Mattapoisett Select Board member Jodi Bauer was not happy to learn that there was going to be another year of outdoor dining at The Inn on Shipyard Park.
Bauer's problem is not with The Inn's famous porch, but with the fact that the current outdoor dining plan includes the use of the town's sidewalk and extends onto Water Street...
Massachusetts relaxed its rules about restaurants serving alcohol outdoors and to-go during the pandemic. But those rules may soon be enforced once again.
Certain parts of New Bedford have always been a sore spot for retailers and restaurants when it comes to outdoor space but it looks like that may be changing.