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Marlborough Hudson An edition of the Community Advocate
Vol. 50 | No. 51 | December 20, 2024
City seeks to Assabet students help fulfill holiday reduce number of wishes for less fortunate tobacco permits
This year’s “elves” for the Assabet Aztec Wishes program, including Kayson DaSilva, Eli Ducheine, Nathan Kashpar, Yamsin Caupos, Julie Gomes, Pedro Da Silva, Ryan Dos Santos, Andrew Talmo and Business Technology Lead Teacher Catherine Shanahan. (Photo/Maureen Sullivan)
By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor MARLBOROUGH – Changes to the city’s tobacco regulations could reduce the number of establishments allowed to sell cigarettes and other products. The Board of Health voted to approve these changes at its meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10. Currently, the city has 34 permits for tobacco product sales (mainly convenience stores that sell cigarettes, cigars, etc.); and six permits that were issued to adult-only retail tobacco sales (businesses that sell only tobacco products, but not food, beverages or alcohol). The main reason behind the proposed rollback is to reduce access to tobacco products, especially to those under the age of 25. Under the city’s current regulations, retail establishments are not allowed to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21 years. Under the new regulations, “any tobacco product sales permits that are surrendered, revoked or not renewed, either because a retailer no longer sells tobacco products, or because a retailer closes the retail business, shall be returned to the Marlborough Board of Health and shall be permanently retired by the Board of Health.” The total allowable number of permits will be reduced until the city has no more than three permits for adult-only retail tobacco sales, and 25 tobacco product sales permits. Under either category, any permit holder who fails to renew their permit within 30 days of expiration will be treated as a first-time applicant, according to the proposed changes.
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By Maureen Sullivan, Assistant Editor MARLBOROUGH – Within Assabet Valley’s business technology shop, students learn about databases and Microsoft Office. During the holidays, they also learn the value of being
good citizens. For the past 25 years, business technology students have helped make the season brighter for less fortunate families through the Assabet Aztec Wishes program. Aztec Wishes | 7
QuattroSport Motors facility proposed for Hudson By Sarah Freedman Contributing Writer HUDSON – QuattroSports Motors is hoping to come to Hudson. The Planning Board met to review the site plan for the proposed QuattroSport Motors location at 538 Main St. According to Civil Engineer Tom DiPersio,
QuattroSport Motors is a small business in Worcester that deals in the sales and service of rare cars and specializes in the sale of Audi model cars. “They want to open a facility in Hudson,” DiPersio said. The proposal is to build a 15,000-squarefoot building with a small showroom and QuattroSport | 8
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