Adams Selectmen Grant Final All-Alcohol License
ADAMS, Mass. — A former selectman was granted the town's one remaining all-alcohol liquor license on Wednesday pending town counsel review.Donald Sommers, who is opening Haflinger House in the former Harrington's Restaurant on Commercial Street, was the only application the town received after four separate businesses inquired about the license. Town officials then contacted each of the businesses at once when they realized that one was available; Sommers was the first and only application in.
The board approved granting the license to Sommers pending attorney review of the application. The town wants to make sure the application will also be accepted by the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
The application was delayed somewhat when Town Counsel Edmund St. John III asked for additional information. Sommers has submitted the information but St. John had not yet to reviewed it.
According to Town Administrator Jonathan Butler, all of the parties were notified at the same time but one decided not to apply and the other two said they were delaying their applications — leaving only Sommers.
In other business, board members raved about last weekend's Thunderfest, the winter festival that was organized by the Pro Adams group to go with the historic Thunderbolt Ski Run. The Board of Selectmen are estimating that there were consistently 400 people at the Saturday afternoon event. The ski race, alas, had to be canceled for lack of snow.
Chairman Arthur "Skip" Harrington suggested adding another event in the fall while others joked about hosting one on a monthly basis.
"It's definitely one of the most special days I've had as a town administrator," Butler said.
The board also approved allowing a sign to be placed on Summer Street for a new barber business and a name change for Alternative Motor's license. The board delayed taking action on a request from Environment Massachusetts to support legislation regarding solar power.
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