Preliminary estimates indicate a budget hike of 6 percent, nearly $900,000 for the 2023-24 year. Select Board members voice concern over a spending squeeze on other town services.

The special town meeting lasted barely 90 minutes, after a resident successfully urged voters to cut off debate on the hotly contested wireless bylaw proposal from the Planning Board. 

A typical single-family home in Lenox gained 23 percent in value, but the average tax bill will increase by just over 4 percent. It could have been worse. Town leaders voted to shift some of the burden to commercial and industrial property owners.

The single-story building at the northeast intersection of the Route 7/20 bypass and Housatonic Street would replace the outmoded Lenox police station and firehouse that are not up to building codes.

LENOX — It took only 75 minutes for annual town meeting voters to approve $29 million in town spending — it includes $14.2 million for public …

LENOX — Town leaders are gearing up to ask voters for authorization to borrow up to $6.8 million at current low interest rates to finance four…

LENOX — All roadblocks are cleared for the new owners of the Days Inn by Wyndham on Pittsfield Road (Route 7/20) to renovate and expand the si…

LENOX — The Select Board has cleared the way for new owners to reopen multiple hospitality industry ventures in the historic downtown village.

LENOX — The Select Board members have agreed that the annual town meeting, normally held on the first Thursday in May, should be deferred unti…