The photos from Ocean City this weekend have been jarring to many. Throngs of beachgoers crowded the city’s iconic boardwalk. Few wore masks. Many appeared to be standing closer than the recommended 6 feet apart. Lauri Dixon was there. “What I was surprised at was the amount of people that weren’t wearing their masks or…
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Tent Business Switches From Weddings To Coronavirus Testing
Tent Business Switches From Weddings To Coronavirus Testing "It's completely changed our business," the manager of a Glen Burnie tent rental company said of the coronavirus pandemic." Read full story here: GLEN BURNIE, MD — As the pandemic has progressed, one business owner has seen her clientele shift. The tents she had been used to…
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‘We came to a screeching halt’: Some Anne Arundel small businesses forced to adapt during coronavirus pandemic
Small businesses are finding ways to adapt to the coronavirus outbreak and help out the community any way they can as state officials enforce stricter lockdown. A small event tenting business, Party Plus Tents + Events, has switched its whole business plan and started offering tents to hospitals and testing sites in the area. With…
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Maryland businesses branch out to stay busy, help others during coronavirus outbreak
When Michele Turner first put the Hatch Exhibits two-piece mask on her face, she knew it felt different. She also knew it would get the job done. Turner, a thoracic oncology nurse practitioner at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, was the tester and judge of Hatch Exhibits’ first protective head piece and shield…
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Party Plus Supplying COVID-19 Testing Tents
The number of people sent to LifeBridge Health's two local COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites grew from less than 10 on Friday to more than 100 at each site by Wednesday. LifeBridge has been screening patients for the novel coronavirus at specially erected sites on its Carroll Hospital and Sinai Hospital campuses. Patients who may be…
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