Liquor sales on Sunday? Store owners nix the plan
Local liquor store owners are panning Gov. Dannel Malloy's proposal to change the state's "blue laws" by allowing the sale of alcohol on Sundays and holidays, and eliminating minimum pricing, which would benefit grocery and large box stores. In a press release Mr. Malloy said, "As the years go by and other states modify their laws to reflect modern-day realities, our statutes have collected dust ...
Fayette liquor store leads Pennsylvania in losses
Open just three days a week, sales numbers show the wine and spirits store in Point Marion with just 3,557 transactions and losses of more than $22,240 a year is more of a community service to the town's 1,160 residents than a profitable enterprise for the state.
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Midway grocery reopened Monday
Dave and Karen Molner are selling what they already have until they get their liquor license. Â
McDonald's proposal divides healthy Loma Linda
The chain wants to open a fast-food restaurant in the Adventist community, a spiritual enclave where liquor is not sold and cigarettes are not smoked. Without a single liquor store, and legally smoke-free for nearly three decades, the tiny hillside town of Loma Linda brims with pride about its devotion to health and spiritual well-being.
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