Rainbow Seniors of Berkshire County Expands to Second Location

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Rainbow Seniors of Berkshire County -- a program for the county's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender senior citizens and their friends -- will now be meeting twice each month at two different locations: Williamstown and now Pittsfield.

Williamstown potluck lunches and programs will continue to take place from noon to 2 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month at the First Congregational Church, 906 Main St.

Starting on Feb. 6, the group will also meet in Pittsfield on the first Saturday of every month, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Berkshire Athenaeum Conference Room.

The Williamstown meetings will continue to focus on a member-supplied pot luck lunch followed by presentations and discussions on a different topic each month.



Pittsfield meetings will start with a group discussion on Feb. 6 of what kinds of activities and services members would like to have.

Both locations are in a private setting and are handicap accessible.

For more information, contact Ed Sedarbaum at ed@rainbowseniors.org or by phone at 413-441-6006.

 


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Williamstown Planners OK Preliminary Habitat Plan

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board on Tuesday agreed in principle to most of the waivers sought by Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity to build five homes on a Summer Street parcel.
 
But the planners strongly encouraged the non-profit to continue discussions with neighbors to the would-be subdivision to resolve those residents' concerns about the plan.
 
The developer and the landowner, the town's Affordable Housing Trust, were before the board for the second time seeking an OK for the preliminary subdivision plan. The goal of the preliminary approval process is to allow developers to have a dialogue with the board and stakeholders to identify issues that may come up if and when NBHFH brings a formal subdivision proposal back to the Planning Board.
 
Habitat has identified 11 potential waivers from the town's subdivision bylaw that it would need to build five single-family homes and a short access road from Summer Street to the new quarter-acre lots on the 1.75-acre lot the trust purchased in 2015.
 
Most of the waivers were received positively by the planners in a series of non-binding votes.
 
One, a request for relief from the requirement for granite or concrete monuments at street intersections, was rejected outright on the advice of the town's public works directors.
 
Another, a request to use open drainage to manage stormwater, received what amounted to a conditional approval by the board. The planners noted DPW Director Craig Clough's comment that while open drainage, per se, is not an issue for his department, he advised that said rain gardens not be included in the right of way, which would transfer ownership and maintenance of said gardens to the town.
 
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