Deadline for Adams License Renewal Paperwork Nov. 21

By Brian RhodesiBerkshires Staff
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ADAMS, Mass. — The town will soon send out annual license renewal information to businesses, which the Board of Selectmen intends to approve on Dec. 7.

The board's Local Licensing Authority Subcommittee met Monday to discuss the renewal timeline, deciding on a Nov. 21 deadline for returning renewal paperwork. Board Vice Chair Cristine Hoyt said businesses should receive the necessary paperwork before the end of the month.

"Nobody can sign off on anything until the month of November, so we typically have not set anything until closer to the start of November," she said. "So this week or next week is really the earliest that anybody would get their materials."

The committee, Hoyt said, will meet again before Dec. 7 to review returned applications. She explained that licenses that go to the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission are a priority, as they have to be sent as a package.



"We have to send the complete package to the ABCC, so any entity that holds that up holds up every single license in the Town of Adams," she said.

Town Administrator Jay Green urged businesses to return license renewal paperwork quickly, explaining that it makes the approval process easier for the Board and town staff.

"It's really beneficial for them, the business, to get their materials in sooner rather than later, and there'll be no disruption," he said, "And then once the new licenses and everything are reissued for the year, re-upped, then make sure they pick them up [from town hall] as soon as possible."


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Pittsfield Parks OKs Annual Events, Hears Wahconah Park Idea

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Parks Commission signed off on some annual city events on Tuesday. 

Commissioners approved the 80th annual Eggstravaganza Egg Scramble, the Westside Legends' 6th annual Easter egg hunt, and another lineup of Eagles Band concerts in the park.  The Eagles Community Band is in its 90th year. 

Pittsfield's 80th egg hunt will be held at The Common on Saturday, April 4 (rain date April 11) from 10 to noon. The free event is open to children ages 2-11 and will feature a balloon artist, a face painter, the Easter bunny, and, of course, plastic eggs filled with small prizes. 

The Westside Easter Egg Hunt, organized by the Westside Legends, is on the same day, April 4, from 1 to 3 p.m at Durant Park.  It was scheduled to not conflict with the city's event, and will include tabling from community organizations, and some raffles. 

City officials are also planning an opportunity to appreciate the Wahconah Park grandstand's century of history in Pittsfield. Demolition is currently out to bid, and prices are expected the first week of March. 

"We want to have some conversation around opening up the grandstand one last time for the community to come in and look around and share memories," Parks, Open Space, and Natural Resources Manager James McGrath reported. 

"I think it would we'd be remiss if we just brought in the wrecking ball and people were like, 'Wait a minute, I didn't have a chance to have one last look out from my favorite spot in the grandstand,' So we're going to figure out how to do that, how to get that done safely, and just how to celebrate this with some folks." 

He has been in touch with Larry Moore of Berkshire Baseball to share facts about the park, "and just remind people how much of a storied past Wahconah Park has had, and just keep hope alive for the next iteration of Wahconah Park, whatever that looks like." 

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