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NJ town may lift ban on alcohol sales after 120 years
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NJ town may lift ban on alcohol sales after 120 years

Cheers! Prohibition may finally end in one town in New Jersey.

One of the last “dry towns” in the Garden State was finally able to allow restaurants to sell liquor after 120 years.

Voters in Haddon Heights, a suburb about seven miles southeast of Camden County, are debating the question on the Election Day ballot about whether retail consumption licenses will be allowed more than a century later. NJ.com reported.

Haddon Heights, one of the last “dry towns” in New Jersey, may finally approve retail liquor licenses. Google Maps

Founded in 1904, Haddon Heights does not have any liquor stores or bars. It is one of 30 municipalities in Jersey that do not allow retail consumption licenses, according to the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association.

But since Tuesday’s vote proposal is not binding, the final say will still be with the county council.

Haddon Heights Mayor Zachary Houck hopes to toast to allowing liquor sales, saying the change could help revamp the borough’s business district.

“If the community came out and made a comment saying we were strongly opposed to this, I think the majority of the council would be inclined to say ‘okay,'” Houck said. “If it’s a split decision, we need to make the decision there.”

NJ Governor Phil Murphy sought to rewrite New Jersey’s Prohibition-era liquor laws to increase the number of licenses for bars and restaurants. access point

Governor Phil Murphy has expressed support for and signed legislation that expands the number of restaurant liquor licenses in New Jersey.

Even if approved, the booze cruise won’t set off yet.

New Jersey law allows one retail liquor license for every 3,000 residents, and Haddon Heights is home to only about 7,400 people; Therefore, if the proposal is accepted, only two restaurants will be given retail sales licenses.

There are approximately 30 municipalities in New Jersey that still do not allow retail consumption licenses. Christopher Sadowski

Last year, the town of Rutherford in Bergen County granted the first liquor license to a restaurant in more than a century after voters approved the ballot measure.

In September, Cape May County passed a resolution supporting maintaining a ban on alcohol sales that has been in place for 115 years, according to NJ.com.