Aside from his love for food and wine, his greatest joys were his children, grandchildren and their Sunday dinners.
News Briefs: Towns pursue development grants; jail time in domestic violence case
The FY2020 Community Development Block Grant housing rehab program income limits will range from $49,700 for a single-person household up to $98,700 for a family of eight.
Locke Larkin, health inspector and gourmet food retailer, dies at 79
In 1976, Larkin purchased a former farmhouse on Stockbridge Road that had fallen into disrepair. He fixed it up and relocated Locke Stock & Barrel there.
Fulcrum formally withdraws pot-growing proposal, as selectboard comes under fire
Fulcrum attorney Kate McCormick indicated that there were delays in the studies required of the applicant on sound, noise and odor and the peer reviews of those studies by the town.
A public education funding update from Sen. Adam Hinds
As part of an investment in rural communities, Hinds and his colleagues recently pushed through a $1 million supplement to a $1.5 billion school aid package. “Rural” is a category that’s slowly being replaced by the more inclusive “Low and Declining Enrollment.”
News Brief: Hinsdale man pleads guilty to murdering Kassedi Clark
Michael Boulais, 34, pled guilty to first-degree murder, reckless endangerment of a child and improper storage of a firearm.
Maryanna Macy, 94, of Great Barrington
She was the school nurse at the Searles/Bryant school from 1978 until her retirement in 1987.
John W. Field, 66, of Monterey
He worked as a mechanic for over 30 years in the New Marlborough and Monterey areas.
William ‘Bill’ Kelly, 49, of New Marlborough
He studied sound engineering at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, thereafter working at the Bitter End and Crash Mansion in the West Village of New York.
Charleen Smith-O’Brien, 66, of Great Barrington
She worked at Berkshire Medical Center for several years and later as director of nursing for Apple Healthcare in Connecticut.
Eagle Mill receives more historic tax credits; developers apply for millions more
The project will revive and expand the defunct historic mill site in downtown Lee into a combination of office space, both market-rate and affordable rental units, a hotel, and a “public market” with multiple restaurants and food kiosks.
News Brief: Democratic National Convention delegation selection training
From Monday, July 13, through Thursday, July 16, Democratic delegates from every state in the country will gather at the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to choose the party’s nominee for president of the United States.
Lee Marino, 89, of Great Barrington
Once in the Berkshires, she enjoyed working at various Berkshire County icons: Country Curtains, the Norman Rockwell Museum and Berkshire Bank.
Berkshire Hills mulls rejecting state aid, going it alone in quest for new Monument
“We are not doing justice by our current students. We're being irresponsible by sitting here today and saying we're not improving our high school for four years." --- Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee member Rich Dohoney
With hearing on pot-growing proposal set for Monday, company changes its plan, then withdraws
The proposal, first made public in September, has alarmed residents of the neighborhood, whose concerns range from noise and odors to the effect of the Fulcrum project on property values and the aforementioned impact on the water supply.