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.
If you would like to contribute information on this article, contact us at info@iberkshires.com.
Your Comments
iBerkshires.com welcomes critical, respectful dialogue. Name-calling, personal attacks, libel, slander or foul language is not allowed. All comments are reviewed before posting and will be deleted or edited as necessary.
No Comments
Pittsfield Council Gives Preliminary OK to $82M School Budget
By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
State Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier, with Superintendent Joseph Curtis, says the Student Opportunity Act if fully funded this year.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council left no stone unturned as it took four hours to preliminarily approve the school budget on Monday. At $82,885,277, the fiscal year 2025 spending plan is a $4,797,262 — or 6.14 percent — increase from this year.
It was a divisive vote, passing 6-4 with one councilor absent, and survived two proposals for significant cuts.
"I think we have fiduciary responsibility to the citizens of Pittsfield and to have a budget that is responsible, taking into consideration the huge increase in taxes that it had the last couple of years, the last year in particular," said Councilor at Large Kathy Amuso, a former School Committee chair, who unsuccessfully motioned for a $730,000 reduction.
Ward 1 Councilor Kenneth Warren responded with a motion for a $250,000 cut, which failed 5-5.
The Pittsfield Public School budget is balanced by $1.5 million in cuts and includes about 50 full-time equivalent reductions in staff — about 40 due to the sunsetting of federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds. With 27 FTE staff additions, there is a net reduction of nearly 23 FTEs.
This plan does not come close to meeting the needs that were expressed throughout the seven-month budget process, Superintendent Joseph Curtis explained, but was brought forward in partnership with all city departments recognizing that each must make sacrifices in financial stewardship.
"With humility, I address the council tonight firmly believing that the budget we unveiled was crafted admits very difficult decisions, struggles, along with some transformative changes," he said.
"It is still important though that it did not even come close to accommodating the urgent requests we received throughout the entire budget process."
Local environmentalists joined statewide rallies for climate legislation on Tuesday, pushing the passage of four bills for cleaner air and energy. click for more
A public hearing on special permit for Eversource to upgrade the utility's infrastructure was continued last week for a third time because of concerns expressed by residents of Barton Hill Road. click for more
The release is one of the memorial services HospiceCare does for families of folks who have died in the last year but it is also open to the community, she said.
click for more