Zoning debate as South Berkshire towns blend hotels and apartments
Planning Board chief George R. Osgood urges revision of hotel motel and apartment bylaws in Great Barrington to reflect shifting tourism trends. He notes increasing difficulty distinguishing motels from apartments due to long term facilities and cites Oakwood Inn renovation and an eight unit motel addition. Osgood calls for study of building design local neighborhood impact waste disposal health standards and density before permits.
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Great Barrington
George R. Osgood
Selectmen
Osgood
Oakwood Inn
Dresser Avenue
Anthony St. Georgia
Route 23
Subdivision Control Now In Effect In Great Barrington
The Planning Board certified the town's subdivision control law and notified the Registry of Deeds and town clerk that it is in effect. Four new members joined the Citizens Advisory Committee on Planning bringing the total to 14. A request from J Frank Lenaghan of Southern Berkshire Community Action seeks a meeting to discuss Construct Inc.'s plan for eight low income housing units at the March 18 board meeting.
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Great Barrington
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
George A. Dennard
High Street
Bernard Green
Division Street
Laburn Austin
Highland Street
Housatonic
Walter Stuber
Stoney Brook Road
J. Frank Lenaghan
Southern Berkshire Community Action, Inc
Construct, Inc
Lenaghan
State's Proposal For New Airport Topic of Query
Planning Board seeks an informational meeting with the state Aeronautics Commission before a study on the local aviation needs and the feasibility of a public airport in South Berkshire, likely Great Barrington. A five member local committee is proposed to work with the commission, with two aviation insiders and three others from economic interests.
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Great Barrington
Planning Board
State Aeronautics Commission
George R. Osgood
Commission
Crocker Snow
South Berkshire
Snow
North Egremont Road
Berkshire Aviation Enterprises, Inc
Richmond Kiwanis Snowmobile Race Event
Richmond Kiwanis hosts a snowmobile race at Lenox with events on February dates and an immediacy for registration in the morning and a 1 PM race start. Details indicate an endurance pace and a heart seminar adjacent to the program, marking a community gathering in Lenox.
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Heart
Lenox
Space shortage drives Central Berkshire regional schools plan
Five top administrators in the Central Berkshire Regional School District urge immediate action on crowded facilities. Dalton Junior High faces the worst squeeze with 639 students. principal Driscoll outlines moves to convert offices and add classrooms, while supervisor Duquette calls for consolidating grades and expanding elementary space.
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Martin J. Baly
Jacob Franklin
Wahconah Regional High School
Dalton Junior High
Francis G. Driscoll
Driscoll
St. Agnes’ School
Adams Crane Breaks Ice Jam at Mill Street Bridge
A large crane works today to break up an ice jam at the Mill Street bridge after a rapid temperature change and heavy snows. Water flows in the channel with no flooding expected as highway crews and Petricea Construction Co. workers use hoses and chemicals before the crane. A forthcoming coin show is announced for Sunday February 15 at the Dalton American Legion Hall with free admission.
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Adams
Mill Street
Highway Department
Tophet Brook
Petricea Construction Co
Sur
Dalton American Legion Hall
Ady
One Space Problem Center School Gym
The 80 year old Center School gym is a 20 by 30 foot room in the basement reached through storage areas and past furnaces and pipes. Rough stone walls cement floor and two brick columns limit physical education, forcing instructors to shout from doorways to classrooms that often exceed capacity.
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John F. Domarat Jr
Dalton
Gymna Sioa
Center School
Eagle
Dalton Firemen Ambulance Drive Seeks Subscriptions
Dalton Firemen's Association reports 763 subscriptions for an ambulance drive to fund a replacement and maintenance costs. On January 5, letters were mailed to about 2,500 residents offering one year of free ambulance service for subscribers at a 3 dollar fee per household, with nonsubscribers charged 20 dollars per call. The association considers three Cadillac chassis ambulance models by Miller Meteor Diveo Wayne, Hess Isenhardt S&S, and Superior Coach, with a decision soon and delivery within 90 days of order.
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Dalton
Dalton Firemen's Association
Wayne E. Kierstead
Berkshire County
Kierstead
Firemen’s Association
Cadillac
Diveo-Wayne, S. & S
Hess & Isenhardt
Superior Coach Co
Pine Cobble SSAT site burned. students redirected to Buxton
IBM card lists Pine Cobble School as the SSAT administering site this Saturday. The building lies in ruins after a fire two Sundays ago and officials have no list of the 18 test takers. Some come from up to 75 miles away and may not know the school burned. A staffer will direct arriving students to Buxton School for the 9 a.m. test.
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Williamstown
Buxton School
LSD haul tops Western Massachusetts drug seizures
Three people were arrested and 9,003 LSD tabs valued at about 45,000 dollars were seized in a Tuesday afternoon raid on Logs Cafe. Hashish was also found. Police called it the largest LSD seizure in Western Massachusetts history.
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Amberst
Logs
Massachusetts
Albany blight bid eyed by ex urban renewal chief
Joseph Leone, Albany's former urban renewal chief, asks the city to declare Hamilton Street a blighted area and plan renewal. Leone owns about 3.4 acres there. Two parcels were sold to Albany Savings Bank for 100 dollars each after no bidders. Rubicon Associates, Inc owned the land. Leone resigned last year amid criticism of his real estate holdings.
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Albany
Joseph Leone
Hamilton Street
Leone
Albany Savings Bank
Rubicon Associates, Inc
Loone
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