This story originally appeared in the Sunday, Jan. 24 print edition of The News-Times. Click here to subscribe.
BRIDGEWATER --This the last dry town in the state, the single ordinance-ordered reef of sobriety in a tidal wash of booze. You cannot buy alcohol anywhere within this town's borders.
The town is facing the challenges of the 21st century by sticking to its teetotaling guns established at a town meeting nearly 75 years ago.
"I have never been asked about someone opening a package store or a restaurant,'' said First Selectman Bill Stuart, who has been first selectman for the last 26 years and has acquired a certain institutional memory. "People don't see the need for it.''
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