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Habitat for Humanity to build home in North East
MILLERTON — At least one customer for an affordable home is going to be able purchase a three-bedroom, two-bath ranch home this year in the Town of North East. The price will be based on what the customer can afford at the time of purchase and the expectation is that the sale can be completed by the end of the year.
PETER MOST: Great Barrington Town Meeting — the good, the bad, and the ugly
Great Barrington’s schizophrenic 2024 Town Meeting offered an all-you-can-eat town politics buffet, although few residents showed up to partake. Five percent of eligible town voters (253 residents) observed unequal portions of the good, the bad, and the ugly. Let’s consider each in turn. Town Meeting had a little...
Keeping it fresh in Great Barrington: Farmers’ Market opens for new season
Great Barrington — The town’s Farmers’ Market opened for a new season on Saturday, May 11 at its location at 18 Church Street. According to Farmers’ Market Manager Dennis Iodice, this is the 34th year for the market, with 28 vendors participating this year. “The market has endured for all these years because we have amazing food, we have an arts market next to us, and we have amazing vendors,” Iodice told The Berkshire Edge. “The market has become kind of a third space in Great Barrington. You have your home, you have your work, and you have the Farmers’ Market as a place to be with your community.”
Results are in for Great Barrington’s town election
None of the 10 races on the Southern Berkshire community’s ballot were contested, leading incumbents to easily secure re-election per preliminary numbers released by Great Barrington Wednesday. Eric Gabriel and Garfield Reed will return to the selectboard for their second three-year terms, and town moderator Michael Wise was re-elected to another year guiding Great Barrington through public meetings. Newcomer William Brinker secured a seat as town constable, while non-incumbents Sharon Shaloo and Laura Mars were elected as library trustees. Pedro Pachano was re-elected for another three-year term on the planning board. Voters approved the ballot’s sole question, which would exempt the cost of capital projects like improvements to town properties from Proposition 2½, the state law that limits the amount of property tax a municipality can raise through real and personal property taxes in a given year. You can find the complete results at here.
South Amenia Church Roast Beef Dinner May 18
AMENIA — Tuck your napkins under your chins. The South Amenia Presbyterian Church has announced that its traditional Roast Beef Dinner will be held on Saturday, May 18. This year it will be take-out only. Dinners will include salad, rolls, mashed potato & gravy, green beans and even home-made...
North East Board lauds Habitat’s plan for affordable home; town garage move set
MILLERTON — Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County (HHDC) gave the Town of North East board a progress report on plans to complete construction of a new affordable home in the town by year end. Maureen Lashlee, chief executive officer of HHDC, began a report by thanking the board...
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