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Proposed self-storage facility on College Highway to restart permitting process at next Planning Board meeting
SOUTHWICK — When the Planning Board meets again, it will hold a public hearing to restart the permitting process for a proposed self-storage facility on College Highway after the developers withdrew its first request once it became clear it had little chance of being approved. The new application for the permit, sought by Southampton-based developers Jim and Ellen Boyle, offers the board a proposal that is a significant departure from its first site plan, which asked for permission to build a nearly 60,000-square-foot, two-story facility between O'Reilly's Auto Parts and Pioneer Valley Trading Co. The new facility proposed has two stories and each is 17,708 square feet for a total square footage of 35,416, according to the architectural drawings submitted by the Berkshire Design Group. On the first floor are 201 storage spaces and 113 on the second floor that range in size from 5 feet by 5 feet to 10 feet by 20 feet, according to the drawings. The portion of the building facing College Highway, which will be painted reddish to resemble a tobacco barn, will have nine doors for the 10- by 20-foot storage spaces. There will be an entrance into the facility with glass doors. The two-story facility uses an 'over/under concept' that would be fully sprinklered, meet all applicable building codes, and will have video surveillance cameras installed that cover every square inch of the facility operating 24 hours a day, according to the building's designers. It will also be built into a gentle slope at the rear of the property and have 10 parking spaces, five in front and five in back, with one designated as handicapped accessible. The facility's front will be a little over 300 feet from College Highway. The Boyles had wrestled with the Planning Board for months during its first request for a permit trying to meet the board's expectations. It came to a head in February 2024, which was when board members and the Fire Department made it clear they weren't satisfied with the proposal. The general complaint from the Planning Board for the first permit request was that the proposed facility would be too big for the 3.17-acre parcel the Boyles own on College Highway. Before that meeting, public hearings for the project had been open since May 2023. After the February meeting, the Boyles had informal discussions with former Town Planner Jon Goddard and other board members and floated the idea of renting out some of the spaces for contractors where they could conduct business. Because that would have changed the use of the building, the Boyles were told they would need to seek a new special permit and start over. Before they formally proposed changing the use, they withdrew the application in February. Goddard said this week that the new plans didn't include renting space to contractors. Also included in the request is the construction of a small office building with a square footage of 437, that would be located at the entrance to the facility. Between the office building and the facility is a wetlands area that will be crossed by the entrance road. The road will be built over the wetlands and a pipe installed behind it to allow water to move back and forth along it. Goddard said the developers will have the responsibility to adhere to state regulations for wetlands replacement. The public hearing will be held at 7:10 p.m., Tuesday, June 24. Read the original article on MassLive.
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22-03-2025
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Three suspects in custody after string of armed robberies in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two of three suspects were arrested this week in connection with seven robberies — including three in one morning — over a five-week span during the summer of 2024. According to court records, Malachi Bowers is charged with seven counts of aggravated robbery and Sean West is charged with six counts as two of three suspects allegedly involved in the armed robbery of several business on throughout the city of Columbus. Bowers and West, along with Lamonte Rayford, reportedly held three different store clerks at gunpoint on Aug. 8 of last year. Police said at 3:45 a.m. the three attempted to gain access to a United Dairy Farmers gas station near Reynoldsburg on Tussing Road, but the clerk was able to enter the building and lock the door before calling police. Less than three hours later, the trio allegedly approached a clerk as she arrived at the O'Reilly's Auto Parts store near Canal Winchester on Gender Road, ordered her to disable the alarm, struck her on the head with a gun, and fled the scene with the keys to the store. Two hours later, police arrived at the Dollar General store on West Broad Street in Franklinton. It was reported that the three suspects dragged a store clerk at gunpoint to the store's safe and demanded she open it. The three reportedly took an undisclosed amount of money, a cell phone and the keys to the store. Twelve days later, police were called to a Dollar General Store on Lockbourne Road in the city's South Side, where Rayford and Bowers allegedly approached an employee outside the building, forced her inside at gunpoint and took money from the safe and registers. On Aug. 22, all three suspects were reported to have robbed an O'Reilly's Auto Parts store on Brice Road, also near Reynoldsburg, where they encountered a clerk opening the business at 5:30 a.m. The clerk told police they made her turn off the alarm and took money from the safe and her cell phone before leaving. Nearly three weeks later, on Sept. 10, police reported that West and Bowers approached an O'Reilly's Auto Parts clerk who was taking out the trash at the East Main Street location in Eastmoor. The employee told the suspects the safe had a delay on the it and West and Bowers left without any property. Finally, on Sept. 18, West and Bowers were parked outside of an East Broad Street Rally's restaurant in the Broadleigh area at 3:19 a.m. when they encountered an employee taking out the trash. One suspect held the employee at gunpoint while the other entered the restaurant and demanded money from the other employee. West and Bowers allegedly got away with an undisclosed amount of money. Police said all reported robberies were captured on video surveillance and witnesses described West and Bowers as driving a black Dodge Charger during the incident at Rally's restaurant. Bowers and West were arrested Monday on multiple charges of aggravated robbery. They were each issued $1.5 million bonds in municipal court. Rayford, who has not yet been formally charged with West and Bowers, is currently in Franklin County Jail while embroiled in two cases out of the Franklin Courts of Common Pleas. He pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder, felonious assault with firearm specifications related to the fatal shooting of Michael Boyd on April 28, 2024, outside of the now-shuttered No Cap Hookah Lounge. He is also awaiting trial on drug trafficking and drug possession charges from the same incident. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
