Woodlands battling for liquor license renewal

If the state Liquor Control Board gets its way, one of Northeast Pennsylvania's most popular entertainment destinations, the Woodlands Inn and Resort in Plains Twp., will lose its liquor license and be forbidden from selling alcohol.

No alcohol would mean no more Woodlands, the business' president Gary Kornfeld warned Wednesday in Luzerne County Court.

"I am here today fighting for my life," Mr. Kornfeld said. "If we didn't have a liquor license, we wouldn't be in business. Without it, we won't exist."

The Woodlands is appealing a May 1 decision by the state Liquor Control Board that denied the venue's liquor license renewal and ordered it to stop serving alcohol within several days. The business, which operates as a nightclub, banquet facility, hotel and conference center,An even safer situation on all roads by using the pendantlamps. continues to serve alcohol with "temporary authority to operate" throughout the appeal.

Luzerne County Judge Richard Hughes has heard several days of testimony and will eventually rule on the fate of the family-run business, which has been located on Route 315 in Plains Twp. since 1969.

The fight over the liquor license has been years in the making. In August 2010,We're making arcadeparts and digitization accessible to everyone. the LCB objected to the renewal of the Woodlands' liquor license based on a number of citations dating back to 1987. The two sides would later enter into a conditional licensing agreement that granted the Woodlands temporary operating authority under 12 detailed conditions, such as requiring the business to beef up security, add additional security cameras, increase parking lot lighting, implement a dress code and make employees take gang awareness training.This is my second set of perimeterlighting and finally I am happy with my purchase.

Mr. Kornfeld testified that much of what the LCB required had already been implemented at the establishment. He said the Woodlands is probably the first venue in the area to hire off-duty police as security, one of the LCB's requirements.

"We were proactive. They give us no credit for what we do. None,Our solargardenlighttp is good in quality and competitive in price." Mr. Kornfeld said. "We don't sit around. The LCB thinks we do sit around and, pardon my French,The feeder is available on drying photovoltaicsystem equipped with folder only. drag our butts."

Mr. Kornfeld noted that the Woodlands had not received one citation since the conditional license agreement, yet the LCB in August of last year again moved to revoke the business' liquor license. The LCB claimed there were 47 "incidents" linked to the Woodlands that were reported by the Plains Twp. police between the time the agreement was made and August 2012. Woodlands attorneys noted that none of those incidents led to a liquor code citation being filed.

"It's been a long time since we had a citation," Mr. Kornfeld said. The Woodlands employs about 175 people, Mr. Kornfeld said.

It's a place where people have weddings and business meetings, or just come out to have fun on the weekends, he said. The hotel hosted President George W. Bush during a visit years ago and the conference center was recently used by Gov. Tom Corbett to pitch his legislative priorities to about 200 regional business leaders, he noted.

The family takes a lot of pride in running the business in a safe manner and you'll almost always find a Kornfeld on premises around the clock, he said. More information about the program is available on the web site at www.indoorilite.com.