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Norwood boy raising money for brothers hockey team has ice cream stand shut down by health dept. Boston 25 News [Video]

NORWOOD, Mass. — A 12-year-old boy was forced to close his ice cream stand after a complaint was sent to the Norwood Health Department.

Nancy Doherty says her son Danny was bored this summer and wanted a job, so he decided to make ice cream to sell.

His mother told him he had to donate at least half the money raised to a charity of his choice.

So Danny decided to donate to the , his brother’s hockey team.

They set up shop outside their home in Norwood, and friends and neighbors stopped by last week to buy ice cream.

But then a few days later, the family got a letter from the Norwood Health Department, telling them to shut down the ice cream stand since it was against state code.

“The health department is just doing their job, they’re responding to a complaint, I was more disappointed and kind …

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