The Athol Bird and Nature Club (ABNC) held the 54th annual Athol Circle Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This annual event is sponsored by the National Audubon Society and is designed to count all the species and individual birds participants can find in.
Phillipston: Hearings on cannabis retailers, dirt bike restrictions set for Jan. 25
Phillipston Town Hall in Phillipston. Staff file photoPaul Franz
Published: 1/12/2021 2:57:42 PM
Modified: 1/12/2021 2:57:39 PM
PHILLIPSTON A pair of public hearings one relative to a proposed retail marijuana business, the other to a town-wide restriction on dirt bikes – have been set for Jan. 25. The Planning Board confirmed the hearing schedule at its meeting this week.
The first hearing will address the board’s site plan review of a plan by entrepreneur Damon Schmidt to establish a retail cannabis operation at 420 State Road/Route 2A.
Schmidt plans to construct a 4,000-square-feet structure at the corner of State Road and Baldwin Hill Road. His project has been in the works for about two years, with his original proposal calling for a combination retail/cultivation operation. It was determined, however, that the plan was not feasible due to restrictions imposed by the town’s zoni