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Restaurants reopening for diners in 12 Maine counties


AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Hungry Mainers can head to restaurants and have a seat in 12 of the state’s 16 counties, where restaurants are allowed to reopen to dine-in customers effective on Monday.

Reopening dates for restaurants were moved up from June 1 in counties that have had fewer cases of the new coronavirus. Those restaurants that are reopening have limited seating to ensure social distancing and have to take extra steps when it comes to sanitizing.

Some restaurants said they would give customers the option of using plastic utensils and plastic or paper drinking cups.

Remote camps as well as sporting camps, which provide access to wilderness activities such as hunting or fishing, were also allowed to open Monday to Maine residents, along with out-of-state visitors who have completed a 14-day quarantine.

The 14-day quarantine for out-of-state visitors has been a source of frustration for Maine’s tourism industry. Gov. Janet Mills has said the state is looking at alternatives.

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