BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition (BAPC) acknowledges the businesses that participated in the responsible-beverage-service trainings held in September, which are cosponsored by the Department of Liquor Control. Fifty-one employees of retailers and establishments that serve or sell alcohol and/or tobacco attended the trainings, required for liquor and tobacco licensees every two years.
BAPC recognizes the important role that local retailers and restaurants play in preventing underage drinking. Thank you to the following businesses for participating in the training: Basketville, Bootsy's Grille, Brattleboro Food Co-op, Colonel's Cabin, Fleming Shell, Four Columns Inn, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Green Mountain Railroad, Jilly's Sports Bar, McBreairty's Liquor Store, Mole's Eye Café, Panarello's Italian Dining, Pizza Hut, Putney Inn, Rite Aid, Rocky Top Tavern, Sam's Steakhouse, Shaw's Supermarket, Snow Mountain Market, Steak Out, The Tavern, Wasteland, West Wardsboro Market, Whitingham Country Store, and the Windham Hill Inn.
Congratulations to Sharron Laurie and Sharry Manning, who each won a gift basket donated by Grafton Village Cheese in the trainings' raffles!
The next training for retailers is Dec. 8 from 3 to 6 p.m. and for establishments on Dec. 9 from 1 to 4 p.m. Both trainings will be held at the Marlboro College Graduate Center.
The mission of BAPC is to develop, implement, and support a comprehensive community effort resulting in the prevention and reduction of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse in the Windham Southeast area. The coalition meets in Brattleboro on the second Friday of each month at noon, from September through June, at the Marlboro College Graduate Center.
More information concerning prevention and our ongoing efforts may be found at brattleboroareapreventioncoalition.org; contact us at [email protected] or 257-2175. Please be part of the solution by joining us in preventing substance abuse in our community.