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"Owned by Ruth Ryan Allen, this 86-year-old Cambridge bar has been closed since the March shutdown and was preparing to reopen in December; Allen says she received no PPP or city loan, has taken out loans and maxed out credit cards, and put her home and personal finances at risk to keep the business afloat. She called the late, unannounced policy order reprehensible and warned that another shutdown would prevent her from rehiring employees, push the business past recovery, and erase a piece of local history." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal