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Southern Berkshire School District eyes closing Monterey School — again
Monterey — Facing a miniscule enrollment of possibly one or two students for the next school year, the town’s one-room schoolhouse — one of three left in the state — may be suspended if the Southern...
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Great Barrington Selectboard reviews hotel plan that saves Searles School...
Great Barrington — In the auditorium of Monument Mountain Regional High School the Selectboard Wednesday night resumed its public hearing for The Berkshire, an upscale hotel on Bridge Street, plans for...
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At the Stagecoach, elegance and Bohemia join hands ‘down county’
Sheffield — On a bitter cold night, the moon nearly full, I find myself on a dark road heading into the woods near the Connecticut border, “down county,” as it were, where a former stagecoach stop...
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Five-term State Sen. Benjamin B. Downing won’t seek re-election; Rep....
Pittsfield — Since Senator Benjamin Downing (D-Pittsfield) announced early this week he would not run for re-election, and once the Berkshires had adjusted to the idea, all eyes began wandering towards...
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Private Housatonic Water Works Company seeks 34 percent rate increase
Housatonic — A private water company trying to raise its rates for overhead and infrastructure work over the coming years prompted residents to come to a hearing at Housie Dome Wednesday (January 27)...
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Eagle Mill redevelopment inches toward regulatory approval
Lee — Plans to redevelop the Eagle Mill complex jumped a hurdle last week when the Massachusetts Historical Commission referred its decision about the demolition of certain buildings it considers...
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Five Eagleton School employees arraigned on charges of abuse of students,...
Great Barrington — Five Eagleton School staff members — four accused of assault and battery on disabled students, and one accused of destroying evidence and intimidating a witness — were arraigned in...
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Adam Hinds, executive director of Community Coalition, to run for Downing’s...
Pittsfield — After two state house representatives announced this week they would not run for the seat of outgoing Senator Benjamin Downing (D-Pittsfield), Pittsfield resident and Democrat Adam Hinds,...
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Hotel at Searles School campus earns endorsement of Great Barrington Planning...
This article was updated Friday morning, with a quote from Jane Iredale. Great Barrington — The Planning Board last week (January 28) completed its site review of Vijay and Chrystal Mahida’s updated...
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MassDOT ponders need for traffic light at high school entrance
Great Barrington — In response to a serious January 12 car accident at a notoriously tricky and dangerous intersection along a fast-moving stretch of state road near Monument Mountain Regional High...
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Planners seek public input for solutions to Lake Mansfield access
Great Barrington — With some help from residents, the town is coming closer to a solution for Lake Mansfield Road and the recreation area around the lake, and is asking people to complete a survey for...
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Great Barrington Selectboard endorses 100 Bridge St. project
Great Barrington — The Selectboard last night (February 8) moved plans for a $45 million mixed-use development closer to getting the permit it needs to begin remediating and developing a polluted...
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Bioremediation ‘significantly’ neutralized pollution at Log Homes site, firm...
Great Barrington — A pollution cleanup firm says recent soil tests from the former New England Log Homes site show significant reductions in contamination levels after a short-lived bioremediation...
View ArticleAfter 2 years, Stockbridge Police Chief Robert Eaton moves on
Stockbridge — Chief of Police Robert Eaton says he is leaving the department after being offered the Chief of Police position in Townsend, according to a prepared statement issued by John Guilfoil, a...
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Responding to charges of abuse of students, Eagleton School fires 5 staff...
Great Barrington — In response to a multi-agency investigation headed up by the Berkshire County District Attorney’s office, and the subsequent arrests of Eagleton School staff, the school announced...
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Inside Eagleton School: Refuge for psychologically disabled youth
Great Barrington — The temperature struggling to rise above one degree in the Berkshires this morning, I make my way up Route 23 to Eagleton School, where a massive investigation by police and the...
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Great Barrington Selectboard unanimously approves special permits for hotel...
Great Barrington — A controversial plan to build an 88-room upscale hotel at the former Searles School site finally got a green light from the Selectboard last night (February 22) after hearings to...
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Culture Shock: $25 million Berkshire Hills budget envisions cuts to arts,...
Stockbridge — It’s school budget season again for the Berkshire Hills Regional School District, and in a climate of rising expenses and less state money, the district is again proposing art and music...
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GE plans to dump on the Berkshires with Housatonic River cleanup
Lenox — It was a window into a brief moment in the torturous, more than 20-year battle to make a polluting corporate giant wipe up after itself and haul its poisons out of the Berkshires. In the Lenox...
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Parents, students to School Committee: Don’t cut arts, music, 2nd grade teacher
Great Barrington — Students, parents and teachers packed the Monument Valley Middle School auditorium Thursday (February 25) night to protest proposed budget cuts that would shrink the music and art...
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