Monday, November 4, 2024

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Heather Bellow

A former reporter and Managing Editor for The Edge, Heather Bellow is now an investigative reporter for The Berkshire Eagle. She lives in Great Barrington.

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Finance Committee mulls implications of census data

"Census data is not necessarily what you want to guide strategy. There is no wall around Great Barrington.' -- Great Barrington Town Manager Jennifer Tabakin

Selectboard gives fairgrounds go-ahead

"It is a general blessing to proceed,” said Janet Elsbach, of the Great Barrington Fair Ground (GBFG). The situation has evolved into “a constructive partnership” between the organization and the town.

School choice forum provides abundant information, but few were there to hear it

Total revenue for Berkshire Hills from students choicing in to the district is $1,450,000. Subtracting what is lost by students choicing out, net revenue comes to $850,000.

World Cup fever mounts in the Berkshires

It is a soccer extravaganza with an estimated worldwide viewing population of 3.2 billion humans, long anticipated and riddled with controversy. Yet soccer itself is the everyman’s game, ferociously beloved by both rich and poor, and everyone in between.

Cleanup of Log Homes site begins with landmark bioremediation technique

If successful at the Log Homes site, bioremediation could revolutionize the way thousands of industrial parcels across the country are cleansed of pollutants.

Profile: Michael Wise, candidate for Great Barrington Finance Committee

He would like to have a “soup-to-nuts review” of town finances every few years, to see “why they’re doing what they’re doing.”

Profile: Ed Abrahams, candidate for Great Barrington Select Board

“If there was anything easy to cut it’s been cut,” says Abrahams of the school budget. “We’re not getting reimbursed at a high enough rate to cover expenses.”

Mother Goes to Town Meeting

I look up and see Moses standing at the ready nearby, ready to lead us through another annual round of democracy. Next year, in the high school.
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