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There's only one race, for town moderator. Two Select Board positions have one candidate piece, and two of the three open slots on the School Committee are up for grabs
Massachusetts COVID reopening: Larger gathering sizes, fewer capacity restrictions in time for wedding season Updated 6:30 AM; Massachusetts is raising its ceiling for large gatherings just in time for wedding season. The state Department of Public Health plans to start allowing gatherings of up to 200 people indoors on May 29, double the current limit for indoor gatherings at venues. The outdoor limit will increase to 250, about 100 more than the current cap, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday. Those gathering changes, as well as the the plans to allow businesses to operate at 100% capaci...
Small Basement Fire Gives The Olde Heritage a Scare As if 2020 hasn't been challenging enough for restaurants, The Old Heritage Tavern had a small basement fire during operating hours, forcing customers and tenants to vacate the premises. The popular Lenox eatery had a scare Saturday night when the main electrical service into the building, which houses the restaurants as well as tenants, shorted out and started a small fire in our basement. Smoke quickly took over the restaurant and caused multiple things to shut down. Tenants and customers evacuated the building and the Lenox Fire Departm...