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LEE â Lee is a step closer to getting its second recreational marijuana store. After a two-hour public hearing Tuesday night, the Select Board unanimously backed a special permit for Forest Wilde LLC to convert the Cork âN Hearth into a facility to manufacture and sell marijuana products. The 3-0 vote followed mixed support for the project, dominated by the potential impact the facility would have on traffic on the state highway. The Zoom meeting also featured comments and dozens of letters from Lee residents, along with several Berkshire businesspeople, saying the company should have a chance to succeed. But, Lakehouse Inn owner Cody Gavin felt that the marijuana store didnât belong next door to his establishment. ....
LEE â The worldâs largest coffee house chain is coming to Lee. The Lee Planning Board on Monday night unanimously approved a Boston-area developerâs plans to put a Starbucks in the former Friendlyâs restaurant on Housatonic Street. The highly visible location is just off an exit of the Massachusetts Turnpike. Meanwhile, the board voted 5-0 to accept for further review the site plan for a recreational marijuana store at what is now the Cork Nâ Hearth restaurant on Route 20 bordering Lenox. The board expects to decide in two weeks whether the project meets local zoning requirements. Two Connecticut residents and a Lee woman are listed as the principals of Forest Wilde LLC, which is behind plans to establish a pot shop/manufacturing operation at the Cork âN Hearth location on Laurel Lake. ....