MIDDLESEX TWP — A referendum to end the prohibition of liquor licenses in the township will go to voters in this spring's election after petitioners appealed an initial rejection by the Bureau of Elections.

The bureau initially issued a rejection because the petition mistakenly listed the date of the upcoming primary as May 31, instead of the correct date, May 21.

County Judge Timothy McCune ruled in the petitioners' favor, saying the error was typographical and did not have a material effect on the petition.

This is an excerpt — read the full article in Wednesday's Butler Eagle.