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The Oxford Restaurant Association had proposed the experiment as a way to test whether full-menu restaurants could serve alcohol with meals on Sundays without disturbing the day's traditional dignity.
Board Attorney Pope Malette warned of several legal complexities, including the lack of a state distinction between bars and restaurants that might mean the town's noisier, student-oriented bars could not be excluded.
Instead, aldermen approved by a 4-3 vote having Mayor Pat Patterson appoint a committee to study the issue. Patterson said, "If they'd voted to petition ABC, we would have been under the gun. As it is, we have until the deadline next year for local and private bills to figure this out."
More in the NEMS Daily Journal Wednesday.
Have some backbone and take a stand on something for a change.