Advisory Board of Health backs tobacco permit for Rooster's, favors plastic bag ban
Advisory Board of Health unanimously backs tobacco permit for Rooster's Chicken and Waffles. The board voted 6-0 to recommend that the Boston Road restaurant be allowed to acquire a tobacco sales permit provided it complies with all town tobacco regulations and sanitary restaurant codes. Under
Advisory Board of Health · Meeting of January 22, 2026
WILBRAHAM — Advisory Board of Health unanimously backs tobacco permit for Rooster's Chicken and Waffles. The board voted 6-0 to recommend that the Boston Road restaurant be allowed to acquire a tobacco sales permit provided it complies with all town tobacco regulations and sanitary restaurant codes. Under Wilbraham's 2018 tobacco regulations, the town maintains a cap of 14 active permits.
The board also expressed support for a plastic bag ban by-law to be presented at town meeting, favoring language versions adopted by Longmeadow and Springfield.
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Source: the Advisory Board of Health meeting of January 22, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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