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A ‘funeral’ for conservation, as pipeline goliath Kinder Morgan acquires...
Pittsfield — Inside the courthouse, the financial deal was sealed. Outside, there was coffin, pallbearers, a procession, a eulogy. There was a funeral. Because today was the day the Commonwealth and...
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Berkshire-based writer’s script to come to BIFF this week
Ashley Falls — While most screenwriters are stuck in traffic on the 405 in L.A. on the way to a pitch meeting, Maria Nation is on her farm feeding her donkeys, horses, dogs and feral cats before she...
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Koladza Airport owners plan expansion but the neighbors disapprove
Great Barrington — In a rural residential area surrounded by corn and hay fields and rolling vistas, owners of what is now a small-town airport have expansion plans that have neighbors flooding town...
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ZBA ruling backs building inspector on solar ruling; solar project on farm...
Great Barrington — The Zoning Board of Appeals was put to a hard test this week. Wednesday’s ZBA hearing (February 8) was overflowing with people wondering whether the board would back the building...
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In response to criticism, CDC modifies affordable housing plans for GB...
Great Barrington — After finally getting clearance from the state to prepare a brownfield for affordable housing and other future development, the Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire...
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Salisbury Bank robbed; thief escapes with ‘small’ amount of cash
Editor’s note: this article has been updated with additional information received from Great Barrington Police on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Great Barrington —Great Barrington Police Chief William Walsh said...
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As rumors of roundup swirl through immigrant community, ICE officials deny a...
Great Barrington — Unconfirmed reports shooting through Facebook last week that six undocumented Great Barrington residents were arrested by immigration authorities and taken away from their...
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GB Selectboard hears opposing pleas from pilots, neighbors over airport...
Great Barrington — It’s an 86-year-old small-town airport smack in the middle of an idyllic rural residential area that, to some, should stay the same and, to others, should be improved and expanded....
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Police issue warrant for suspected Salisbury bank robber
Police have issued a warrant for Eric James Sheridan, 36, of Danielson, Connecticut, for allegedly committing “unarmed bank robbery” at Salisbury Bank and Trust Company, 310 Main St. in Great...
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‘Sanctuary City’? No, but Great Barrington acting like one
Great Barrington — The town’s policy that its police won’t harass or tattle to immigration agents on undocumented residents – that all residents will receive equal treatment – pre-existed a statement...
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Back taxes may force polluted Ried Cleaners into town’s hands
Great Barrington — When the pollution runs downhill, so does the money. The Ried Cleaners property is a slice of prime Main Street real estate, one the town is itching to get back on the tax rolls, one...
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Is there still a redeveloped mill complex in Housatonic’s future?
Housatonic — Year after year, decade after decade, we drive past the array of abandoned grand historic mill buildings in this little village – the remnants of a once-thriving fabric industry — and we...
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Rockwell Museum Four Freedoms forum explores immigration and the refugee...
Stockbridge — In just one month, Donald Trump’s presidency has shot immigration and refugee issues into the light, striking fear into many hearts as campaign rhetoric about building walls, rounding...
View ArticleHousatonic Railroad not at fault, company lawyer says, for fatal April collision
Great Barrington — A lawyer for the Housatonic Railroad Company told The Edge Thursday (January 12) that state police had determined that the railroad was not responsible for the fatal April 2016...
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Salisbury Bank robbed; thief escapes with ‘small’ amount of cash
Editor’s note: this article has been updated with additional information received from Great Barrington Police on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Great Barrington —Great Barrington Police Chief William Walsh said...
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