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 ROCKPORT, Mass. (AP) - With a vodka martini and two onions, Peter Beacham toasted a new era for this quaint seaside town. Besides a brief period after Prohibition ended in 1933, liquor hadn't been sold in Rockport since pre-Civil War days. That changed when voters in April decided to grant liquor licenses to restaurants and inns.
Supporters of the effort to repeal the ban celebrated Tuesday at Emerson Inn by the Sea, the first Rockport establishment to obtain a liquor license.
"People come from all over the world to Rockport. They want to have a drink with their meal," said Beacham, who led the movement to legalize liquor sales and bought the first drink. "This town needs to be ready for today's tourists."
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