In Massachusetts, there are as many obscure & ancient laws as any other state in the nation (although ours are older, and it’s a Commonwealth, mind you). It wasn’t until last year that the packies* were allowed to open on Sundays. In a contentious battle between stores just out of the New Hampshire buffer zone (stores there were allowed to open in order to compete with the Live-Free-or-Die-I’m-Opening-on-Sunday stores in New Hampshire) and liquor store owners who didn’t really want to work on Sunday, Massachusetts finally amended the liquor blue laws to allow Sunday sales outside the holiday season. Whew. Good news for football fans everywhere. Connecticut and Rhode Island residents aren’t as fortunate, but lucky for them, they live near Massachusetts if they get a strong hankering for the strong stuff come Sundays.
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