Gulu-Gulu Cafe has also launched an employee fund in support of all of their front of house and back of house staff.
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The campaign includes a punchcard where those who shop local this season can be eligible for a "Salem Staycation" prize drawing.
The loans went to 848 companies and helped protect 7,249 jobs in Salem.
Starbucks will offer free coffee for all front-line workers through the end of 2020.
The pub posted that coronavirus "challenges" make it too difficult to stay open at this time, and the hope is to reopen in the spring.
Readers on the North Shore said they were more apt to shop small businesses or buy online on typically busy shopping days post-Thanksgiving.
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The site is designed to promote the city and help potential new businesses navigate the zoning and permit process in Salem.
In an effort to extend the patio dining season amid the coronavirus crisis, the city is purchasing heaters and giving them to restaurants.
Salem Ghost Tours is looking to help those working in the industry with a new grant program for guides.
Wicked Good Books said crowds failing to wear face masks and use hand sanitizer are forcing it to go appointment-only on weekends.
The briefing will be the morning after the Salem Board of Health decides whether to adopt the state's eased restaurant restrictions.
The Salem-to-Boston ferry will end service after the Labor Day holiday.
Dozens of North Shore companies, including nine from Salem, have been targeted since the AG's office started collecting complaints in May.
Massachusetts was one of just five states that saw its unemployment rate increase in June.
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The program is funded by the City of Salem and offered through the Enterprise Center.
The U.S. Small Business Administration released the names of every company that received loans under the coronavirus stimulus package.
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The museum had been paying all full- and part-time employees with endowment revenue and cash on hand since it closed on March 12.
Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll today announced that the City has awarded $718,250 in Salem Together Assistance & Recovery Toolkit grants.
Deals with two potential buyers fell through, meaning the downtown theater will not reopen when the coronavirus crisis ends.
While Salem has dodged the high infection rate and death count in the coronavirus crisis, its unemployment rate is above the state level.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released unemployment rates for April, the first full month of the coronavirus shutdown of the economy.
CVS has plans to open 1,000 drive-thru testing sites across the country, and hopes to eventually process 1.5 million tests per month.
People who meet CDC, state and local guidelines for testing can get a test on Highland Avenue in Salem.
Aramark told the Salem State officials it was "no longer feasible to continue" the dining services contract it won last year.
Lost advertising revenue forced the newspaper to make the "difficult decision" to stop publishing on two days each week.
Analysts warned Massachusetts unemployment numbers may be much higher as the coronavirus pandemic has worsened.
Five of the state's 43 recreational cannabis dealers filed the lawsuit seeking an injunction of the order that forced them to close.
The school's field house is being used as a quarantine locations for homeless people in a partnership between Salem, Beverly, and Lynn.
A positive coronavirus test at an apartment building that dealt with an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease last year has residents worried.
The woman had last worked at the store on March 26 according to a statement released by Market Basket.
It's the first time gasoline prices in Massachusetts have dropped below $2 per gallon since 2016.
We asked local businesses to update their status and created a handy guide from their responses.
The number of Massachusetts residents filing for unemployment last week rose 21.9 percent.
We're publishing a simple Open-or-Closed Directory for local businesses. Here's how to get listed.