Barbers pick up their scissors for first time in two months

By RICK GREEN
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

Howard Phelps gets a fresh cut from Gina Nadeau at Polished and Proper Monday afternoon. (Karen Bobotas photo/for The Laconia Daily Sun)

LACONIA — Sam “Harvard” Ferranti and Gina Nadeau stood outside Polished and Proper on Monday, just shooting the breeze.

The only thing that looked a little different from a normal day was that both barbers were wearing cloth face masks.

Inside, shop owner Bree Neal was wearing an N95 mask.

Closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, barber shops and salons on Monday became one of the first segments of the economy that could reopen under order of Gov. Chris Sununu.

Ferranti said he had mixed feelings.

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