Lanesborough Select Board Approves Town Licenses

By Brian RhodesiBerkshires Staff
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LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Select Board has approved nearly all of the town's heavy equipment and liquor licenses for the upcoming year. 

The board voted on the licenses with little discussion during a brief meeting on Tuesday, its last of the year.

The only license withheld from approval was John's Tractor, as board Chair John Goerlach operates the business and board Member Timothy Sorrell could not attend. 

Approved liquor licenses included: Bob's Country Kitchen, Brookhouse, Donnybrook, Hendrick's Summit Lodge, I Shree-1 LLC, Lakeside Bar and Grill, Lanesboro Pizza, Lanesboro Wine and Spirits, Lanesborough Local, Pontusoosuc Package Store, Skyline on Seven and Ye Old Forge. 

Approved heavy equipment licenses included: Berkshire Gas, D Condron Construction, D.R. Billings, JSS Jr Enterprises, Maxymillian, Wagner Millwork LLC and WM Kelley & Sons Construction. 

In other business:

  • The board approved the construction of five new power poles by Eversource after a request from the company on Nov. 30. Goerlach said all of the poles are in the North Main Street area. 
  • The board ratified Diane Snyder as the part-time treasurer/collector. 
  • The board ratified the hire of Tanille Ciempa to the emergency services department. 

The board will have its first meeting of the new year at 6 p.m. on Jan. 9.

 


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Lanesborough Zoning Board Welcomes New Member

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. – The Zoning Board of Appeals has some new faces.

Last week, the Zoning Board met to restructure its board.

William Matthiesen was elected Chair. He is stepping in following the resignation of Mark Seigars after a heated ZBA meeting in February.

Gwen Miller was welcomed onto the board after being elected from the select board the day before. Chair Deborah Maynard had said she previously worked with Miller on the Planning Board.

"She is a very, very smart woman who is up to date on all the laws and everything else that goes around," Maynard said.

Miller said she wanted to volunteer for the town, but she is no stranger to working with the town. She moved to Lanesborough in 2017 to raise her kids and was recently serving as Chair of the Planning Board.

She has also served on the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission's regional issues committee for the town. 

According to her LinkedIn, she has much experience with town planning, recently working with the town of Lenox as their land use director and town planner.

She said she hopes to bring a nice attitude to the board. 

"Just an even keel, a polite demeanor and some objectivity."

 
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