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Select Board asks town counsel to confer with Mission MA receiver as cannabis license questions continue
Summary
Select Board directed town counsel to meet the newly appointed receiver for Mission Massachusetts to clarify whether the host community agreement and local license obligations remain in force and to report back with options; board members raised the possibility of seeking license return if reopening is unlikely.
The Select Board voted July 1 to authorize Town Counsel to meet with the court‑appointed receiver handling Mission Massachusetts’ affairs and to report back with options for the board to consider regarding the company’s Brookline license.
Jonathan Simpson, First Assistant Town Counsel, said the town has received notice that Mission’s corporate parent is in receivership and that the receiver has 45 days to issue an initial report. Counsel told the board the receiver is not automatically bound by private agreements unless the receiver affirms them in writing, a point the board said required clarification because the town…
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