Forest Wilde News Today

LEE — Lee is a step closer to getting its second recreational marijuana store. After a two-hour public hearing Tuesday night, the Select Board unanimously backed a special permit for Forest Wilde LLC to convert the Cork ‘N Hearth into a facility to manufacture and sell marijuana products. The 3-0 vote followed mixed support for the project, dominated by the potential impact the facility would have on traffic on the state highway. The Zoom meeting also featured comments and dozens of l...

LEE â€” Critics and proponents of the towns proposed second retail recreational marijuana store get to have their say early next month. The Lee Select Board on May 4 will hear the pros and cons of Forest Wilde LLCs special permit application to manufacture cannabis products and sell them at an outlet on Route 20. The public hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be a Zoom meeting. The online link to the meeting will be posted on the towns website, www.lee.ma.us.; to find it, click on publ...

LEE — The developer for the town’s proposed second retail recreational marijuana store likely will get more time to seek a special permit to operate near the Lenox town line. Forest Wilde LLC will submit a request to the Select Board for an extension, asking the three-member panel to hold the hearing, possibly in two months. The reason? The developer isn’t done getting approvals from the Lee Planning Board. The Select Board was expected to take up the permit request by the end of...

LEE — The world’s largest coffee house chain is coming to Lee. The Lee Planning Board on Monday night unanimously approved a Boston-area developer’s plans to put a Starbucks in the former Friendly’s restaurant on Housatonic Street. The highly visible location is just off an exit of the Massachusetts Turnpike. Meanwhile, the board voted 5-0 to accept for further review the site plan for a recreational marijuana store at what is now the Cork N’ Hearth restaurant on Route ...

LENOX — A proposed recreational marijuana operation at the Cork ’N Hearth restaurant location, just over the Lee town line, has raised opposition about a host of issues, from the impact on the adjacent Laurel Lake waterfront to traffic and environmental concerns. At last week’s Select Board meeting, Selectman David Roche pointed out that he has received “a relatively large number of emails and letters from residents of the area who are against it.” He also noted concern...