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Worcester City Council OKs hookah bar 

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Jump to full article: Worcester (MA) Telegram & Gazette, 2012-04-25
Author: Nick Kotsopoulos TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF

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WORCESTER -- The owner of a restaurant/bar in Union Station has received a green light to operate a hookah bar there.

Without debate, the City Council last night approved an amendment to the city's tobacco control ordinance to allow a hookah bar in Union Station.

But the approval came by just a one-vote margin (6-5), two weeks after the council had unanimously voted to advertise the amendment.

The tobacco control ordinance prohibits any form of smoking at city-owned public buildings, including Union Station.

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