ethos Cannabis opens recreational dispensary in Fitchburg on Halloween

Pennsylvania marijuana company Ethos Cannabis will open its first recreational dispensary in Fitchburg on Halloween, the company announced on Friday.

Worcester expands restaurants’ use of outdoor dining

Warm temperatures that allowed for comfortable outdoor dining are largely gone until next year. But Worcester officials are looking to give restaurants every chance they can to make ends meet during the coronavirus pandemic by continuing to serve patrons more safely outdoors.
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CCC delays delivery rules after objections from lawmakers

There will be no vote this week on the Cannabis Control Commission's latest rewrite of its regulations, including the marijuana delivery framework recently agreed to, after all.

Q&A: Campfire Cannabis connects customers with the cozy outdoors

Campfire Cannabis opened in West Boylston on Oct. 11. A family-owned company run by CEO Nehar Patel and his two cousins, Neel Patel and Anand Patel, the dispensary breaks from many of the typical ultra-modern aesthetic elements employed at other dispensaries, instead honing in on a specific theme: camping.
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