# Historic vote nixes 150-year booze ban in once-dry New Jersey town

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/historic-vote-nixes-150-year-booze-ban-in-once-dry-new-jersey-town/
- Published: 2026-11-12T19:04:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T19:50:49+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/historic-vote-nixes-150-year-booze-ban-once-dry-new-jersey-town
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Collingswood voters ended a ban on alcohol sales dating to 1873.
- The measure passed with 60.4% support.
- Residents had debated the effect on the town’s restaurant scene.

## Summary

Collingswood, a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia, has voted to end a ban on alcohol sales that dates back more than 150 years. The decision allows sales at licensed establishments and marks a change for a town whose food scene has long operated without local liquor licences.

On 3 November, 3,635 voters backed the measure and 2,381 opposed it, giving it 60.4% support across all 12 precincts. The restrictions began in 1873, and in 1935 residents rejected a similar proposal by 3,859 votes to 774. Deputy Mayor Amy Henderson Riley called the result historic, while residents had expressed differing views about whether alcohol sales would help restaurants or alter the town’s BYOB culture.

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