With a strip club proposed in Mendon and a sports bar asking Milford officials for permission to bring in racy dancers, 2008 brought an X-rated wakeup call for nearby Medway.
After reviewing the town’s rules for adult entertainment businesses, planners said they feared the zone for adult video stores and similar shops was too small, leaving Medway vulnerable to a legal challenge. The rules also would have allowed such businesses on Rte. 109 – a major street.
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This month, Groton plumber Joe Ferguson proposed turning the former Tin Alley Grill on Rte. 9 in Framingham into a strip club. He withdrew the plans when the site’s owner backed out, but he has said he is working on a “Plan B.”
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Mendon residents tightened regulations on strip clubs in 2008 after applications for an adult entertainment license in their town. In Milford, after Doc’s Sports Bar proposed having dancers with occasional nudity, Town Meeting fleshed out its regulations too.