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Board of Health warns against rolling back alcohol enforcement; Select Board to vote on regulation changes at next meeting
Summary
At a public hearing, Needham public-health officials urged the Select Board not to extend sales hours or reduce penalties for alcohol-license violations, citing statewide harms and local youth-use data; the board will consider final changes at its next meeting.
The Needham Board of Health told the Select Board Oct. 14 that proposed relaxations in the town’s alcohol regulations could send the wrong message as local data show high adolescent alcohol use and compliance checks show repeated vendor failures.
Board of Health Chair Ed Cosgrove opened the Board of Health presentation by stressing the scale of alcohol-related harm in Massachusetts: he cited state figures on alcohol-related deaths and assaults and said fatal crashes involving impaired drivers remain a…
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