Friday, November 16, 2012
A story we ran Thursday morning stirred up quite a discussion among our readers. Where do you stand on the issue?
At their meeting at Abbot Hall Wednesday night, the Board of Selectmen unanimously approved a motion to enact the local BYOB regulations that they've been hammering out over the last two months and paved the way for as many as five carry-in alcoholic beverage licenses in town. The need for BYOB regulations was pushed to the forefront in September when Marblehead's new Mexican restaurant on Smith Street, Casa Corona, filed a request for permission to allow patrons to bringing along their own alcohol beverages. Alhough they originally wanted to charge only $50 for the licenses because they understood that the business owners wouldn't be making any money off the alcohol customers brought along with them, it was at the recommendation of Town …
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved recently-crafted BYOB regulations pertaining to carry-in alcoholic beverage licenses in Marblehead.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Get ready Marblehead, you may soon be able to bring beer and wine along with you when visiting properly-licensed local restaurants, thanks to a decision made by the Board of Selectmen Wednesday night. At their meeting at Abbot Hall, board members unanimously approved the implementation of local BYOB regulations that they've hammered out over the last two months and paved the way for as many as five carry-in alcoholic beverage licenses in town. The need for BYOB regulations was pushed to the forefront in September when Marblehead's new Mexican restaurant on Smith Street, Casa Corona, filed a request for permission to allow patrons to bringing along their own alcohol beverages. Casa Corona representatives were on hand for Wednesday's meeting…
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Friday, October 26, 2012
No decision has been made regarding local carry-in alcohol license regulations.
At their meeting at Abbot Hall Wednesday night, the Board of Selectmen opted to postpone their planned vote on the most recent draft of carry-in alcohol license regulations after making several key changes. Prior to the vote, board members sat down with Assistant Town Counsel Lisa Mead to discuss the regulations, which were pushed to the forefront last month when Marblehead's new Mexican restaurant, Casa Corona, filed a request for permission to allow patrons to bringing along their own alcohol beverages. Key Changes Discussed Wednesday Why only beer and wine? At a meeting earlier this month, board members unanimously agreed that permitting patrons to bring a limited amount of hard alcohol along with them would be fair to business owners…
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
The town's Selectmen are expected to make a decision regarding BYOB regulations in Marblehead at their meeting Wednesday night.
Town Administrator Jeff Chelgren asked that the Board of Selectmen "do their homework" when it came to reviewing recently crafted BYOB regulations in the hopes of bringing the matter to a vote at their meeting Wednesday night. Board members have been working with Town Counsel Lisa Mead to put together local regulations ever since Marblehead's new Mexican restaurant, Casa Corona, filed a request last month for permission to allow their patrons the option of bringing along their own alcohol beverages. "We're hoping that with this homework, that we'll be ready to vote on this Wednesday," Chelgren said. If the regulations are approved, Casa Corona owners Felix and Jose Bracamontes will be called in to discuss their application at te board's …
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
The Board of Selectmen are currently reviewing Marblehead's BYOB regulations.
In response to a recent request from Casa Corona Restaurant for permission to allow their patrons the option of bringing along their own alcohol beverages, the Board of Selectmen reviewed the local rules pertaining to BYOB at their meeting Wednesday night. While no official decision was made in regard to Casa Corona, board members looked over and altered a draft of local BYOB regulations that was recently crafted by Town Counsel Lisa Mead at their request. The revamped version of the draft will now be sent back to Mead so it may be finalized at the board's next meeting. Once finalized, Casa Corona owners Felix and Jose Bracamontes will then be called in to discuss their application; and, if all goes according to plan, patrons could be …
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Casa Corona took another step toward getting a BYOB license at the Selectmen's meeting Wednesday night.
In response to a recent request from Casa Corona Restaurant for permission to allow their patrons the option of bringing along their own alcohol beverages, the Board of Selectmen reviewed the local rules pertaining to BYOB at their meeting Wednesday night. While no official decision was made in regard to Casa Corona, board members looked over and altered a draft of BYOB regulations that was recently crafted by Town Counsel Lisa Mead at their request. The revamped version of the draft will now be sent back to Mead so it may be finalized at the board's next meeting. Once finalized, Casa Corona owners Felix and Jose Bracamontes will then be called in to discuss their application; and, if all goes according to plan, patrons could be enjoying …
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John Buba
10:31 am on Friday, November 16, 2012
By law towns can charge fees for services PROVIDED the fee does not exceed the cost of providing the service. That is the issue here. The Selectmen appear to have arbitrarily chosen $400 as the fee because as the patch reported "some other town charges that." That is not what the law states. What the comments above are talking about is a TAX pure and simple. They are saying that the restaurant … more ›