CHP Berkshires has announced that two government grants totaling more than $1.4 million will help break barriers to fresh local food access and affordability, with Berkshire Grown steering both programs with a team of food-savvy local nonprofits and area farmers in an intricate network connecting growers, distributors, and consumers..
Assistant Town Manager Chris Rembold noted that local employers are struggling to hire staff because of high housing costs and housing shortages, “so creating housing options is our top development priority.”
More than 5,000 items of fall and winter clothing, plus toys and accessories, have been counted so far, with more to come between now and sale weekend.
Great Barrington -- The town’s next library director is Samara Klein, who will oversee operations at the Mason and Ramsdell libraries.
Klein, a resident of...
In partnership with the Town of Great Barrington, the Housatonic Valley Association is inviting public comment until August 31 on its newly produced Road-Stream Crossing Management Plan which identifies the highest priority road-stream crossing replacement projects in the town.
Joseph A. Aberdale, who most recently was the vice president of construction services at Unistress/Petricca Industries in Pittsfield, has been named the superintendent of Great Barrington's public works department.
Although building companies are busy with projects far bigger, CHP hopes this project might resonate with a local designer-construction team who wants to partner on food security. The deadline for proposals has been extended to June 2.
Traffic will continue to move through the area during construction, with police details on site as needed. On April 12, the Selectboard will hear an engineering update on the status of the Division Street Bridge.
Paula Lynn Ely spends part of each day looking through a microscope, examining amoebas, flagellates, ciliates and other microscopic organisms that feed on and break down wastewater as part of the treatment process.
“We’re not just a swim team, but we are a tightknit group that depends on each other as a community as much as we depend on each other as a swim team." -- PaceMakers head coach Bill Meier
In 2014, 726 cyclists were killed on U.S. roads (8 in Massachusetts) and 50,000 were injured nationwide. Most fatalities happened in non-intersection crashes.
