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Select Board holds public hearing on zoning changes to allow alcohol at B&Bs and set rules for special event centers
Summary
The Select Board held an informational public hearing April 7 on two town-meeting referendum questions: an amendment allowing alcohol service at bed-and-breakfasts (limited to patrons/events) and a new conditional-use framework for special event centers with performance standards and a 150-person occupancy cap.
The Select Board of the Town of North Berwick held an informational public hearing on April 7 to review two proposed zoning ordinance amendments that will appear as referendum questions at the 2026 annual town meeting.
Duane Moore, town manager, summarized the first proposed amendment as a narrow change to the bed-and-breakfast definition: "primarily, what it does, it allows for alcoholic beverages to be served at bed and breakfasts. That's the the sum of that change," he said, adding that alcohol service would be limited to patrons staying at the facility or to…
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