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Seven days of alcohol?

Staff Reporter
Published Monday, March 2, 2009

Could Connecticut finally be saying goodbye to dry Sundays?

With the Nutmeg State now facing an $8 billion budget deficit over the next three fiscal years, some state legislators are pushing for the repeal of an old law that bans the sale of alcohol on Sundays. The additional sales, they say, would boost business for alcohol vendors and bring in much-needed state tax revenue — an estimated $2.5 million to 5 million per year, according to Connecticut’s Office of Fiscal Analysis.

But while some struggling alcohol vendors are hoping Sunday sales could be their saving grace,...

#1 By BR10 1:53p.m. on March 2, 2009

I sure hope so! Dry Sundays have always been a real wet towel for my Yale experience.

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