Somerville, Arlington Letting Restaurants Sell Groceries

Somerville, Arlington Letting Restaurants Sell Groceries

Restaurants are known for selling cooked and prepared meals, but in a couple of Massachusetts communities, they have expanded their business model as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

In addition to selling takeout alcoholic beverages, Arlington and Somerville allow their restaurants to sell groceries if they wish. Typically, a permit to sell groceries requires a $150 fee in both places, but both communities waived their respective fees because of the emergency.

Young People Far Less Patriotic Than They Used To Be, Poll Finds
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Young People Far Less Patriotic Than They Used To Be, Poll Finds

Matthew McDonald

Young Americans are dramatically less patriotic than they were 18 years ago in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attack, a newly released poll found.

Some 63 percent of people ages 18 to 29 surveyed in the poll identified as "very patriotic" or "somewhat patriotic" – but that number was 89 percent in 2002 when the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government conducted its first Youth Poll. (Back then, the age group polled was 18 to 24.)

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