With budget and tax season underway, city and town leaders are under growing pressure to find cost savings to ease the bite of ever-sharper property taxes and fee increases.
Facing an especially challenging budget season in an inflation-driven economy, town leaders are exploring how to soften the blow of tax bills for residents.
LENOX â A proposed recreational marijuana operation at the Cork âN Hearth restaurant location, just over the Lee town line, has raised opposition about a host of issues, from the impact on the adjacent Laurel Lake waterfront to traffic and environmental concerns.
At last weekâs Select Board meeting, Selectman David Roche pointed out that he has received âa relatively large number of emails and letters from residents of the area who are against it.â He also noted concern expressed by parents whose families frequent the town beach on Laurel Lake, which is directly below the restaurantâs parking lot.
âItâs a touchy situation,â Roche said, as he requested that the topic be included on the agenda of the next Select Board meeting, at 7 p.m. Feb. 10.