At Central Square in Cambridge, the coronavirus pandemic is suffocating businesses
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Seated behind the cash register in a storefront filled with leotards, tights, and rows of footwear, Steven Adelson does not mince words: This could be the month that buries his business, Teddy Shoes, a shop that is named after his father and has called Central Square home since 1957.
Adelson has a lot of company in his worries. Central Square, home to an eclectic array of shops, and before the pandemic, a bustling restaurant and nightlife scene, is in many ways emblematic of the devastation the coronavirus has wrought on small businesses across the region and country — and of the way the virus’s suffocating grasp has spread into the most vibrant neighborhoods.
Read the full story at BostonGlobe.com.
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