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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Week in Review: BYOB to go in Front of Town, MHS Senior Beautifying Town, and More

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Mansfield Man Arrested for B&E in Walpole Foxborough Police assisted Walpole in the arrest of two men and one woman Monday evening after one of the men was allegedly caught by a homeowner trying to break into a Main Street home in Walpole. "The resident was home when the suspect was breaking-in through a window after cutting a screen," Walpole Deputy Police Chief John Carmichael told Walpole Patch. The homeowner confronted the would-be thief outside the Walpole home and the suspect reportedly fled on foot to an awaiting vehicle further down Main Street. Click Here to Read More.   Selectmen to Let Residents Vote on BYOB After three weeks of discussion, the selectmen will let the people of Mansfield decide the fate of the bring your own …

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Mansfield Man Arrested for B&E in Walpole, Selectmen to Let Residents Vote on BYOB, Mansfield Senior Ready to Beautify Town, and 5 more ›

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Selectmen to Let Residents Vote on BYOB

The Mansfield Board of Selectmen voted to have an article concerning a BYOB policy in the warrant for the next town meeting.

After three weeks of discussion, the selectmen will let the people of Mansfield decide the fate of the bring your own bottle (BYOB) policy in the spring town meeting. While the board, with the exception of selectmen Chair Olivier Kozlowski, was against the policy due to a lack of resources to enforce it and the availability of two liquor licenses, they agreed to let the town decide where to go with BYOB. According to the town’s legal council, to outright prohibit BYOB, a bylaw must be approved by the town's residents at a town meeting due to the current bylaw that prohibits the consumption of alcoholic beverages in public and inside establishments accessible by the public that do not have a liquor license. The advice led to a motion that …

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