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North Adams Council Passes Taxi OrdinanceBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
07:09AM / Saturday, November 18, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council passed the long-awaited taxi to a second reading on Tuesday. The council made short work of a number of lingering items on the agenda through postponement and wrapped up in just under 45 minutes. The creation of a hospital overlay district was approved with little discussion. The council had had a joint public hearing with the Planning Board on Monday and the planners immediately voted to recommend its passage to the council The Public Safety Committee has been reviewing the taxi ordinance at the behest of the mayor and Police Department after a hearing on violations pointed to the city's limitations in 0 Comments
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Williams College Finds Indoor Facilities for Athletes in North AdamsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:00AM / Friday, November 17, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Williams College is looking eastward for athletic facilities with the closure of the Towne Field House. The Planning Board on Monday approved a change-of-use application for a unit at 69 Union St. to operate a fitness facility. The special permit would allow the college to extend its use of the spaces in the former Shapiro Chevrolet dealership for its athletes. Alicia Schneider, property manager for CT Management Group, said the 8,000 square foot space had been used as a shop and storage by GEM Environmental. "We just rented them the previous J-Star gymnastics space, so they already are in the fitness facilities that we have," she 0 Comments
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City Woman Wins Hometown Holidays Gift Basket |
Jonathan Secor had some help in pulling the winning ticket.
Congrats to Janet O'Neill of North Adams who won the big Hometown Holidays gift basket on Thursday. O'Neill won some $1,300 worth of gift certificates and merchandise.
The drawing could be entered by spending $50 downtown during the Thursday night Hometown Holiday events. Jonathan Secor of MCLA Gallery 51 said 62 people had entered the contest (including the editor of iBerkshires &mdash amazing how much cat toys cost nowadays).
Secor contacted O'Neill who was excited and surprised at winning. "No, I'm not kidding," Secor assured her
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