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LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Baker Hill Road District has agreed to gift the town $150,000 for the purchase of land for a combined police and ambulance building, pending approval by taxpayer...

The community meeting will take place 6 p.m. Oct. 17.

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The shuttered Berkshire Mall may have a revival of business activity -- in cannabis.   The Selectmen on Tuesday authorized negotiations for a Host...

HOLYOKE — A cannabis business which runs the dispensary Holyoke Cannabis at 380 Dwight St. is suing its landlord in a dispute over how deliveries are made to the building.In the lawsuit, Holyoke 420 LLC has alleges that Holyoke-based AACO Realty Corp....

HOLYOKE — After significant debate, the City Council on Tuesday approved special permits for three cannabis companies whose applications faced uncertainty due to a typographical error in Holyoke’s marijuana ordinance.The special permits were for three...

HOLYOKE — The Paper City — a city so welcoming to the marijuana industry that some have jokingly referred to it as “Rolling Paper City” — has, for the moment, effectively banned new marijuana manufacturing and cultivation businesses within city...

Marijuana entrepreneurs in Fall River say their efforts have been hampered by ongoing supply chain disruption.

Cannabis shop owner can now seek state approval for Atlantic Ave. store

  In a recent outreach meeting, the "budding" dispensary outlined its action plans for security, diversion to minors, and how it will positively impact the community.   The venture owned by Kayley Stasiewski and Tommy Pytko was approved for a special permit by the Zoning Board of Appeals in February of 2020. It had received approval through the Community Development Board the previous year but the ZBA delayed the vote through a series of meetings with concerns over possible odor and parki...

Madison Czopek Apr 20, 2021 Aaron and Janelle Goines (second row, far right) asked the Board of Selectmen to speed up the host community agreement negotiation process. Following impassioned pleas to expedite the approval process from Aaron and Janelle Goines, who aspire to launch a cannabis business referred to as The Emerald Turtle, the Board of Selectmen voted to authorize the negotiation of a marijuana host community agreement. With plans to operate out of a location at 10 Little B...