1872The town voted at a town meeting against the manufacturing of beer.Events & Anniversaries, Government and Public Service, Temperance, City Government

According to the Cape Ann Advertiser from May 3, 1872, “The question now is, will the temperance voters of this town rally, every man of them, to the polls next Tuesday, and declare by their votes that they believe what they preach, and wish the entire traffic rendered illegal and amenable by law.”