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The building has been on the market for two years.

Hangar Bar and Grill Eyed For Former Chameleons Site

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The former Chameleons is poised to become Hangar Pub and Grill.
 
Hangar of Pittsfield will be before the Licensing Board next week asking to receive the liquor license from the property owners. The company is headed by Harold Tramazzo, out of Westfield, who owns Hangar Bar and Grill in Amherst.
 
Tramazzo runs a Wings Over Amherst delivery business and manages operations at the Amherst Brewing Co. as well. Earlier this year he opened a new restaurant in Greenfield — Hangar of Greenfield — with the accompanying Wings Over Greenfield delivery service.
 
Attorney Anthony Doyle, who represents the property owner Pamela Rice, said last month that the buyer is expecting to purchase both the license and the property. A purchase-and-sales agreement had been signed and the closing is expected in January. 
 
"The property is under contract and the liquor license is going with it," Doyle said at the time.
 
The license is on the agenda next Monday to be transferred from Melissa Drumm-Sweener, who ran Chameleons, to Hangar of Pittsfield.
 
Chameleons has been closed since 2014, following a three-week liquor license suspension. Police say the former nightclub had security issues, allegedly served underage patrons, and other concerns. Also in 2014, two people we shot in the parking lot outside of the club.
 
Prior to Chameleons, the East Street location was the home to Bobby Hudpuckers. The application and filing with the secretary of state show the intent to return the site to a restaurant usage. 

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Radon Reading Closes Pittsfield's West Housatonic Fire Station

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The fire station on West Housatonic Street has been temporarily closed after radon levels were found to be more than twice the normal amount.
 
Personnel at the station were relocated to the department's headquarters, located at 74 Columbus Ave., on Sunday out of an abundance of caution, said Catherine VanBramer, director of administrative services/public information officer. 
 
The West Housatonic Street station, built in 1951, has an officer and two firefighters on each shift. The station's apparatus has also moved to reserve bay at the Columbus Avenue headquarters. 
 
All of the city's fire stations and City Hall were tested. Once test results indicated concentrations above the recommended action level, the city promptly closed the station and began assessment and mitigation efforts. 
 
Initial tests found radon levels three to four times higher than normal, and further testing is planned in the coming days, she said. 
 
The department's headquarters is about 1.2 miles away from the West Housatonic Street station. 
 
"There are instances where PFD personnel are on a call in one part of the city and must respond to another call in a different part of the city.  The team continues to be ready to respond to any calls that are within their service area," VanBramer said. 
 
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