Downtown businesses encouraged by Independence Day sales boom
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BATON ROUGE - This Independence Day, businesses saw potentially the biggest sales boost since the start of the pandemic.
As hundreds of people gathered downtown to watch the red, white and blue fireworks, bars and restaurants reaped the benefits of the Fourth of July show. I mean I was running around constantly ordering food and making drinks. We had tourists come in for the Fourth of July flow from the Levi. It was definitely a big change, said Savannah McDaniel, a barista at The Vintage.
High schools: Swimming season finishes in unprecendented fashion
Hopkinton s Cailey Stockwell competes at a swim meet on January 29, 2021. Stockwell finished third in the 200-yard freestyle and third in the 100 breaststroke in the Division II swimming and diving championships on Feb. 21, 2021. JEFF SULLIVAN sullivaneventphotography.com
Bow s Ryan Thompson competes at a regular-season swim meet on January 29, 2021, at the Concord YMCA. Thompson finished fourth in the 100-yard freestyle and fifth in the 100 butterfly in the Division II swimming and diving championships on Feb. 20, 2021, at The Workout Club in Salem. JEFF SULLIVAN sullivaneventphotography.com
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