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Work begins on Alford’s high-speed, townwide Internet network
Alford — One of the tiniest towns in the Berkshires is about to be one of the first in the region to have townwide, high-speed Internet access, also known as broadband, after the town voted last year...
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PROFILE: Adam Hinds, state Senate candidate, committed to rebuilding...
Editor’s Note: This is the third of a series of articles profiling the candidates in the Democratic primary September 8. To read the Andrea Harrington profile, click here; for Rinaldo Del Gallo, click...
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PCB dump in Housatonic depressing real estate sales, brokers say
Housatonic — The General Electric Company’s (GE) toxic waste dump hasn’t even come to Housatonic yet, but real estate brokers and agents say the mere prospect is already affecting the town’s real...
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$15 million Co-op Market expansion, mixed-use development for upper Bridge...
Great Barrington — The character and commercial center of downtown is poised to further shift as a new, roughly $15 million mixed-use development at the top of Bridge Street will — in roughly a year...
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Adam Hinds wins Democratic primary for state Senate seat
Great Barrington — With nearly all precincts reporting, Thursday’s (September 8) Democratic primary race for state Senator Benjamin Downing’s (D-Pittsfield) seat shows Adam Hinds as the clear winner...
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Local zoning bylaws may trump General Electric’s Housatonic PCB dump
Housatonic — The General Electric Company (GE) may run into a brick wall of local regulations in their quest to save $250 million by dumping toxic waste at three proposed sites in south Berkshire...
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Great Barrington to hire Boston firm for “police issues”; GBPD investigation...
GBPD Officer Daniel Bartini was traveling north on Route 7 when he was stopped by a Sheffield police officer before the GMC Dealership. Bartini crossed into Great Barrington, eventually coming to a...
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‘Minor, isolated’ pollution won’t interfere with $15 million Co-op project,...
Great Barrington — A “minor” pollution issue at the Bridge Street site of a former dry cleaning business won’t interfere with plans for a new $15 million retail, office and condominium development that...
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Selectboard hears plea for South County heroin addiction treatment facility
Great Barrington — While the town appears to be taking steps to deal with an increasingly serious heroin abuse problem, those in the most southern part of Berkshire County who are suffering with...
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At last: The new Fuel Coffeeshop has opened
Great Barrington — It was a “soft” opening for the new Fuel Coffee Shop Sunday morning (September 18), according to owner Will Curletti, who owns the shop and restaurant with his wife Robyn. Fuel has...
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Great Barrington Kmart to shut down, amid national closures, financial problems
Great Barrington — For cheap, big-box store purchases, south Berkshire-ites may be stuck with online shopping or a schlep to Pittsfield. The rumors are true: the Kmart in Barrington Plaza on...
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Expanded Fuel Coffee Shop symbolizes evolving Great Barrington retail landscape
Great Barrington — It’s not just a coffee shop; it’s a love story. On Sunday, Will and Robin Curletti moved Fuel Coffee Shop across Main Street to the space many locals still call “The Union,” since in...
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It’s official: Marshalls to replace Kmart at Barrington Plaza
Great Barrington — The word around town is true: a Marshalls store will replace outgoing chain Kmart, which at the end of this week begins liquidating its 24,000-square foot Stockbridge Road store and...
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State picks up pace with rural broadband, ‘ignores’ WiredWest’s efforts to...
Great Barrington — As western Massachusetts clamors for high-speed Internet to yank its economy out of quicksand, the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) is still “ignoring” a broadband cooperative...
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Protest against Oklahoma police killing halts traffic on GB Main Street
Great Barrington — Her heart racing, she knew what she had to do. It was Monday night (September 20) and Jennifer VanSant had just watched a video of Tulsa, Oklahoma police killing an unarmed black...
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GB Police drunk driving investigation complete; ‘no comment’ on officer status
Great Barrington — Four weeks after an off-duty Great Barrington Police Department (GBPD) officer was pulled over by a Sheffield Police Officer for allegedly drinking and driving, the town says its...
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Berkshire Hills committee adopts new formula for funding school capital projects
Stockbridge — Well, it’s not exactly taking the bulk of school funding pressure off Great Barrington as many are hoping, but every little bit might help and the work isn’t yet done. The Berkshire Hills...
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Berkshire farms and wells hit hard by worst drought in a decade
Sheffield — At the height of the summer growing season, Ted Dobson will usually ship 500 pounds of greens to Boston every week. But because of a drought across New England, Dobson said even in...
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African American student at Monument High School reportedly threatened with...
Great Barrington — Monument Mountain Regional High School and Berkshire Hills Regional School District officials are acting on a report from an African American student who said a another student, who...
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Guido’s Fresh Marketplace going solar
Great Barrington — Customers are frequently seen standing in the Guido’s parking lot, asking each other what on earth is happening on the cleared lot next to the store. It turns out Guido’s Fresh...
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