>From today's DP News Brief: Committee postpones liquor board hearing
_Jared Miller_ (http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/user/index.cfm?event=displayAuthorProfile&authorid=2517506) The Spruce Hill Zoning Committee has postponed its discussion of a proposed move of the campus liquor store, committee chairman Barry Grossbach said. The committee was slated to debate the move - which would have brought the liquor store, currently located at 41st and Market streets, to the corner of 43rd and Walnut streets - at a hearing yesterday but decided to hold off to allow the affected parties to try to resolve their differences outside of a formal meeting, Grossbach said. A zoning hearing is now scheduled for March 21; Grossbach said the committee will be forced to make a decision regardless of whether any compromises are made. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has denied the move will take place, but both community officials and the building's developer have confirmed that preliminary discussions have been ongoing. The prospect of a liquor store in the area has raised some controversy in the area, as both the Masjid Al-Jamia Mosque and the Penn-Alexander K-8 school are located in the area. Members of the mosque have voiced strong opposition to the move, both because it is illegal to drink alcohol under Muslim law and because of the negative effect a liquor store might have on the neighborhood. <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
