Following a late-night disturbance outside the Guild Street restaurant early Sunday morning, Village Inn owner Peter LaRosa announced a major change in the establishment’s entertainment policy. The incident, which required eight police officers to disperse a crowd of 200 to 300 people and resulted in four arrests, prompted LaRosa to eliminate hard rock music in favor of “popular top 40s-type music” geared toward patrons over 30.

Reflecting on the change, LaRosa explained that while hosting rock bands was originally intended to give locals an alternative to traveling to Boston, the scene had begun attracting undesirable elements. “I’m getting too old for this rock music. I don’t dig it any more. It brings a bad element… There are always a few that cause me a problem,” LaRosa stated, shifting his target demographic away from the 18–25 age bracket.

Archival Note: This article has been dynamically reconstructed from the original public record print archives of the Patriot Ledger

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