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Hangar Bar and Grill Eyed For Former Chameleons Site

Staff Reports05:21PM / Monday, December 12, 2016Print Story | Email Story

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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Pittsfield Council OKs Funds for Plow Truck; Refers Council Pay Recommendation

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
10:16AM / Saturday, October 31, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Winter is right around the corner, and Pittsfield plans to purchase a vehicle to increase its snow-plowing capacity.

On Tuesday, the City Council approved the transfer of $200,000 from the Public Works Stabilization Fund for equipment. The Department of Public Services will purchase a one-ton truck equipped with an all-season body, snowplow, wing, and spreader.

Commissioner of Public Services and Utilities Ricardo Morales said it is something the department would like to have for supervision and expanding its work.

"We need this piece of equipment to have a supervisor be able to go on the mains with a wing plow and assist on that as needed, and be able to pick up that wing and go to a neighborhood street and be able to assist with snow plowing in a neighborhood street," he explained.

"And at the same time be able to jump throughout the city because he's supervising as well, making sure that there's volume."

A comparable truck is included in Pittsfield's capital plan.

These vehicles normally need to be ordered 10 to 12 months ahead of delivery, but Morales said Pittsfield identified one that can be expedited; he did not say how quickly.

"Approving funding now gives us the best chance of having the truck built and in service for the coming snow season," he wrote in a communication to the council.

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