SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Just hours after Gov. Chris Gregoire announced a state ban on alcoholic energy drinks the Hamilton Market near Gonzaga University in Spokane sold 30 cases of Four Loko. KREM reports some college students are stocking up before the ban takes effect next Thursday. Gregoire said Wednesday that the caffeine-and-alcohol combination encourages […]
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Maine’s Colby College bans hard liquor
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Colby College is following two other elite liberal arts colleges in Maine by banning hard alcohol from campus this fall. Dean of Students Jim Terhune says the goal is to eliminate “dangerous drinking.” He says hard liquor, not beer or wine, is the culprit when students are hospitalized for excessive drinking. […]
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Training available for sellers of alcohol
NORWAY — Healthy Oxford Hills will sponsor a Retail Beverage Service Training Program from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, at the Norway Town Office. Registration will begin at 8. The training program is approved by the State of Maine and will be presented by Frank Lyons of BC Consultants. Lyons spent 23 […]
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People are confusing
People are probably not funny, but they are often strange and confusing. Men who have nothing to show button up to their chins; women are often the opposite on both counts. Alcohol is an intoxicating substance produced and added to certain beverages. It would be difficult to overstate the serious effects of alcohol abuse. Commercial […]
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Retail beverage service training announced
NEWRY — The River Valley Healthy Communities invites local area businesses to attend a retail beverage service training from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 1, at the Newry Grange Hall. The “Seller Server Training for On-premise Licensees” is designed to better equip management, wait staff and licensees on identifying and preventing violations of […]