A Front Yard Heart on Route 88 in Falmouth is a Hopeful Sign of Better Times to Come.

The Mills Administration announced today that indoor dining in Androscoggin, Cumberland and York counties can voluntarily resume on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 with added health and safety protocols outlined in the COVID-19 Prevention Checklist.  The decision to allow inside dining in these three counties follows a plateauing of new cases in recent weeks, based on the 14-day moving average, as well as a stabilization of hospital rates in the counties.  Previously only outside dining, takeaway and delivery services were permitted at restaurants in these three counties.

With this change, restaurants will now be open to both inside and outside dining with added health and safety precautions.  All restaurants in the state of Maine are now open to indoor dining.

note:  For restaurant owners complaining they can’t get employees to come back to work because they are getting more on unemployment, that is pitiful.  Perhaps restaurant owners need to pay more than they currently do – more than unemployment does! Shame on restaurant owners.