Ride-for-hire growth expands beyond bigger cities in places like Dunstable, Shirley By Colin A Young June 23, 2020 at 9:28 a.m.
Massachusetts ‘Step 2’ reopening should alleviate some ‘restlessness’, expert says By Andrew Martinez June 22, 2020 at 8:19 a.m.
![AYER — After nearly four months of customers stuck at home and shuttered doors, many restaurants and bars throughout the state are welcoming patrons back inside their halls. Still, those businesses took a significant hit from the coronavirus pandemic while not allowed to offer indoor dining and losing customers afraid to eat out with reports […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/LOW-L-reliefBar25ayer223-1.jpg?w=121 "AYER — After nearly four months of customers stuck at home and shuttered doors, many restaurants and bars throughout the state are welcoming patrons back inside their halls. Still, those businesses took a significant hit from the coronavirus pandemic while not allowed to offer indoor dining and losing customers afraid to eat out with reports […]")
![The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment aid barely fell last week, and the reopening of small businesses has leveled off — evidence that the job market’s gains may have stalled just as a surge in coronavirus cases is endangering an economic recovery. “There has been no real decline in weekly claims the past […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/StoreClosingnc1-1.jpg?w=132 "The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment aid barely fell last week, and the reopening of small businesses has leveled off — evidence that the job market’s gains may have stalled just as a surge in coronavirus cases is endangering an economic recovery. “There has been no real decline in weekly claims the past […]")
![BOSTON – The growth of rideshare trips taken in Massachusetts decelerated in 2019, but the roughly 91.1 million trips taken with services like Lyft and Uber generated more than $18.2 million in assessment fees for the state and local governments. The 91.1 million trips taken with app-based ride-for-hire services represented a 12 percent increase over […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Uber-Sexual_Assaults_08580-1-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – The growth of rideshare trips taken in Massachusetts decelerated in 2019, but the roughly 91.1 million trips taken with services like Lyft and Uber generated more than $18.2 million in assessment fees for the state and local governments. The 91.1 million trips taken with app-based ride-for-hire services represented a 12 percent increase over […]")
