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Berkshire Co-op developer runs into roadblock at Historic District Commission
Great Barrington — Part of the proposal for a $15 million redevelopment on Bridge Street hit a snag Thursday (September 29) because one of the three parcels in the project sits in what is currently...
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Monument Mountain High School to hold assembly over lynching threat; FBI...
Great Barrington — In the wake of a violent threat made to an African-American student last week at Monument Mountain Regional High School, school and Berkshire Hills Regional School District officials...
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In wake of lynching threat, Monument principal, students, say school has...
School Senate President Teddy Michaels speaks to students, and says there is “racial tension” at the school. Photo: Heather Bellow. Great Barrington — Monument Mountain Regional High School Principal...
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Driver in crosswalk accident loses driving rights, gets fines and probation
Great Barrington — An 88-year-old Canaan, Connecticut, woman who drove into four pedestrians in a Main Street crosswalk last June was fined, sentenced to probation, and is no longer allowed to drive,...
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A walk in the Berkshires: BNRC’s High Road, town-to-town trail network
Richmond — Imagine you are big-city dweller coming to the Berkshires to spend time with your friend Nature, yet you don’t want too much schlepping and organizing because that’s what you do in the city....
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Support group calls for addiction treatment options in South Berkshire
Great Barrington — They came together to support each other through the crisis of addiction, whether struggling themselves or watching in despair as loved ones circled the drain. An earlier meeting of...
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PROFILE: GOP State Senate candidate Christine Canning-Wilson, a progressive...
Great Barrington — State Senate candidate Christine Canning-Wilson says that, while she may be running as a Republican, she does not toe that party’s line on many issues, particularly in the social...
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Local NAACP leader to “take a knee” at Monument football games; suspension...
Great Barrington — At the next two Spartans football games at Monument Mountain Regional High School, a lot of people might be on their knees. In the aftermath of a report that racially charged threats...
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Police close lynching threat investigation, say ‘reprehensible’ act is not...
Great Barrington — An investigation into reports of a lynching threat at Monument Mountain Regional High School is now closed after police said the threats “did not constitute a prosecutable offense.”...
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Berkshire Co-op Market developers unveil renderings of $15m complex on Bridge...
Great Barrington — Developers of a $15 million complex that will include an expanded Berkshire Co-op Market unveiled the first set of renderings to a town board Wednesday (October 12), giving an...
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Trash math: Muddy Brook students count cafeteria trash with staggering results
Great Barrington — Their teacher read them “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss, then introduced them to a hands-on math problem that resulted in shocking numbers. It all happened in Jack Curletti’s kindergarten...
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Saturday morning at Bizalion’s gives new meaning to ‘drive thru’
Jean-Francois Bizalion in his store, where a car crashed Saturday into the now-boarded plate glass windows. Photo: Heather Bellow. Great Barrington — It was a typical Saturday morning at Bizalion’s...
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Great Barrington Selectboard endorses top of Railroad Street redevelopment...
Great Barrington — Plans for a new complex of sleek apartments and commercial space at the top of Railroad Street got a green light last night after the Selectboard Monday (October17), in a unanimous...
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Great Barrington — In response to months of complaints about punctured tires after freshly cut granite curbing was installed by the state, the town decided to file the sharp edges and put an end to the...
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Two local STARs aim for sickle cell disease cure
Great Barrington — It is a devastating blood disorder that, in the United States, afflicts almost entirely African-American children and causes a pain akin to being struck and run over by a truck. If a...
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Decision favors EPA in Housatonic River cleanup; more legal battles with GE...
Great Barrington — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gained serious traction last week in its quest to compel the General Electric Company (GE) to clean the rest of the Housatonic River of...
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Permits in hand, 47 Railroad developers celebrate
Great Barrington — Permits in hand, 47 Railroad developers Ian Rasch and Sam Nickerson have already started work on the former Pearl’s Restaurant location at the top of Railroad Street, and had a party...
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Co-op development nearly derailed by Historic District Commission
Great Barrington — At the Berkshire Co-op Market developers’ second round with the Historic District Commission, the lawyers came this time, to both charm and set the Commission straight on the...
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EPA issues final Housatonic River cleanup plan; GE has 30 days to appeal
Boston — After a ruling last week that upheld the EPA’s $613 million, 13-year plan to compel The General Electric Company’s (GE) to remove carcinogenic PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) contamination...
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Sheffield distillery opens for cocktails, puts Berkshires on artisanal...
Founder, owner, distiller Chris Weld. Sheffield — Inside Berkshire County’s first distillery since prohibition, wormwood and hops are hanging to dry for use in bitters, and various herbs are soaking in...
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