North Adams Garage Owner Gets Permit Reprieve

Nite Owl automotive repair was found to be in compliance with its permit.

Williamstown Planning Board Recommends Defeat of Sweetwood Zoning Request

By late in the hearing, even the attorney representing Sweetwood was suggesting that if the planners could recommend at least one of the amendments, the petitioner would be grateful.

Self-Storage Company Building Gated Facility at Former Greenberg's

The Planning Board has given the go-ahead to build 61,900 square feet of self-storage off Hodges Crossroad.

North Adams Planners OK Dirt Track Changes Over Residents' Objections

Supporters say the track has provided an outlet for local families, provided training time for youngsters and has had a beneficial economic impact on the city.

Pittsfield Community Development Has Light Agenda for First 2023 Meeting

At its first meeting of the year, the Community Development Board last week determined that subdivision approval is not required for an East Street car dealership and welcomed the city's new planner.

North Adams Planners OK 11-Room Addition to Porches

The hotel on River Street is planning to knock down two adjacent buildings at 22-28 Veazie St. and replace them with a new structure that will contain 11 rooms and four studios, and will allow for seven underground parking spaces.

North Adams Planners Push Off 3 Business Changes to Allow Wider Debate

The Planning Board pushed three communications on their agenda to the next month to give citizens a chance to speak to the proposed business changes.

Dalton Trucking Company in Compliance With Special Permit

The Planning Board has been working with Robert to clarify the terms of the special permit; the complaints have been resolved except for Schnopp's.

Williamstown Planning Board Talks 'Cottage Court' Bylaw

Though its work is not completed for the proposals it hopes to bring to this spring's annual town meeting, the Planning Board recently started talking about an idea it wants to work on for the 2023-24 cycle.

Williamstown Planners Work on Outreach Plan for Bylaw Proposals

Each proposal, in its own way, is meant to increase housing options and, in turn, add housing inventory and make Williamstown more accessible to a wider range of residents.

Clarksburg Planners Continue Cannabis Dispensary Hearing

Chad Cellana, the founder of NERD, said if all goes well, he expects to be ready for operation in March.

Vacancy Filled on Williamstown Planning Board

By a vote of 8-0, the combined panels appointed Williams College professor Allison Guess to the post vacated earlier this year by Dante Birch.

Pittsfield Board OKs Assisted Living Expansion, Rejects Parcel Rezoning

The Community Development Board on Tuesday rejected a reclassification request and approved a special permit for the expansion of an assisted living facility.

North Adams Planners OKs Permit for Berkshire Catering

The Planning Board on Monday approved Berkshire Catering's special permit to operate a storage unit at 708 State Road.

Pittsfield Board Subdivision Approval Not Needed for Housing Project

The applicant West Gale LLC intends to build two residential homes on 27 acres of the parcel that has frontage on West Street.

Williamstown Board's Try to Make Housing Affordable Called 'Madness'

Ernest-Jones was speaking in response to a draft warrant article that would essentially replace the term "mobile home" in the zoning bylaw with the more contemporary term "manufactured home" and allow said structures in all residential areas subject to the same rules as any other home.

Adams Planning Board OKs Parking Lot Expansion for B&B

There are currently about 55 employees at the factory but the need for parking around the main building is based on an ebb and flow of orders and pickups, he said in response to questions about a surfeit of vehicles on the grassy area at times during the summer.

Starbucks Proposed on Pittsfield-Lenox Road

The Community Development Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a site plan from Jamasan Hotel Management for the construction of a coffee shop and drive-through at 1030 South St., next to Guido's Fresh Marketplace.

Pittsfield Community Development Board OKs Permanent Supportive Housing Project

It is designated as permanent supportive housing, which combines affordable housing and support services to build independent living skills and connect people with health, treatment, and employment resources.

North Adams Planners OK Inn at Historic Beaver Mill

All alterations will be in the interior and on the first floor for full accessibility. He anticipated no change in traffic since the mill has studios and businesses in it that see people coming and going and there's a large parking lot across the street from the mill.

Interprint Plans Additional Expansion

Last week, the Community Development Board approved an amendment to its site plan that allows an approximately 57,500 square foot addition to the rear of the building.

Williamstown Planners Still Split on Upzoning Proposals

Former Starbase Technologies Building Eyed for Cannabis Cultivation

Berkshire Kind is looking to put a cannabis cultivation facility in the former Starbase Technologies facility at the corner of Peck's and Valentine Roads.

Lanesborough Planning Board Reorganizes

During the meeting, board Chair Barbara Davis-Hassan stepped down from her position and embraced Gwen Miller as the new chair.

Williamstown Planning Board Discusses Work Plan for Year Ahead

Meeting for the first time since the annual town meeting voted to refer most of the board's proposed warrant articles back to committee, the planners decided that housing regulations again will be a priority for the year leading up to town meeting in April 2023.