North Adams Clothing Store Moving to Larger Space

Staff Reports 05:28PM / Tuesday, March 31, 2026Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Label Shopper is moving across the parking lot to the former Peebles location in April.

The discount clothing store has been located in the downtown's L-shaped mall downtown since 2009. It replaced Fashion Bug, which had been in that spot for 24 years before closing in 2007; the company liquidated in 2013.

Label Shopper is part of Peter Harris Clothes, established in 1970 by Peter Elitzer. Starting as a single store in Latham, N.Y., offering brand-name apparel at discount prices, the company operates more than 70 stores throughout the Northeast and Midwest.

The store is set to close on April 6 for the move and reopen on April 9 in the former Gordmans, according to signage.

Gordmans briefly replaced Peebles in the former Kmart until the parent company of the two brands declared bankruptcy and closed its stores in 2020.

At 17,250 square feet, the Gordman's space is at least double the size of Label Shopper's current location.

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North Adams Council Seats New Councilor Riehl

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
08:46PM / Tuesday, November 10, 2026

New Councilor Virginia Riehl was accompanied by her daughter.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council voted in a new council member to replace the departed Alexa Macdonald.

Virginia Riehl, 10th candidate in last year's election by 41 votes, was elected 5-3 to fill the vacant seat until next election.

She will sit on Community Development and Public Services committees.

"I feel called to serve North Adams, and North Adams has made me a better person," she said after being sworn in. "And then I have one announcement, which is that any compensation I receive in this position, will be donated to the Affordable Housing Trust."

Riehl had had the most public support for filling the seat, including a petition with hundreds of names and letters to the editor encouraging the council to vote her in. She thanked her supporters who were in the audience and at home.

She was sworn by City Clerk Tina Leonesio with her daughter at her side.

The other candidates were Peter Oleskiewicz, a past councilor and current member of the Planning Board and Hoosac Water Quality District; Jesus Leyva, a community activist in his previous hometowns of Greenfield and Northampton; Joseph Ousterhoudt, a hardware store manager; and member of the Democratic City Committee; and Ronald Sheldon, a past candidate for City Council.

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