[2:09] [snorts]
[2:13] All good.
[2:15] Attention
[2:21] Kmart shoppers.
[2:25] » Good evening. This is the
[2:28] uh
[2:30] » March 12th
[2:31] » March 12th uh March 12th 26 meeting of
[2:34] the license commission. Uh Mr. Secretary
[2:38] Pis, was the uh meeting posted?
[2:41] » Yes, it was.
[2:42] » It was. Would you call the role, please?
[2:44] » Sure. Uh, Commission Chair Donahghue
[2:46] » Here.
[2:47] » Commissioner Kger
[2:48] » Here.
[2:48] » Commissioner Mercier
[2:50] » Here.
[2:50] » Commissioner Tang is absent.
[2:52] [clears throat] Commissioner Underwood
[2:53] » Here.
[2:54] » Four present, one absent. First on the
[2:57] agenda is the acceptance of the February
[2:59] 28th, 2026 minutes.
[3:01] » Move approval.
[3:02] » Move approval by
[3:05] uh Commissioner Kger, seconded by
[3:06] Commissioner Mercier. All those in
[3:08] favor?
[3:09] » I.
[3:10] » Thank you. Next is ratification of an
[3:12] application by Patrick Fitz Fitzgibbons
[3:14] for Aramark at Sanis Center for a
[3:17] special one-day license to sell dispense
[3:19] malt beverages and wines only for the
[3:21] UMass LOL men's basketball playoff noon
[3:24] to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 7th, 2026 at
[3:27] the rec complex and 20 uh 255 Aken
[3:30] Street. And
[3:33] Isha Thang is here.
[3:36] Please come to the podium.
[3:41] Isa is worked the event.
[3:43] » Good evening. Uh, you're representing
[3:46] the song center. Is that correct?
[3:48] » Yes.
[3:48] » Your name for the record? Name and
[3:50] address, please.
[3:51] » Uh, my address or address of the song.
[3:53] » I'm sorry.
[3:54] » My address or the address of the song?
[3:57] » Your name and the address of the song?
[3:59] Okay.
[3:59] » Um, Aisha Slang, uh, 300 Martin Luther
[4:02] King Jr. Way, Lo, Mass.
[4:04] » Okay. Thank you. And you want to tell us
[4:06] about your what kind of a
[4:11] party you're putting on?
[4:12] » Uh we hosted the UMass Lowel men's
[4:16] basketball playoffs and we had opened a
[4:19] concession stand.
[4:21] » Okay.
[4:21] » And sold alcohol.
[4:23] » They lost
[4:26] the team.
[4:27] » They won that game.
[4:28] » They won that game.
[4:29] » They won that game. I think they might
[4:30] have lost the next one though.
[4:32] » Anybody?
[4:33] » They did. They did. I'll make a motion.
[4:35] » Make a motion by second.
[4:38] » Commissioner Mercier, a second by
[4:39] Commissioner Kger. All those in favor?
[4:42] » I.
[4:43] » I.
[4:43] » Thank you. All set.
[4:45] » Thank you.
[4:48] Application
[4:52] by James O'Harn for PID Memorial Library
[4:56] Foundation for a special one-day license
[4:58] to sell dispense wines and malt
[4:59] beverages only for a meet the author
[5:03] night featuring J. Kourtney Sullivan
[5:06] event to be held on Thursday May 7th
[5:08] from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Memorial Hall
[5:11] at the Pard Memorial Library 401
[5:13] Marramac Street.
[5:15] » Good evening. Would you give your name
[5:16] and address for the record?
[5:17] » Good evening. My name is uh James
[5:18] O'Harn, 43 Holy Rav and LOL.
[5:21] » And James, [snorts] I want to This is uh
[5:24] You've been here a number of times
[5:26] before and this is for the library.
[5:28] » Yes. Yeah. This is our 20th 20th event.
[5:30] I've probably been here about 18 times
[5:32] for it.
[5:33] » I told my wife uh about Courtney Jay
[5:35] Courtney Sullivan. She was all excited.
[5:38] Well-known author. You
[5:39] » Yeah, we're excited to have her.
[5:40] » Good. Okay. Uh
[5:45] commissioners, any questions?
[5:48] Nope.
[5:48] » No. Uh moved by Commissioner Underwood,
[5:52] second by Commissioner Mercia. All those
[5:54] in favor?
[5:54] » I I thank you.
[5:56] » Good luck with it.
[5:57] » Thank you very much.
[6:00] » Application for charity wine pouring
[6:02] license and charity wine auction by
[6:04] Heather Kring for American Lebanese
[6:06] Syrian Associated Charities
[6:08] Incorporated, ALSAC of Memphis,
[6:10] Tennessee for the event fitness for a
[6:13] cure benefiting St. Jude's Children's
[6:15] Research Hospital to be held at LOL
[6:18] Memorial Auditorium, 50 East Marramac
[6:20] Street, 5 to 10:00 p.m. Saturday, March
[6:24] 21st, 2026.
[6:26] Heather is joining us by Zoom.
[6:30] » Hello everyone.
[6:32] » Good evening.
[6:32] » Good evening.
[6:34] » Hi. For the record, your name and
[6:36] address, please.
[6:38] » Um, my name is Heather Kring. I am um a
[6:42] legal adviser with Alsac St. Jude
[6:44] Children's Research Hospital. My
[6:46] personal address is uh 6362 Oak Run
[6:50] Drive East, Olive Branch, Mississippi.
[6:53] 38 654
[6:56] » Mississippi.
[6:57] » Mississippi.
[6:58] » Mississippi. Are you there today?
[7:00] » I'm sorry.
[7:01] » You're in Mississippi. Okay. [snorts]
[7:03] » Yes.
[7:04] » Uh you've your organization has run
[7:07] these uh events in Lowel before. Is that
[7:10] correct? My memory hears me.
[7:12] » Okay.
[7:13] And they've been successful.
[7:16] » Yes, sir. I believe this is our 27th
[7:19] year
[7:20] » For this event.
[7:21] » Okay.
[7:22] » Any questions by uh commissioners?
[7:24] » Nope.
[7:26] » No questions.
[7:27] » Move approval.
[7:28] » Move approval by Commissioner Kger,
[7:30] seconded by Commissioner Mercier. All
[7:32] those in favor?
[7:33] » I. Good luck again this year.
[7:36] » Thank you so much. Have a good day.
[7:38] » Bye-bye.
[7:40] Application
[7:42] by Thomas Varnham, Low Catholic High
[7:44] School girls basketball program for a
[7:47] special one-day license to sell dispense
[7:49] wines and malt beverages only for a hoop
[7:51] trivia night fundraiser event to be held
[7:54] Saturday, March 21st, 2026 from 7 to
[7:57] 9:00 p.m.
[8:00] Tom is joining us on Zoom as well.
[8:04] » Good evening.
[8:06] » Hello everyone.
[8:08] » Hi Mr. find your name and address for
[8:10] the record, please.
[8:12] » Uh [snorts] Thomas Vonum and uh the
[8:15] Catholic address is 530 Steven Street.
[8:19] » Okay. And a quick uh tell us about what
[8:22] you what you're trying to do.
[8:25] » I'm the girls varsity basketball coach
[8:27] at Catholic and we are trying to run a
[8:30] video night as a fundraiser for my
[8:32] program.
[8:33] » Okay.
[8:34] All right. Any questions by the
[8:36] commissioners? No question.
[8:38] » Where are you holding this event?
[8:41] » It's going to be held in Little Catholic
[8:43] High School Gymnasium.
[8:44] » In the gym.
[8:48] » All set.
[8:49] » All set.
[8:50] » All set. I move approval by Commissioner
[8:53] Underwood, second by Commissioner
[8:55] Mercier. All those in favor? I I Good
[8:59] luck with it.
[9:00] » Thank you very much to everybody.
[9:02] » Okay.
[9:07] application by Amanda Ting for two
[9:09] special one-day licenses to sell
[9:11] dispense wines and malt beverages only.
[9:13] First is for a celebration of life to be
[9:15] held Saturday, March 21st, 2026.
[9:19] And second is for the Northwest Women of
[9:21] New England to be held Saturday, April
[9:23] 11th, 2026.
[9:26] Both are between 700 p.m. and 1:30 a.m.
[9:28] at the Hellenic Center, 41 Broadway
[9:31] Street.
[9:33] Good evening, Amanda.
[9:35] » Good evening, Commissioner.
[9:36] » Hi.
[9:37] » Could I have for the record you just
[9:38] your name and address, please?
[9:40] » Amanda, 31 um Wind Haven Drive in
[9:43] Hudson, New Hampshire.
[9:45] » And Amanda, um what do you expect for
[9:48] the amount of people you'll have at each
[9:50] of these events?
[9:52] » We're expecting about 150 people. We're
[9:55] hoping people will come out to donate
[9:57] for our fundraiser.
[9:59] » Okay.
[10:01] and the celebration of life.
[10:03] » Yeah. Um again, it's just a regular
[10:06] celebration, not expecting too much.
[10:09] » Same thing.
[10:11] » Any questions by the commissioners?
[10:14] » No.
[10:15] » Move approval by Commissioner Mercier,
[10:17] » Second by Commissioner Kger. All those
[10:19] in favor?
[10:20] » I
[10:21] » I
[10:21] » I Good luck, Amanda.
[10:23] » Thank you. Thank you.
[10:28] » Application by Christopher Hayes for a
[10:30] special 1-day license to sell dispense
[10:32] wines and malt beverages only for a DIY
[10:35] LL community chili chill night event to
[10:38] be held on Friday, April 10th, 2026 from
[10:41] 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Lel Community
[10:44] Charter Public School, 250 Jackson
[10:46] Street.
[10:48] » Good evening. Your name and address for
[10:50] the record, please.
[10:51] » Good evening. I'm uh Christopher Glenn
[10:52] Hayes at 117 Jwit Street, Lel.
[10:56] » Okay. You want to tell us a little bit
[10:58] about your event?
[11:00] » Uh yes. So this is for the community
[11:02] chill night. It's our uh DIY LL's annual
[11:05] fundraiser. We uh it's the seventh time
[11:08] we've done this. Uh it's the third or
[11:12] fourth time we ourselves have s uh sold
[11:14] beon mine. Occasionally uh the venue
[11:17] sells it. Uh but in this time we're
[11:19] going to Low Community Charter Public
[11:21] School uh the old mill number five space
[11:24] and uh we are selling the beer and wine
[11:27] ourselves. We usually have about
[11:29] 150 to 200 people and sell
[11:33] 150 to 200 drinks.
[11:34] » Okay. And my my memory serves me uh the
[11:38] bartenders are tips approve certified.
[11:42] » Uh that's that's right. We have uh Mike
[11:45] Delga and Jordan Elliot who are tip
[11:47] certified and uh Brit Ber who is going
[11:50] to be tip certified through the end of
[11:52] the month. So he is currently
[11:54] reertifying uh so that he will have his
[11:57] certification on April.
[11:58] » Okay.
[11:58] » And he'd be a backup.
[12:00] » Okay. Um Mr. Sec, we had something on
[12:04] file and
[12:04] » Yes, we do.
[12:05] » We do. Thank you. All right. Any
[12:07] questions by the
[12:09] members?
[12:11] No. No questions. Move approval by
[12:13] Commissioner Mercury, a second by
[12:15] Commissioner Underwood. All those in
[12:16] favor?
[12:17] » I
[12:18] » I thank you,
[12:22] » Chris. Stay right there.
[12:23] » Okay. [laughter]
[12:26] » Applications by Christopher Hayes for a
[12:28] special one-day license to sell dispense
[12:29] small beverages and wines and for an
[12:32] amplified outdoor public entertainment
[12:34] permit for the 2026 points of light
[12:37] lantern celebration on Saturday, May
[12:40] 2nd, 2026.
[12:42] from 5 to 10 p.m. at Ecumenical Plaza
[12:45] and Jefferson Street.
[12:47] » Okay. Christopher, again, just for the
[12:48] record, your name and address.
[12:50] » Christopher Glenn Hayes, 117 JW Street,
[12:53] LOL.
[12:54] » Okay. And just a brief explanation of
[12:57] what this is going to be.
[12:59] » Absolutely. And so I'm putting on a
[13:00] different hat as the chair of the points
[13:02] of light uh committee. This is uh our
[13:06] ninth year, our seventh year selling uh
[13:09] bear in mind. We get a thousand people
[13:12] up to a thousand. It's an outdoor event
[13:14] in May. So, it depends on the weather.
[13:16] It's a cultural festival where we have
[13:19] community performances. We have art um
[13:22] local institute localization selling
[13:24] food and uh we launch lanterns on the
[13:27] Western Canal.
[13:28] » Okay. Any questions by the
[13:30] commissioners?
[13:32] » No. Move approval by Commissioner Kger,
[13:35] second by Commissioner Underwood. All
[13:36] those in favor? I
[13:38] » I we're voting on both the amplified
[13:40] outdoor entertainment permit and the one
[13:43] day to sell. Right. Both. Thank you.
[13:46] » Thank you.
[13:47] » We're all set.
[13:48] » Thank you.
[13:52] » Request for a public hearing for an
[13:54] application by one East Meadow Road
[13:56] Incorporated doing business as A1 Food
[13:59] Mart. Matul Prajapati, proposed license
[14:02] manager for transfer and change of
[14:04] location of a wine and malt beverages
[14:07] package store license to 1 East Meadow
[14:10] Road. Request advertisement for and
[14:13] public hearing to be held at the April
[14:16] 2nd, 2026 license commission meeting.
[14:19] » Move approval.
[14:20] » Move approval by Commissioner KGA.
[14:22] Seconded by Commissioner Mercier. All
[14:25] those in favor?
[14:26] » I I thank you. Request for a public
[14:29] hearing for an application by Bless
[14:31] Energy Fam Corp. doing business as
[14:33] Platinino's Bar and Grill. Johnny
[14:36] Placios Palasios, proposed license
[14:39] manager for a new all alcoholic
[14:41] beverages restaurant license for 1717
[14:44] Middle Sex Street. Request advertisement
[14:46] for and public hearing be held at the
[14:48] April 2nd, 2026 license commission
[14:51] meeting.
[14:53] » Move approval.
[14:54] » Move approval by Commissioner Kger.
[14:56] Second by Commissioner Underwood. All
[14:57] those in favor?
[14:58] » I
[14:59] » I thank you.
[15:01] » Communication from Lowel Police
[15:02] Superintendent Gregory Huden regarding
[15:04] allegations of misconduct charged
[15:06] against Blue Shamrock Incorporated, 105
[15:09] Market Street, Nicholas Petraus,
[15:12] Licensed Manager, All Alcoholic
[15:14] Beverages Restaurant Lency. Allegations
[15:17] of misconduct occurred March 1st, 2026
[15:20] regarding failure to comply with all
[15:22] laws and regulations, including alcohol
[15:24] beverages regulations for licenses
[15:27] issued by the Lowel License Commission
[15:30] 1.06, 1.16, and 1.20.
[15:34] Request for a compliance hearing to be
[15:35] held at the April 2nd, 2026 License
[15:38] Commission meeting.
[15:41] Um, I move a a move for a hearing on the
[15:46] second, second by Commissioner Mercier.
[15:49] All those in favor?
[15:51] » I I
[15:57] » Uh next is an ABCC advisory regarding
[16:00] non-consentual drugging occurring at
[16:02] bars, clubs, and other licensed
[16:04] premises. This is for your information
[16:08] » Noted and placed on file.
[16:11] Thank you.
[16:13] » And the following item is a memo from
[16:16] myself, the secretary of the license
[16:18] commission, regarding anformational
[16:20] newsletter that was sent out to all
[16:21] lenses
[16:23] regarding that ABCC advisory as well as
[16:26] some additional items.
[16:28] » Any questions by the commissioners for
[16:30] the secretary?
[16:31] » I'd like to commend the secretary for
[16:33] doing this.
[16:36] » That's so noted. Commening the secret.
[16:40] Thank you.
[16:41] » Thank you. Noted and placed on file.
[16:44] » Move. Uh
[16:46] » Move adjournment by Commissioner KGA.
[16:48] Second. All those in favor
[16:50] by myself.
[16:52] » There's a two people here. Are they just
[16:54] visitors or do they have some business
[16:57] they want to conduct?
[16:58] » Just watching.
[17:00] » Just watching. Okay.
[17:03] » Let's vote.
[17:03] » The public is watching you.
[17:05] » Okay. Move adjournment by Commissioner
[17:08] Kriger, second by Commissioner Mercier.
[17:09] All those in favor?
[17:10] » I
[17:11] » I
[17:11] » Thank you very much. Good evening.
[17:16] [laughter]
[17:22] » Thank you for that uh
[17:27] that will be
[17:29] » Okay.
[17:32] That will be helpful.
[17:41] » Amazing. I thought you know
[17:51] someday
[17:54] screen