ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Cheers! 1st drink in 81 years sold in formerly dry town

BRIDGEWATER, Conn.

A simple plastic cup of beer has made history by being the first alcoholic drink sold in a small Connecticut town in 81 years.

The affluent bedroom community of Bridgewater had been the last dry town in the state until residents approved alcohol sales in 2014.

The News-Times reported that the first booze sold in town since 1935 was a cup of beer purchased Aug. 19 at the Bridgewater Country Fair.

Bridgewater native and volunteer firefighter Jim Lillis took the first sip before passing the cup to other firefighters and fair volunteers who gathered for the ceremonial sale.

Voters legalized alcohol sales two years ago as developers proposed restaurants in the western Connecticut town of 1,700 residents on the condition that they could sell booze. No restaurants have opened yet.

Shirtless suspect catches ride on Florida school bus

BRADENTON, Fla.

Deputies in Florida arrested a shirtless 27-year-old burglary suspect after they say he caught a ride on a school bus.

The Bradenton Herald-Tribune reported that when Erik Hall boarded a school bus without a shirt the morning of Aug. 23, the driver thought he was a student.

Authorities say the driver told Hall to put on a shirt. Hall didn’t comply and sat down. Hall later told the driver he wasn’t a student and that he just needed a ride.

The driver pulled into a school, waved down an administrator and school resource officers questioned Hall. He was released, but deputies learned later he was a suspect in a burglary that morning.

Deputies tracked him down, and he’s charged with trespassing on school property.

Cops: Man in a costume and mask stole some beer

SALAMANCA, N.Y.

Do superheroes drink beer?

WIVB-TV in Buffalo reported that police in western New York say they’re looking for a man who was wearing a Batman costume and a Captain America mask when he walked out of a convenience store recently with two 18-packs of beer without paying for them.

Police in Salamanca, near the Pennsylvania border, say the store’s surveillance cameras show the man wearing the combined outfit as he carries an 18-pack in each hand.

The man, described by police as in his 20s, apparently made his getaway on foot.

Associated Press