STATE REP. David LeBoeuf will lose his license for 45 days, pay $1,380 in fees and fines, and enroll in a driver alcohol education program as a consequence of his […]
Alcohol
Posted inThe Download
Liquor license ballot question has layers of controversy
Nurse staffing ratios. Right to repair. Zoning reform. Almost every election, there is at least one ballot question that defies easy explanation and generally boils down to a dispute among […]
Posted inPolitics
Liquor license ballot question has layers of controversy
NURSE STAFFING ratios. Right to repair. Zoning reform. Almost every election, there is at least one ballot question that defies easy explanation and generally boils down to a dispute among […]
Posted inOpinion
Massachusetts doesn’t need happy hours
MULTIPLE EFFORTS are under way to repeal the longstanding ban on happy hour in Massachusetts. If you’re not old enough to remember, happy hour ended here in 1984, when legislators, […]
Posted inUncategorized
SJC allows alcohol sales question to advance to 2020 ballot
THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT ruled Tuesday that a proposed ballot question allowing for expanded alcohol and beer sales can proceed to the November ballot. Massachusetts state law limits the number […]
Posted inEnvironment
Time to take a stand on nips?
MAYBE IT’S TIME for Beacon Hill to take a stand on nips, those little liquor bottles that many communities are coming to regard as a public nuisance. Chelsea banned the […]
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Time to take a stand on nips?
Maybe it’s time for Beacon Hill to take a stand on nips, those little liquor bottles that many communities are coming to regard as a public nuisance. Chelsea banned the […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion, Politics
Mega booze store out for self
MASSACHUSETTS LAWS AND regulations governing the sale of alcohol are partially based on the idea of maximizing carefully considered controls and oversight to help reduce negative impacts associated with over-consumption. […]
