...or Good Plan?
3/11/2004
BOSTON -- City officials are asking bars and liquor stores in South Boston to shut down during portions of the neighborhood's famous St. Patrick's Day parade in an attempt to deter public drunkenness, and make the festivities more family friendly. Neighborhood residents have complained in recent years that the parade has become less of a celebration of Irish heritage, and more of an excuse to overindulge in alcohol late into the night.
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