I got a couple of interesting tidbits in a press release from police in Salem, New Hampshire today.

First is that there are 74 businesses in Salem with liquor licenses. There are just under 30,000 people living in Salem.

Second is that police say they did a compliance check at 60 of those 74 businesses on Friday night, with only two businesses failing by not carding an underage buyer.

What was one of those two stores?

The New Hampshire State Liquor Store on South Broadway.

A clerk at the store, Nancy Emery-Debaugh, 55, of Newburyport, will be summonsed to court for prohibited sales.

I'm betting she won't fare as well as the store itself, which will have it's information forwarded to the New Hampshire Bureau of Liquor Enforcement for "possible administrative action."

Can the state of New Hampshire really punish itself for this one?

The other store that police say failed, which also surprised me, was Kmart.

Apparently Kmart sells booze in Salem. Who knew?

Clerk Yohandris Ferrand, 32, of Lawrence, made the sale there, according to police, and she will also be summonsed to court for prohibited sales.