Arlington Select Board Votes to Place Liquor License Expansion on March Ballot
Arlington Select Board puts two-license alcohol expansion on the March 28 ballot.
ARLINGTON -- February 20, 2026, Arlington Select Board puts two-license alcohol expansion on the March 28 ballot. The board voted 3-0 Friday in a remote special meeting to approve ballot language asking voters whether the Select Board shall be authorized to issue two additional all-alcohol package store licenses, moving the town's current total from five to seven. Town Manager Jim Feeney said all five existing licenses are already issued, leaving no room for new applicants; the expansion is intended as "a tool for economic development" and follows at least one inquiry from a prospective wine and cheese shop owner. The vote came one day after Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll signed the enabling Home Rule legislation, House 4815, at 3:23 p.m. on February 19, just in time for the board to meet the state's 35-day notice requirement ahead of the election.
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