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Hurley School lifts mask mandate

By TOM LAVENTURE

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HURLEY — The Hurley Public School Board lifted the mask mandate on Monday with instructions to the administration to monitor pandemic guidance recommendations leading into the next academic year in the fall.

The action was effective immediately following a 5-0 vote. The school board and around a dozen others present for the regular meeting removed their face coverings — something that hadn’t been done at the meetings since the pandemic order started in March 2020.

The board action included language to follow quarantine guidance for close...