Perry Peak News Today

The 660-acre Hollow Fields preserve in Richmond remains under court restrictions, and neighbors question whether an access road is public or private.

At the annual town meeting, Richmond residents approved a Planning Board zoning bylaw amendment protecting public access to open space and conservation land such as Berkshire National Resource Council’s Hollow

As the litigation continues over public use of the preserve at Hollow Fields, the annual town meeting could resolve a multiyear dispute over organized events that neighbors find disturbing.

The state’s land court delays ruling on a lawsuit by the Berkshire Natural Resources Council against the Richmond Zoning Board and a neighborhood group on whether the council must seek