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If you are vaccinated, you can dance the night away Marissa Castrigno was walking through downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, when she spotted the sign in the window of one of her favorite dance clubs. After months of being shuttered by the pandemic, Ibiza Nightclub was reopening April 30, it announced. Thrilled, Castrigno immediately made plans with friends to be there. About 50 miles north in Jacksonville, Kennedy Swift learned of Ibiza s reopening on social media. He, too, decided to attend with friends. But on the night of April 30, the two groups were in for a surprise one they would react to in starkly different ways. ....
Last week, after Gov. Roy Cooper lifted the mask mandate but recommended that those who aren't fully vaccinated still wear a mask, Hisine McNeill, owner of Alpha Dawgs restaurant in southeast Raleigh, reached out to the state to see how business owners. ....
Restaurant owner gets backlash after asking for proof of vaccination RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) Last week, after Gov. Roy Cooper lifted the mask mandate but recommended that those who aren’t fully vaccinated still wear a mask, Hisine McNeill, owner of Alpha Dawgs restaurant in southeast Raleigh, reached out to the state to see how business owners would be able to tell if someone has been vaccinated. “If contact tracing leads here to my restaurant and I’m hit with litigation, is somebody going to chip in and help me with that?” McNeill said. He got no clear answer, so he decided to require masks unless customers can show proof of vaccination. ....
North Carolina Restaurant Gets Backlash for Insisting Customers Mask Up or Show Proof of Vaccination The owner of Alpha Dawgs, a restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina, said he has been facing mounting backlash for demanding customers either show their proof of vaccination or mask up or be denied service. Last Friday, Hisine McNeill, owner of Alpha Dawgs, posted a message on the restaurant’s Facebook page that made clear his establishment’s policy on COVID-19 vaccines and masks. ‘To whom it may concern: If you decide to come into my establishment claiming that you are fully vaccinated, I WILL ASK TO SEE YOUR CARD. If you don’t want to provide it then you will have to wear a mask in my store. And if you still don’t want to comply with either then I have the right to deny service. Thank you for your cooperation,” the post reads. ....