HAMPDEN/WILBRAHAM – The Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District (HWRSD) hosted its second budget roundtable of the year on March 3 and was joined by the Hampden Advisory Board, the Wilbraham Finance Committee and the Boards of Selectmen from both towns.
Businesses, for example, may still choose to mandate them inside their stores.
“We’re not comfortable getting masks off just yet, but soon we will be,’ said Beth Gyngell, owner of The Nutrition Spot in Middletown.
She posted a “masks required sign” on her smoothing and energizing beverage shop’s door.
“Not everyone behind the bar yet is vaccinated, we’re all in the process of getting it,” she said.
The changes come with mixed reaction.
“I think it’s excellent. No masks and being outside and fully vaccinated, it’s wonderful. Freedom,” said Robin Frechette of Branford.
Some told NBC Connecticut they’re concerned as the state leans on the honor system to enforce the changes.