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Somerset County won't sell cigars at its golf courses  

The county Parks Commission will not be tempting the golfing public to smoke cigars anytime soon. Yesterday the commission rejected a bid from a cigar vendor and reaffirmed its 2007 policy of not selling tobacco products, according to parks director Raymond A. Brown.

He noted that the one bid received "was not responsive to the request" made by the commission.

"I'm not particularly surprised" by the decision, said Brown, and said resuming cigar sales at the county-owned golf courses was "just one of several things" the commission is considering to deal with a lack of funding.

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