The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board had decided that Ohio Springs did qualify as a retailer, saying that the law did not expressly require the retailer to sell beer.
Oregon, for example, instituted a new program this year to ensure that minors will not be served beverage alcohol; Montgomery County, MD, increased the number of licensing inspections and compliance checks as well as championing an award-winning program for Community Outreach on beverage alcohol education; North Carolina doubled the number of training classes offered at the ABC Commission complex; Montana ramped up service training; Mississippi, Idaho and Maine also expanded alcohol education programs on several fronts; the Washington State Liquor Control Board graduated its first class of officers from its new Basic Liquor Enforcement Academy; and Michigan is combating beverage alcohol smugglers with new enforcement surveillance teams.
In June, Mike Colle, an Ontario legislator for the Greater Toronto Area, introduced Bill 125, which amends the Liquor Control Act and requires the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) to institute a deposit and return recycling program for the bottles and cans it sells.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario, the Canadian government's monopoly liquor and wine importer and distributor, is planning a C$2-million-plus liquor store in the nation's capital, Ottawa, which, at 28,000-square feet, will be more than twice as big as conventional stores and promises to do for wine and liquor what Home Depot has done for hardware.
Stores, Last Call, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Neiman Marcus, New Brunswick Liquor Corporation, Off 5th, Bon-Ton, Saks Fifth Avenue, Talbots, and Tiffany & Co.
