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Many Flocked Plum Island Beach Despite Stay-At-Home Advisory

Matthew McDonald

Without much else to do, beaches in Massachusetts have become a popular spot, despite it not being summertime weather yet in the Bay State.

As Boston 25 reports, there were hundreds of people at Plum Island Beach in Newbury on Sunday, April 19, and many of the cars were from out of state. The flocking occurred despite Newbury's stay-at-home advisory

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Rhode Island Site Offering Walk-Up Coronavirus Testing

Matthew McDonald

Walk-up coronavirus testing sites are now a reality in Rhode Island.

The first one in the Ocean State opened up on Tuesday, April 21 in the parking lot of Robert L. Bailey IV Elementary School in Providence. The purpose of it, according to The Providence Journal, is to help those who have not been able to get tests.

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