Recent Examples on the WebBourbon on boats The Senate unanimously passed a measure from Sen. Gex Williams, R-Verona, to increase the number of riverboats that can serve bourbon.—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 21 Jan. 2024 After the captain and Pickett attempted to persuade the rowdy group to move, Pickett untied the boat to make way for the riverboat, witnesses said, which prompted several of the private boaters to attack, Albert said.—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2023 As the tension escalated, a group of pontoon boat passengers confronted the riverboat crew member, ultimately leading to a violent fight.—Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2023 Another jumps off the riverboat, swimming to join in.—Jeremy Gray | , al, 7 Aug. 2023 Damien Pickett, the deckhand assaulted in last month’s viral riverboat brawl in Montgomery, Alabama, is speaking out for the first time since the incident occurred.—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023 The arrests came days after a group of white boaters attacked a Black captain of a riverboat cruise on Saturday.—Remy Tumin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023 Abercrombie & Kent will launch its fifth Egyptian riverboat to cruise the Nile in fall 2025 — and two onboard suites will have private decks with hot tubs.—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2024 Historically, Occoquan’s primary industry was milling, but the town has also supported tobacco, iron, lumber, river ice, shipbuilding, riverboat excursions and rock quarry businesses, Porta said.—Madison Rudolf, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
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