Approximately a month after Southport voters tussled with beer and wine in Cozy Harbor, the same voters approved the measure March 4 during the Southport Town Meeting.

The issue of allowing Oliver's at Cozy Harbor a beer and wine license drew the most conversation of the night and because it was expected to be a close vote it was put to paper where it passed, 59-29.

Oliver Cusano, owner of the Southport General Store, spoke in favor of allowing the restaurant to serve beer and wine.

“If I had it my way, it would be BYOB (bring your own beer), and everyone would buy everything at the Southport General Store,” he said. “It's easy to apply for a license, it's not easy to get one.

“I want to see them succeed. (If allowed a beer and wine license) they will control what people drink.”

Oliver's will now be able to apply for a beer and wine license from the Maine State Liquor Commission.

The second Oliver-related article passed, 48-35, and will allow the restaurant to stay open until 9 p.m.

But, it wasn't just all Oliver's related articles that were passed by voters Monday.

Every other article, save for article 64, passed. Article 64 is to see if the town would exceed the property tax cap imposed by the state.

Both the school and town budgets were passed by voters. Because resident Paul Coulombe agreed to take on the Pratts Island Bridge project and essentially refund the town $200,000, the property taxes went down in Southport for 2013.

“Unfortunately, your taxes are going to go down,” Board of Selectmen Chairman Gerry Gamage said to the packed-house.

The taxes will go from $3.29 per $1,000 of assessed value in 2012 to $3.055 per $1,000 in 2013.

The other contentious issue, to amend the land use ordinance to allow for elder housing, passed 69-33.