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Somerville Hair Salons Remain Closed While City Observes Phase 1 Elsewhere
"We want to make sure one, whatever we do we're ensuring public health and safety first," said Curtatone.
SOMERVILLE, MA — While hair salons in most towns and cities across Massachusetts opened Monday, they are still locked up tight in Somerville. Mayor Joseph Curtatone said he wants to take a “wait and see” approach, but that has some salon owners angry.
“We want to make sure one, whatever we do we’re ensuring public health and safety first,” said Curtatone.
“We’re ready, we’re prepared,” said Lindsay Figueiredo of Lindsay Griffin + Co. “We’re going have all of our visual markers in tomorrow, our plexiglass will be up. Our end goal is to make everyone is safe, and we have everything in place to make that happen.”
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But the mayor is standing by his decision, saying he is following how the city has always fought the virus. “We’re taking the same approach that we’ve done since this crisis began and that’s to be informed, to be deliberate, and to be guided by the science,” he said.
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