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Lane Reduction Planned For Stretch Of Taconic State Parkway
In Columbia County, one southbound lane of the Taconic State Parkway will close in the town of Taghkanic between County Route 10 and Exit 80 beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, April 29. The roadway will remain down to a single lane of traffic through 5 p.m. on Friday, May 3,...
Greenfield police identify homicide victim, suspect detained
GREENFIELD — Authorities have identified the victim in the Greenfield homicide discovered Monday night as Christopher Hairston, 35, of Pittsfield. Greenfield Police were dispatched to a Chapman Street apartment after reports of a foul odor. Upon arrival, they discovered the body of Hairston. Investigation led to the identification of...
Student, 14, charged with terroristic threat at New Lebanon School District
A 14-year-old student is under arrest for allegedly making a threat to a student at Columbia County school on Tuesday. The New Lebanon School District told investigators someone emailed staff and a student a threat, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said. Patrol officers responded to the school and the...
Selectboard to review independent report on ‘Gender Queer’ police investigation at April 29 meeting
Great Barrington — The possible last chapter of the controversy over the Police Department’s handling of an investigation at W.E.B. Du Bois Middle School is scheduled to play out at the Selectboard meeting on Monday, April 29, at 5:30 p.m. Back on December 8, in an incident that...
Monterey residents join ambitious national effort to bring the mighty American chestnut back from functional extinction
Monterey — “You are now all official extension agents of the Granville Research Orchard,” declared John Meiklejohn at a chestnut tree-planting demo and giveaway at the Monterey Community Center on April 20, leading up to both Earth Day and Arbor Day. Many of the two dozen or so attendees had signed up beforehand to receive chestnut seeds to plant at home, courtesy of the orchard where Meiklejohn is a volunteer orchard manager.
We should be thanking our Stockbridge Finance Committee members, not denigrating them
I write to respond to the letter from my fellow Stockbridge Select Board member that was posted on April 23, 2024. Unlike my colleague, I do not intend to litigate here in the press the business of the Stockbridge Select Board and its advisory Finance Committee. The place and time to do that is Town Hall, at the properly convened meetings of the Select Board and the Finance Committee. My purpose for writing is instead to acknowledge the hard work and the prudent and sage advice that our Finance Committee has provided to our town administration, which is in large measure why the town of Stockbridge ranks enviably high on the charts of fiscally sound municipalities across the state.
Great Barrington church considers stopping night time church bells to help neighbors sleep
Church bells have been ringing throughout the day —and night — in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, at least since 1883, according to the the church's minister. But one family, who lives nearby, contacted the church this month because the bells have been keeping them up. Pastor Tadd Allman-Morton, of...
BCC Student Discovers Rare Osprey Nest
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Danielle Lemieux was on her routine commute to class at Berkshire Community College when she spied a rare sight. The ornithology student discovered the third osprey nest on record in the county. While it isn't rare for the birds of prey to be seen in the...
DPI Supports Continued Parallel Parking for North Street
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Downtown Pittsfield Inc. proposed angled parking on North Street and was pleasantly surprised that the city responded with an in-depth study and new plans — even if they don't include angled parking. The City Council mulled a study and resulting design on Tuesday that maintains...
Town Meeting Warrant approved, but citizen’s petitions called into question
Great Barrington — The Selectboard approved most of the annual Town Meeting Warrant at its regular meeting on Monday, April 22. The annual town meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 6, 6 p.m., at Monument Mountain Regional High School. Back at its April 22 meeting, however, the Selectboard refrained...
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