If you plan on visiting Kowloon Restaurant in Saugus this weekend, maybe rethink your plans.
The popular Chinese food restaurant located on Route 1 in Saugus will be voluntarily closed for the first time ever on Saturday, August 19, though it will be doing takeout orders; it has been in business since 1959. It will be closed for a private wedding, according to WCVB.
Faced with a surge in migrant arrivals, Massachusetts lacks the resources to provide temporary housing for everyone coming here.
The state's emergency shelter system was housing about 5,600 families as of last week, 80 percent more than it was housing one year ago. That's on top of the more than 1,800 families the state is housing in hotels and motels, according to State House News Service.
