Porter Block News Today

Scaffolding and a barrier recently went up outside 101-107 Main St., or the Dowlin Block and construction is underway on the long-vacant Main Street space.

ADAMS, Mass. — The former Elks Lodge has been sold to a New York developer for $50,000.    Veselko Buntic, principal of Last Supper LLC, purchased the property April 5 from...

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city ended 2022 with a partial solution to its problematic public safety building, the feds taking interest in the flood chutes, new faces at City Hall and the...

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city ended 2022 with a partial solution to its problematic public safety building, the feds taking interest in the flood chutes, new faces at City Hall and the...

At least half a dozen businesses have opened or expanded downtown this year, but it continues to face challenges, like foot traffic. On a walking tour earlier this month, an

Plans for the top floor apartments include a fifth level for master bedrooms.  NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The developer of an Eagle Street property was stymied last month by...

Plans for the top floor apartments include a fifth level for master bedrooms.  NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The developer of an Eagle Street property was stymied last month by...

The long-empty building at 34-36 Eagle Street is closer to becoming apartments.

Problems facing downtown North Adams are layered, those in the business community say, from the challenge of increasing foot traffic to the high cost of renovating old buildings. At the

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The big-ticket item on the Planning Board agenda was postponed to January when no one for Eagle Street Holdings appeared during the Zoom meeting.   Planners...