Board votes 3-2 to enforce tobacco-age violation at two retailers
Board of Health · Meeting of March 23, 2026
BELCHERTOWN — Board of Health affirms tobacco sales violations at two retailers. The Board voted 3-2 to uphold $1,000 fines and three-day tobacco sales suspensions against Village Package Store at 16 Federal Street and Ye Olde Grog Shoppe at 32 Depot Street for selling cigarettes to people born after January 1, 2004 (the Nicotine Free Generation). Board staff had conducted compliance checks on December 15 following two rounds of retailer education in November and early December.
Chair David Gottsegen and Member Colleen DuroShea voted against enforcement.
In the full story:
- The complete report — 457 words
Source: the Board of Health meeting of March 23, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Keep reading with a 14-day free trial
Subscribe to Belchertown News to keep reading this post and get 14 days of free access to the full post archives.
A subscription gets you:
- Subscriber-only posts and full archive
- Post comments and join the community
- 24x7 access to local news