SABATTUS – An early Saturday morning brawl at Mixer’s has most selectmen stirred over ways to remedy the problem.
Five people arrested on assault charges after the incident, and Selectman William Luce wants to see the local pub closed down before something worse occurs.
He asked the board how many brawls have to occur, resulting in maiming or death, before action is taken.
“We don’t need this kind of image for the town of Sabattus,” he said. “I think it’s time we put the clamps on Mixer’s.”
What has troubled selectmen before when dealing with liquor licensing is the long process a town must go through to close an establishment that serves alcohol after a license has been issued for the year.
However, a new entertainment ordinance in place gives selectmen a way around the one-year liquor license, granting the town authority to close down a business if an organization did not comply with the rules of the contract.
However, no action will be carried out until Police Chief Thomas Fales has the opportunity to speak with the pub’s owner, Randy Greenwood.
In addition to Sabattus police being called to the scene, the Lewiston Police Department and the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office went to the 1 a.m. incident.
No Sabattus residents were arrested during the brawl.
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