With few entertainment activities available to the public amid the coronavirus emergency, more Vermonters are turning to lakes, ponds, and rivers.
The state sold about 8,000 more general fishing licenses from the beginning of the year to the end of April 2020 than it it did in the same time period in 2019, according to New England Cable News. That represents a 58 percent increase over what the state had sold at that point last year. Additionally, the number of youth fishing license sales increased by 450 — a 62 percent increase over last year's figures at the same point.
In Rhode Island, wearing masks in public will no longer be optional starting Friday, May 8 – two days after Massachusetts began living under a similar order Wednesday, May 6.
The vast majority of people, whether they are indoors or outside, are supposed to wear a mask if they are in a public place, as The Associated Press reports.
