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Speaker 1: The City of Boston Licensing Board on Friday approved thirteen

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Speaker 1: new liquor licenses, four for the South End, four for

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Speaker 1: Jamaica Plaine, three in East Boston, one in Roslindale, and

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Speaker 1: another in West Roxbury. As part of the fiscal year

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty six Massachusetts state budget, the state legislature gave

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Speaker 1: municipalities across the state the opportunity to opt into legislation

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Speaker 1: that allows licensees permitted to sell only wines and mall

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Speaker 1: beverages to trade in their license for a non transferable

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Speaker 1: all alcoholic beverage license. The applicants approved Friday were the

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Speaker 1: first in Massachusetts to take advantage of this legislation. Businesses

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Speaker 1: in Brighton, Downtown Boston, the Theater District, and three in

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Speaker 1: the North End have all been approved. Potential applicants both

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Speaker 1: for new licenses and those interested in upgrading beer and

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Speaker 1: wine licenses are encouraged to start that process as soon

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Speaker 1: as possible. Charlie Berger on WBZ, Boston's news radio