LEE â Critics and proponents of the town s 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 LLC s 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 town s website, www.lee.ma.us.; to find it, click on public meetings/notices.
The permit is for the property that now houses the Cork N Hearth restaurant on Route 20, on the shore of Laurel Lake. The long-established eatery, sandwiched between the Lenox town beach and Lakehouse Inn, remains open for dine-in and take-out dinners Wednesday through Saturday, according to its website.
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Kosher cannabis is on the menu at 253 Farmacy in Turners Falls
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
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TURNERS FALLS Why is this weed different from all other weed?
At 253 Farmacy, the cannabis and cannabis products are kosher. The designation is granted by a Texas rabbi who made it his mission to certify cannabis products as fit for consumption by observant Jews following the death of his young son from brain cancer six years ago.
Meanwhile, 253 Farmacy co-CEO Seth Rutherford says the kosher certification is a signifier of quality, both in methods and in ingredients. He and his partners two investors are Jewish want to differentiate their product by going above and beyond the already exacting regulations of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission.
LEE â The developer for the townâs 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 isnât done getting approvals from the Lee Planning Board.
The Select Board was expected to take up the permit request by the end of March. Now, it could be near the end of May. Select Board Chairman David Consolati said at Tuesdayâs regular board meeting that he is willing to grant the extension. The other two board members support the extension. The board granted Consolati permission to sign the request once the board receives it.
The same Fitchburg entity that's bought most of the former Weetabix manufacturing site in Clinton and proposed a cannabis operation there has now bought the remainder for $1.35 million.