Since May, the restaurant has found itself in and out of court. In August, the restaurant attempted to sue Governor Mills for the matter but lost. In November, according to the Sun Journal, the restaurant was held in contempt of a court order to close its doors and imposed a daily fine of $5,000. The restaurant ended up complying with the order.
Officially, on Tuesday, December 29, Rick and Ron Savage were given the final decision by the Department of Health and Human Services. Their dining and catering licenses would not be renewed.
Their licenses expired on December 19.
State rejects Sunday River Brewing Co.’s appeal of license loss
The Bethel restaurant and bar had hoped a hearing officer would reverse a decision by state officials against renewing the business eating and catering license.
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Rick and Ron Savage sitting with their attorney, Ted Dilworth in his Norway office Dec. 2 during a videoconference hearing in Oxford County Superior Court in South Paris where a judge heard arguments whether to keep their Bethel restaurant closed and whether it should lose its liquor license.
Christopher Williams/Sun Journal file photo
AUGUSTA A state hearing officer upheld a decision not to renew Sunday River Brewing Co.’s eating and catering license over COVID-19 concerns, effectively shuttering the Bethel restaurant and brew pub indefinitely.
TUESDAY, December 22, 2020
The Maine CDC reported 10 additional deaths of individuals with COVID-19, bringing the state death toll to 303.
548 additional cases of COVID-19 were reported Tuesday.
The additional deaths reported Tuesday were:
A man in his 90s from Cumberland County
A woman in her 80s from Cumberland County
A woman in her 90s from Cumberland County
A man in his 50s from Cumberland County
A man in his 80s from Hancock County
A man in his 60s from Kennebec County
A woman in her 90s from Penobscot County
A woman in her 60s from Sagadahoc County
A woman in her 80s from Somerset County