Town assessors estimate a 6 percent hike in real estate taxes, amounting to $360 more than the current average. Home values have surged by about 16 percent in 2023, compared
Three days of widespread searches by local and state police, specialized fire agency units and volunteers have been unsuccessful in locating Susan Lockwood, 66, a retired nurse who went missing
A Richmond woman remains missing following a massive two-day search by local and state emergency responders on rugged Lenox Mountain terrain that was eventually called off. Search efforts are set
RICHMOND Wedding bells will chime from time to time at the 163-year-old Ice House Hill Farm, now that the Select Board has given final approval for seasonal nuptials at
RICHMOND â Four neighbors near the Balderdash Cellars farm property have sued the town, its three Select Board members and the wineryâs owners in an effort to overturn a special permit amendment granting permission for events with live music on certain days, at certain times, with noise restrictions for outdoor amplified performances.
The complaint, first filed at Berkshire Superior Court in late March and revised this month, calls the amended Select Board decision âarbitrary and capricious, erroneous and in excess of the Board of Selectmenâs authority.â
The civil lawsuit asks the court to bar Balderdash, on State Road (Route 41), from holding any farm functions involving music. The neighbors also seek a requirement that the building inspector âmonitor and enforce the sound levels generated by any farm function activities.â