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A new pizzeria is open on Main Street and Eagle.

Bella Roma Pizzeria Now Open in North Adams

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Pizza has returned to the corner of Main and Eagle streets with the opening of Bella Roma on Friday.

The corner location has long been a pizzeria, dating back to the 1970s, operating under different names and owners. That ended abruptly earlier in the summer when Supreme Pizza was closed by order of the Health Department because of violations and did not reopen.

Bella Roma owner Ilyas Ozdemir said when he saw that Supreme Pizza closed and the location was vacant he could not pass up the opportunity.

"This business closed down and we wanted to come here with a different menu," he said. "It's a great location."

Bella Roma if offering various specialty pizzas and dinners, salads, appetizers, wings, burgers, pasta dishes, pita pockets, sandwiches and even omelets. It also has a half-dozen fish dinners on the menu, desserts, and saute dinners over pasta. A catering menu offers Italian meals and salads and "clipless" coupons offer discounts on combinations and party-size pizzas.

Hamburgers and sandwiches range from $5 to $15; dinners from $9 to $16; and pizzas from $11.50 to $27.50.

Ozdemir said Bella Roma is also serving up soup, which is hard to find at other pizza joints.

"We want to be the best and there are a lot of restaurants but they don’t have any soup," he said. "We have a huge menu with a lot of items."

He urged everyone to stop by and check out the menu.

"If people want a great pizza they must come test ours," he said. "Once they try it they will keep coming back."  

Bella Roma offers delivery and is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 to 11; and Sunday, noon to 10.  A website for online ordering, www.callbellaromapizza.com, was not yet live on Friday. The phone number is 413-663-6666.

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North Adams Takes Possession of Historic Church Street Houses

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

The porch collapsed on 116 Church several years ago. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The state Land Court in February finalized the city's tax taking of four properties including the brick Church Street mansions.
 
The prestigious pair of Queen Anne mansions had been owned by Franklin E. Perras Jr., who died in 2017 at age 79. 
 
The properties had been in court for four years as attempts were made repeatedly to find Perras' heirs, including a son, Christopher. According to court filings, Christopher reportedly died in 2013 but his place of death is unknown, as is the location (or existence) of two grandchildren listed in Perras' obituary. 
 
Mayor Jennifer Macksey said the next steps will be to develop requests for proposals for the properties to sell them off. 
 
She credited Governor's Councillor Tara Jacobs for bringing the lingering tax takings to the Land Court's attention. Jacobs said she'd asked about the status of the properties and a few days later they were signed off. 
 
It wasn't just the four North Adams properties — the cases for three Perras holdings in Lanesborough that also had been in the court for years were closed, including Keeler Island. Another property on Holmes Road in Hinsdale is still in the court.  
 
The buildings at 116, 124 and 130 Church St., and a vacant lot on Arnold Place had been in tax title since 2017 when the city placed $12,000 in liens. 
 
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