Senator says time not right for added flexibility of bar hours

STATE HOUSE — The backer of a bill that would give Greater Boston-area bars the ability to stay open past 2 a.m. after obtaining local permission told fellow lawmakers Tuesday that the time is not right to extend last call later into the night. "My view is that this is something we should not act on in this session," Sen. William Brownsberger, a Belmont Democrat whose district includes the Boston neighborhoods of Back Bay, Fenway and Brighton, told the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and

STATE HOUSE — The backer of a bill that would give Greater Boston-area bars the ability to stay open past 2 a.m. after obtaining local permission told fellow lawmakers Tuesday that the time is not right to extend last call later into the night. "My view is that this is something we should not act on in this session," Sen. William Brownsberger, a Belmont Democrat whose district includes the Boston neighborhoods of Back Bay, Fenway and Brighton, told the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and…