Huntington Wine and Spirits, 301 Huntington Ave. in the Fenway, closed in April, but the scion of the family that got one of the first 30 packie licenses the city issued after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933 today pleaded with the Boston Licensing Board to let him hold onto it a little longer as he tries to either find a buyer or move what's left of the store to new space down the street.

Board members could decide at a Thursday meeting how much time, if any, to give Steven Rubin to either sell or move, but cautioned him at a hearing today it wouldn't be much time. That's because its annual re-licensing starts in November and a company they did not identify has expressed interest in opening a new liquor store at the market's old location, but they can't issue a new license for a locatio

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