Wicomico county executive touts end of 'prohibition era' liquor laws

Local Wicomico County business owners now can purchase their liquor wholesale, rather than directly from county dispensaries, the County Executive announced Monday.

Gov. Wes Moore made the move possible with the signature of HB1340, which took effect July 1, and repealed "the monopoly of the Liquor Control Board for Wicomico County and its dispensaries on the sale and distribution of certain liquor at wholesale in the county; authorizing the holders of certain alcoholic beverages licenses to purchase alcoholic beverages from a dispensary or a wholesaler; repealing the prohibition on delivery of certain liquor by certain wholesalers."