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After multiple, often-intense meetings over the past year, the Lenox zoning board has approved the 7.5-megawatt solar array in a mostly-residential zone. The project was first approved by a previous

The prospect of a large commercial solar farm in a residential area of town continues to rankle neighbors, frustrate a developer waiting for a decision since March, and divide a

It was after dark by the time Arthur Brown, skinny and shellshocked, walked out of Cook County Jail. A crowd of supporters was waiting. “That’s him! That’s him!” they screamed. “He’s free!” It was November 2017. Prosecutors had thrown out his case. For the 29 years leading to that exact moment, Brown had been locked up for a fatal fire he insisted he did not set. He walked out to a scrum of ...

Entrepreneur Linda Law, who bought the historic Elm Court estate and rebranded it as Vanderbilt Berkshire Estate, keeps the existing special permit to renovate and preserve the 89-acre property.

After an especially challenging summer season for hiring, the resort will convert an administrative-office gate house building to apartments for employes.

The owners of a long-vacant gas station in downtown Lenox, which holds permits for a modern convenience store with self-service gas pumps, hope to seal a deal with a new

There’s no red-carpet welcome for a major commercial solar project in a residential area — at least not yet. The Zoning Board of Appeals posed some tough questions to developer Allco Renewable Energy Ltd. at Wednesday’s initial hearing on an application seeking a variance from town zoning bylaws. It’s proposed for 383 Housatonic St., near the Lenox Dale industrial zone. But nearly all of the property is in the 1-acre residential zone. And...

Reflections: Hattie Bakers Farm Centre for Boys column delves into the history of the Stratford-area boys home

Reflections: Hattie Bakers Farm Centre for Boys column delves into the history of the Stratford-area boys home

Reflections: Hattie Bakers Farm Centre for Boys column delves into the history of the Stratford-area boys home