Massachusetts Doctor Sentenced in Sexual Assault Case A Framingham, Mass. doctor will spend up to 7 years in state prison after his conviction last week on charges... Learn More
Drinking Alcohol Cuts Arthritis Risk Bloomberg reported this week on a recent UK study showing that those who drink alcohol on more than 10 days... Learn More
Will Massachusetts Wine Fans Be Allowed to Purchase Wine Via Direct Shipping? Perhaps not. Massachusetts wine lovers will continue to be prevented from purchasing their favorite wines directly from in-state and out-of-state... Learn More
Eight Liquor Licenses to be Available in Wareham Year-Round A local Wareham paper reports on the 8 new full alcoholic beverage licenses to be made available in Wareham, once... Learn More
Pembroke man with brain injury faces rape trial The Patriot Ledger had an interesting piece about the criminal trial of Sean Ebert and whether he is competent to... Learn More
Cambridge Montessori Headmaster Charged with Child Porn The Cambridge Chronicle reports that the headmaster of Cambridge Montessori has pleaded not guilty to child pornography charges in North... Learn More
Church Revises Policies on Clergy Sex Abuse The Vatican has revised its internal policies, making it easier to discipline sex-abuser priests. However, as reported by the New... Learn More
Norwood liquor store receives four-day suspension The Norwood Transcript reports that local package store Balboni’s has received a four-day suspension from selling alcohol because it sold... Learn More
Court denies preliminary injunction in beer trademark case Federal Magistrate Judge Collings has denied the Beer Republic Brewing Company’s request for an injunction against the Central City Brewing... Learn More
Boston City Councilor Calls For Hearing on Mobile Food Licensing Boston City Councilor Michael Ross has requested that a hearing be held to discuss and examine the regulations and permitting... Learn More
Voters in November Will Decide on Alcohol Tax Repeal Massachusetts voters will decide this November the fate of ballot questions that would repeal last year’s new tax on retail... Learn More
Mass. Liquor License Employee Accused of Taking Bribe A Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission investigator was arrested yesterday and charged with accepting a cash bribe of several thousand... Learn More
Chicopee bartender accused of killing customer The Herald reports that a bartender at a Chicopee bar accused of fatally stabbing a customer has been ordered held... Learn More
Restaurant Group Criticizes Bill on Alcohol Detection Devices A group representing restaurants across the country is criticizing a federal bill that would require all cars to contain alcohol... Learn More
Calorie reporting for beer, wine, and cocktails? Good piece in the Washington Post on whether the Food and Drug Administration is going to insist upon calorie listing... Learn More
Senator assists Onset taffy fixture with liquor license Interesting story from Cape Cod highlighting the benefits of having some assistance from a local politician on liquor licensing issues.... Learn More
New law will allow alcohol to be served Sundays at 10:00 a.m. As reported here a few weeks ago, the Massachusetts Legislature has now officially passed a new liquor law allowing restaurants... Learn More
Controversy on the Salisbury Liquor Licensing Board! From the bright lights of the Boston liquor licensing scene comes a story from the Newburyport paper about a controversial... Learn More
Former teacher facing new sex abuse charge from the 1970s Today’s Boston Globe reports on new charges of indecent assault and battery against a former teacher at the Maimonides School... Learn More
Dedham Board Grants License to Wicked Fire Kissed Pizza The Dedham Board of Selectmen has approved an all-alcoholic beverage restaurant license for Wicked Fire Kissed Pizza, slated to open... Learn More
Brookline to study issuing of liquor licenses The Brookline Board of Selectmen is going to be studying the town’s standards and procedures for issuing new liquor licenses... Learn More