License Commission continues Lamour hearing over gaps

License Commission · Meeting of May 27, 2026

Springfield's License Commission continued a hearing on a shooting outside the bar Lamour to June 10 after flagging missing security-policy language and undisclosed surveillance footage. No representative for Ace Will Dewitt LLC, doing business as Lamour, appeared for the March 29 incident, in which a security guard was shot near Chestnut Street. Commission attorney Schmidt said "their security policy that they do have does require them to produce surveillance footage, and they did not." Separately, the board voted 4-0 to find no violation against Sarno Enterprises Inc., DBA X-Pub, over a March 27 parking-lot shooting, after manager Gennaro Sarno said his security staff intervened within seconds.

The board also approved, 4-0, the transfer of the Liquors 44 package store license at 1522 Boston Road to Keshava Corporation and a corporate restructuring for Family Pizzeria Europa on Summer Avenue.

In the full story:

• The Full Story
• [00:02:38] — Attorney Matthew Porter, representing Keshava Corporation
• [00:14:52] — Gennaro Sarno, manager of X-Pub
• [00:24:40] — Attorney Schmidt, counsel to the License Commission
• Why It Matters
• Key Motions & Votes
• Source
• Springfield's community access TV: License Commission meeting, May 27, 2026
• The complete report: 968 words

Source: the License Commission meeting of May 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.