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The Chili's on Hubbard Avenue is closed. U-Haul trucks were spotted outside the location earlier on Tuesday and an employee confirmed it would not be reopening.

Chili's Grill & Bar Closes in Pittsfield

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The casual dining restaurant chain Chili's is pulling up stakes at its Hubbard Avenue location.
 
On Tuesday afternoon, there were moving trucks outside the location, as first reported by Pittsfield Community Television on its Facebook page, and a call to the location was answered by an employee who reported that the restaurant had no plans to reopen.
 
Inquiries to Chili's parent corporation, Brinker International, were not immediately returned on Tuesday afternoon.
 
There is no information posted on Brinker's website about any wider closures.
 
The Chili's location in Bennington, Vt., remains open as of Tuesday afternoon.
 
The restaurant opened for business in 2018. There are currently 15 other Chili's in Massachusetts, according a company map of the locations. 

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Parole Granted to Pittsfield Man Sentenced for Killing Toddler Son

Staff Reports
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A city man serving a life sentence for killing his 2-year-old son 43 years ago has been granted parole. 
 
According to the Boston Globe, the Parole Board on Monday voted to release Richard N. Mayes Jr., 78, to a halfway house.
 
Mayes was charged with beating his son to death in 1983 when he wouldn't eat. The child, Lawrence Richon, had received blows to his head, body, arms and legs. Mayes also told police he'd hit his son four times with a plastic baseball bat. 
 
According to media reports at the time, Mayes tried to resuscitate Lawrence when he later collapsed and cried to police that he did it when arrested. 
 
The boy was taken by life flight to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he died from blood clots in his head. 
 
Mayes was found guilty of second-degree murder by a Superior Court jury and sentenced to life in state prison.
 
According to the Globe, Mayes had been denied parole five times previously but told the board he had been sober for three decades and had not had a disciplinary report in a dozen years. 
 
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