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Auditor finds Barrington’s current financial condition ‘enviable’
Great Barrington — The town’s finances are in shipshape condition, an auditor told the Selectboard and Finance Committee at a joint session Monday (December 8) night. “Your financial position is...
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GB CPA Committee rejects 3 late applications, accepts 13 for review
Great Barrington — At its December 9 session the Community Preservation Committee stuck to its guns by refusing to accept late applications for Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding. Committee...
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TV shows pick Great Barrington for holiday specials
Great Barrington — Those near and far who disparage Great Barrington’s holiday spirit and who want to tar the town as anti-Christmas again this year won’t have such an easy time of it. Two national...
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BRHSD accepts 15% tuition increase for Farmington River students
Great Barrington — After Berkshire Hills Regional School District asked the Farmington River District to pay more for its students to attend Berkshire Hills’ schools, Farmington River came back with a...
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Town Hall Briefs: Main Street update, PILOT reform fails, CDB grants,...
Main Street Reconstruction, revisited: Public meeting Dec. 17 Great Barrington — Town Planner Christopher Rembold has compiled a list of ideas to enhance downtown Great Barrington for both during the...
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Repairs to Monument Mountain High School: $26 to $34 million
Great Barrington — The committee tasked with assessing the needs of Monument Mountain Regional High School’s physical plant met last Wednesday (December 10), and emerged with a written overview and...
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Finance chair demands role in school district budget
Great Barrington — In league with those who opposed the renovation of Monument Mountain Regional High School, Finance Committee Chair Sharon Gregory is now attempting to actively engage her town...
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Eleven projects advance for CPA funds in GB; two eliminated
Great Barrington — The Community Preservation Committee is now in its final stretch, having determined in a series of meetings which applicants are still eligible for Community Preservation Act (CPA)...
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24-year-old woman survives hit and run on Main Street in Great Barrington
Great Barrington — A 24-year-old woman was airlifted to Hartford Hospital on Thursday night (December 18) after being injured in a hit and run accident in front of Town Hall. She was released the next...
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Hit-and-run driver Dylan Winters, 24, arraigned, released on $500 bail
Great Barrington — Wearing khakis, blue button down shirt and a tie, Dylan Winters was arraigned this morning (December 22) in Southern Berkshire District Court with Judge Fredric D. Rutberg presiding....
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From Berkshires to Kenya: SawaSawa Foundation assists women, children
Great Barrington — In a Kenyan village and surrounding areas, 60 women were taught to create a filing system, use paper clips, staples and other office supplies. It revolutionized their lives and their...
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Great Barrington CPA Committee approves 9, rejects 2 preservation projects
Great Barrington — In its final stretch of decision-making for this year’s allocation of Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding, the Community Preservation Committee Tuesday (December 30) nixed two...
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David Magadini jail sentence delayed; homeless man still on the street
Great Barrington — David Magadini’s 30-day jail sentence for seven counts of trespassing was stayed Monday (January 5) until January 29 pending appeal, according to the Berkshire District Attorney’s...
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Flush with victory, Republicans take aim at school budget, nonprofits
Great Barrington – Invigorated by the second straight defeat of the Monument Mountain Regional High School Renovation project on November 4, a new Republican governor and Republican Congress, the Great...
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Incident prompts schools, Jewish Federation, to act against bigotry
Great Barrington — Wafting rumors of anti-Semitic incidents at Monument Valley Regional Middle School, a swastika spray-painted near the entrance of a house on Division Street, and an upcoming...
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Regional school districts may sue state over cuts to transportation funds
Stockbridge — Back in November, a projected $325 million budget shortfall had prompted outgoing Governor Deval Patrick to make what are known as 9C cuts to the state’s $36.5 billion budget, cuts that...
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State will fund 39% of emergency repair costs at Mt. Everett Regional High...
Sheffield — The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Wednesday (January 14) officially approved an estimated $2.6 million for the replacement of Mt. Everett Regional High School’s 23-year-old...
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Great Barrington Town Hall Briefs
Community Development Block Grants for 2015 Great Barrington —The Selectboard voted unanimously Monday (January 12) night for the town to apply for another year of Community Development Block Grant...
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Solar Project to save town, school district $150,000 annually
Great Barrington — The town and Berkshire Hills Regional School District are about to sign off on a solar power purchasing agreement that will save thousands of dollars in yearly electricity costs by...
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Nine Great Barrington streets to be resurfaced this summer
Great Barrington — The town just got a bump in its road money after Gov. Charlie Baker released $100 million in Chapter 90 transportation funds to communities across the state, and increased Great...
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