NEWS LINKS: Cops shut ice cream shop over unauthorized construction
by Staff Monkeys
When armed police showed up to shut down a Massachusetts ice cream shop, the owner was surprised. He’s operated the shop and a small demonstration dairy at a state part for 26 years and never had any trouble. But he had recently made improvements to the property which enlarged the shop and improved the adjacent barn. Because he didn’t get permission from the various state and local authorities for this construction, police shut the place down and stood guard to make sure no one could buy ice cream. It’s all to protect the public’s health, of course, even though the ice cream isn’t even made there.
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