In the town's 'other' news source it states that the Police did not make it down to Castaway's or Village Pizza before the end of the sting operation... gee, isn't that where all the policemen and firemen hang out?? jeeez, I have been living here so long I am starting to get paranoid...

But really, on a serious note; in a town where a star athlete shows up puking drunk at a dance and folks look the other way, and the firemen are serving liquor to underage girls and inviting strippers to the fire house 'social hall' is it any wonder that people don't take the liquor laws seriously?

I stand corrected. Good thing - that means the paranoia is all in my head, oh wait, that's where it always is...
I must concede to your experience, guess ill, I do not frequent most of the bars, and I have no idea what an a.p.a. member is. The underage drinking is a symptom of a larger problem within the town, however, the managers at these establishments need to emphasize the seriousness of the issue with their employees. A drunken teenager is a target for those who would take advantage or harm, not to mention how stupid you get.
I think the owner/operators have a responsibility also, not just the employee who used poor judgment.

hey kate isnt that the same fireifighters that got up this past saturday at 7 in the morning to go around the village and hand out candy canes to the children and elderly for free because after all it is a volunteer organization. think before you speak, and i behalf on the "star athlete" im sure you never drank when your were a child kate. correct?

I have to assume that this "sting" operation was in the best interest of the young people of Cornwall. May everyone have a blessed Christmas and a SAFE New Year!.

I know that this is old news but I just reviewed the story. Fire413, I personally don't know if the volunteer firefighters handing out candy canes were the same ones using a >>publicly funded, village-owned facility<< for their personal recreation. I know that I wasn't invited and if I showed up and wanted to party , would I have been invited in?
As for the puking, no, I didn't drink as a *child* . Yes, I drank in High School, so did 95 % of the class (legal age was 18 back then) we squeezed in a few before we were legal, but I had enough sense to stay in a private home or at a bar and not show up puking in school. The point is that the alcoholism is endemic in our society and it is not going to be solved by a couple of police stings arresting people that are apparently not properly trained by their employers. And I heard from a fairly reliable source that the decoy was not some rosy cheeked 15 year old lad but a young man with enough facial hair to make him look older than his 20 years of age. Sorry, that's a set-up. I do think before I speak, and let me be very clear , candy canes and liquor are two very different issues.

hheeeeyyyyyy, wait a minute, were you one of the guys on the football team that got busted in Bull fields with the keg that year... ;-)
-hahaha - When *we* partied we were always up on the mountain where the cops wouldn't go ...