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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Following the state’s release of guidelines outlining how accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, can be locally regulated earlier this year, housing activists filed four proposed amendments to regulate ADUs in the form of a citizen’s petition on Friday.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City councilors serving on the city’s Economic Development Committee and Planning Board members expressed partial support for a package of proposed zoning amendments regulating accessory dwelling units (ADUs) after a joint public hearing this week.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ROWE — The Planning Board is recommending an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) bylaw that may come to a vote at Annual Town Meeting.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Planning Board discussed potentially drafting guidelines regulating street-facing, ground-floor cannabis dispensaries on Thursday, with some members asserting that the state’s mandate that cannabis businesses have opaque or obscured windows makes their presence a form of “blight” on downtown Greenfield.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

A group of Pioneer Valley residents testified before the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities at a public hearing on Friday aimed at garnering feedback on the state’s draft regulations on accessory dwelling units, or ADUs.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — The new law giving property owners the by-right ability to construct accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on residential properties that already have a principal dwelling has prompted town officials across the state to review their own bylaws...