Babbitt NewsLocal news for Babbitt, MN continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.MMA Email Newsletter- June 6, 2008 Uninsured rates nearly halved in Massachusetts In the first year since Massachusetts implemented mandatory health insurance coverage for everyone, the uninsured rate among adults in the state dropped by almost ...http://www.topix.net/city/babbitt-mn/2008/06/mma-email-newsletter?fromrss=1 Court rules against 'smoking plays'- June 4, 2008 A St. Louis County District Court judge has ruled a Babbitt, Minn., bar owner is in violation of the state's smoking ban due to hosting "theater nights." Judge James Florey last week fined Tom Marinaro, owner ...http://www.topix.net/city/babbitt-mn/2008/06/court-rules-against-smoking-plays?fromrss=1 Judge Snuffs Out Smoking 'Plays' At Babbitt Bar- June 1, 2008 A judge is ringing down the curtain on "theater nights" at a bar in northeastern Minnesota.Tank's Bar in Babbitt was allowing patrons to smoke under a loophole in the statewide smoking ban that allows actors to smoke as part of a theatrical production.But St. Louis County Judge James Florey ruled that merely adding a badge that says "Actor" does not make it a theatrical production.The judge ordered bar owner Tom Marinaro to pay a $300 fine.Marinaro's attorney, Mark Benjamin, says he probably...http://www.topix.net/city/babbitt-mn/2008/05/judge-snuffs-out-smoking-plays-at-babbitt-bar... |