Selectboard puts parks-and-rec alcohol-permit changes on next meeting’s agenda after legal review

Jun 9, 2026

A member urged repeal of a 1979 selectboard policy and removal of a 'drug and alcohol free zones' sentence from the parks-and-rec ordinance so the board can re-establish a process for event alcohol permits; the board agreed to discuss it on a noticed agenda.

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A Selectboard member reviewed the town’s 1977 open-container ordinance and a 1979 policy that limited alcohol permits to airport property and proposed reversing that 1979 policy and removing language in the parks-and-recreation ordinance he said created confusion about whether special-event permits could be issued.

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