- June 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
The state has decided not to seek payment of fines from three businesses the Attorney General’s Office said failed to follow state requirements for reopening restaurants — including having employees wear masks and spacing tables 6 feet apart.
Out of thousands of businesses in New Hampshire, only eight were fined for COVID-19 violations, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Five paid fines last year.
Three others — Simply Delicious Baking Co. of Bedford, Grumpy’s Bar and Grill of Plaistow and What A Bagel of Nashua — contested their fines, which ranged from $500 to $1,500. On Friday, all three were notified that their fines had been reversed.
Simply Delicious owner Alexa Firman said she had hoped not to have to pay her $500 fine.
“I definitely believed I wasn’t breaking any laws,” Firman said on Wednesday.
In dropping the fines, the AG’s Office underlined that it believed the businesses did break…
