Voters in a southern New Jersey community have decided to allow liquor sales.
It was previously legal to drink in town, but not to sell alcohol. The vote overturns a 96-year-old ban on liquor sales.
The group that owns the Moorestown Mall was among those pushing to overturn the ban. Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust says the mall could attract more business if it had restaurants that served drinks.
Voters had three times previously rejected proposals to allow alcohol sales - most recently in 2007. The community was one of several around New Jersey that don't
allow alcohol sales.
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