Two Contested Races in Lanesborough Election

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Voters will choose a new Select Board member through a contested race in Tuesday's town election.

Polls open at noon in the Town Hall community room and will close at 8 p.m.

Longtime Planning Board member Joseph Trybus and Deborah Maynard, also on the board, are running for the three-year term.

John Goerlach declined to run again after serving Lanesborough for 18 years, being first elected in 2006.

Timothy Sorrell has another year on his term and Michael Murphy was re-elected last year for a three-year term.

At last week's annual town meeting, voters approved an article that expands the number of Select Board members from three to five. The home-rule petition has to be approved by the Legislature and will not affect this election.

There is also a contested race for the Planning Board, with Courtney Dondi and Mark Siegars vying for a five-year term. Both have served on town boards and commissions.

Renee Degragon is running for a one-year term on the Planning Board. Kristen Tool and David Parks are running uncontested for two three-year terms on the Finance Committee and Lydon Moors is running uncontested for a two-year term on the committee.  

Elizabeth Drury is running for re-election on a three-year library trustee term and David Rolle is running uncontested for a three-year term as town moderator.

Multiple Fire Companies Battling Motel Blaze on Route 7

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
09:04AM / Friday, December 05, 2025

An image posted to the Pittsfield Fire page early Thursday morning.

LENOX, Mass. — Multiple fire companies are battling a structure fire at the Wagon Wheel Inn on Route 7.

 

Motorists are asked to avoid Holmes Road, Pomeroy Avenue and surrounding areas near Route 7. The highway between Holmes Road and the Lenox shopping plaza has been closed since about 6:30.

 

Pittsfield Police say traffic is being rerouted off Route 7 and into neighborhood streets. 

 

Lenox Deputy Fire Chief William Colvin said the call was received at about 6:15 a.m. by the regional dispatch center. 

 

 "At this point, the biggest thing now we're battling besides, a fire is just ice issues, with freezing ice," Colvin said. "Our local highway department, the Lenox Highway Department have been here sanding and MassDOT is also helping with traffic and with salting of the road."

 

The departments from the city of Pittsfield, north, all the way down from Sheffield, were on the scene.

 

The state fire marshal and representatives from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency were also at the scene.