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A statue honoring Du Bois? It might actually be controversy-free
Great Barrington — Like most big ideas, this one started small. Daniel Klein, an author and philosopher who has lived in Great Barrington for more than 40 years, was surprised that no monument to the...
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Hotel or home? Berkshire towns struggle to regulate, tax Airbnb’s
Lenox — In the digital age, disruption in the commercial sector is almost a given. Just ask taxi drivers, bricks-and-mortar stores and newspaper publishers. But in the Berkshires, that disruption has...
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Three recreational trails among 10 projects vying for Community Preservation...
Great Barrington — If funding becomes a reality, Great Barrington will likely have a two new recreation trails along the Housatonic River and yet another one near water will receive a substantial...
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Repeal of ‘net neutrality’: What are the implications for the Berkshires?
Berkshire County — Imagine for a moment that, as a result of a fee the auto company had paid to the Turnpike Authority, one lane on the MassPike was reserved only for drivers of Volvos and that the...
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Powerhouse Square project to start in January, transforming Bridge Street...
Great Barrington — The first phase of the much-awaited mixed-use Powerhouse Square development project on Bridge Street will likely begin later this month or next. Town Manager Jennifer Tabakin told...
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TOWN HALL BRIEFS: Selectmen take stand against hate and intolerance
Great Barrington — The Select Board is now on record as standing against “hate based on race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity or any other factor.” That was the situation...
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Judge spikes lawsuit, dismisses allegations of improper police interference...
Sheffield — Edwin J. “Ted” Dobson’s life changed forever when on a late February evening in 2012, an unlicensed Connecticut motorist who had made a habit of driving drunk swerved his wife’s monster...
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Passions run high as Housie residents decry ‘smart’ water meters
Housatonic — Tensions flared at a meeting last week to educate ratepayers on the ongoing installation of so-called smart meters by Housatonic Water Works, the private water company that supplies water...
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Youthful challenger races around NY-19 in bid to ‘repeal and replace’ Faso
Catskill, N.Y. — So far it seems that the Trump resistance movement in New York and New England has placed an emphasis on “resist.” But Gareth Rhodes, a 29-year-old upstart congressional candidate in...
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Pipeline protesters’ charges downgraded, allegations made of police bias
Great Barrington — More than a dozen pipeline protesters and indigenous “water protectors” who were arrested and arraigned after incidents over the last several weeks at the site of the Connecticut...
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Take that, Trump! Obamacare enrollments up statewide and in South County
Great Barrington — If, as many Republicans insist, the Affordable Care Act (a k a Obamacare) has been a failure, you wouldn’t know it from the number of families and individuals, especially in...
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Neighbors of O’Brien waste business decry ‘industrial siege’ on Blue Hill Road
Great Barrington — A loud business that’s violating the law and out of character with a residential neighborhood. Neighbors who are fed up with inaction and a selectboard at wit’s end with an...
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Questions raised about legality, safety of fuel tanks and standing fuel...
Great Barrington — Call it the storm after the calm after the storm. But there could be more trouble brewing for the Great Barrington Airport. At a Monday meeting of the Great Barrington Selectboard,...
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In era of Trump-inspired discord, state Sen. Adam Hinds wants to do ‘politics...
Great Barrington — When Adam Hinds decided to run for state Senate last year, he pretty much knew what he was getting into. After all, he had been a community organizer for years in Pittsfield. He was...
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UMass Amherst museum students present Du Bois poster concept to town officials
Great Barrington — Chalk this one up to youthful enthusiasm. The town’s collection of images celebrating its most famous resident will grow. At a presentation Friday (Dec. 15), one of UMass Amherst...
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Selectboard to Town Manager: Get the code enforcer an attorney
Great Barrington — If building inspector and code enforcement officer Edwin May goes to court again to testify in the case of Gary J. O’Brien, whose trucking company has been told to halt its illegal...
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Berkshire County — The possibility that President Donald Trump might fire special prosecutor Robert Mueller has alarmed Berkshire County progressives and others who advocate for good government. The...
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Tensions flare as cable panel drops plans for lawsuit against Charter
Great Barrington — The Five Town Cable Advisory Committee has abandoned its strategy of taking Charter Communications to court over the company’s insistence that some cable-television subscribers rent...
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With new partners Eagle Mill redevelopment envisions commercial, residential...
Lee — With the formal acquisition of the abandoned Eagle Mill, developer Jeffrey N. Cohen’s plan to revive and reuse the decaying property in downtown Lee has entered a new phase. A newly created...
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Sprinkler system freeze-up floods Barrington House; tenants flee into frigid...
Great Barrington — As if residents and merchants in the Barrington House didn’t have enough to worry about during this spell of bitter cold. The sprinkler system in the iconic Main Street building...
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