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Monument Mountain Regional High School students Olivia Jaffe, Grace Phair and Carly Terranova make a PowerPoint presentation at Great Barrington's May 2018 annual town meeting in support of the ban they were proposing on single-use plastic water bottles.

Great Barrington Selectboard backs away from enforcement of plastic water bottle ban

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By Terry Cowgill Wednesday, Jan 16 News 7

Selectboard Chairman Steve Bannon said he could not support enforcement of the bylaw until there is an implementation and funding plan for the series of water stations that are planned to help consumers refill the reusable bottles. Read More

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