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Great Barrington voters to gather for first town meeting since controversial “Gender Queer” police search, launch of multi-million dollar cannabis lawsuit
Great Barrington, Massachusetts residents will gather at Monument Mountain Regional High School for town meeting tonight at 6. They’ll consider a 28-item warrant, including a $16.4 million general fund for fiscal year 2025, $4.7 million in capital authorizations, two citizen’s petitions, and more. It’s the first town meeting since controversy over a police search of a middle school for a book on gender queer identity overtook the community late last year — and the first since multiple cannabis businesses launched a $6 million lawsuit against the town over community impact fees. Steve Bannon is chair of both Great Barrington’s selectboard and the Berkshire Hills Regional School District School Committee. He previewed tonight’s meeting with WAMC.
Simsbury Meadows 2024 summer series includes a symphony, a circus and Swifties
The Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center recently unveiled an excitingly diverse summer schedule for 2024. Along with the five-concert Talcott Mountain Music Festival, the outdoor venue will host a circus troupe, pop tributes to Taylor Swift, Billy Joel, Elton John and Walt Disney, plus several ukulele events. Simsbury Meadows, part of a sprawling expanse of fields, parks and ballfields ...
Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School Prom 2024
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Feeding Hills independent mattress factory opens storefront in Westfield
WESTFIELD — After 16 years in Feeding Hills, mattress manufacturer Sigma Mattress has expanded to Westfield. “We are delighted to see another retail business in town,” said Amanda Waterfield, executive director of the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce. “The fact that it’s locally produced is a win for all our residents.”
Westfield council approves CPA funds for Wyben school, Grandmothers’ Garden
WESTFIELD — With encouragement during public participation from Cindy Gaylord, asking the City Council to approve the Community Preservation Committee’s grant for the West Farms Schoolhouse in Wyben, and from Maureen Kane, asking the councilors to approve the CPC funding plans for future renovations at Grandmothers’ Garden, the council voted unanimously to approve both projects at its meeting on May 2.
Westfield seeks public input on how to spend $2.4M opioid settlement funds
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Health Department will host a listening session Tuesday, May 7, at Westfield State University, to hear from the community their ideas for spending funds from a $26 billion settlement with companies accused of contributing to the opioid crisis. The Westfield News reported in 2022 that...
Remembering the days before homelessness in Berkshire County
At the turn of the century, I returned to Berkshire County, where I had grown up. I had been gone a score of years, starting just after high school. It is hard to impress how halcyon Pittsfield was in the 1960s through 1980. Crime was virtually unheard of. I remember a big “news story” in The Berkshire Eagle about teenagers drinking beer in the woods by fires. During the ’90s, when Pittsfield was in the very beginning of its economic downturn brought on by General Electric downsizing, there was little crime in Pittsfield. Historians generally agree that the 1990s represented a national high-water mark from crime, but the Berkshires by and large ducked it.
Brookside Road Bridge closed until further notice
According to a statement from the Great Barrington Police Department, the bridge on Brookside Road will be closed until further notice. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will announce when the bridge is reopened.
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