“The town has prevailed and upheld the ban,” Town Counsel Robert Troy said.
Judge Thomas Perrino ruled that a ban on recreational marijuana through a general bylaw, which voters passed at town meeting in 2018, is legal under state law.
The Haven Center Inc. sought to operate a medical and adult-use marijuana retail sales and cultivation business at 340 MacArthur Blvd., but Tuesday s ruling disallows the latter use.
After reviewing the court’s memorandum of decision, the Haven Center intends to file a motion for reconsideration, according to a statement from the business s attorney, Ben Zehnder.
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Man charged with shooting and injuring Massachusetts police officers requests bench trial
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The suspect charged with shooting and injuring two Massachusetts police officers in 2018 has asked for a jury-waived trial.
Malik Koval, 23, of Falmouth, who is facing multiple counts of assault and battery as well as several other charges, was expected plead guilty Tuesday during a hearing in Barnstable Superior Court, and get up to 12 years in prison under terms of a plea deal reached with prosecutors last month.
But Koval’s attorney, Brian Kelley, instead said his client wants to schedule a jury-waived trial, also known as a bench trial, at which a judge would adjudicate the case, The Cape Cod Times reported.