“If I’d known what town counsel said, I’d have voted differently."
Planning Board member Jack Musgrove, on his vote to recommend the proposed 95-room Berkshire Hotel on the site of the Searles School
“This is such a mess that I can’t even begin to understand what’s right and wrong...It’s such a disaster.”
-- Southern Berkshire Regional School Committee member Arthur Battachi Jr. of Sheffield
Regardless of what happens in Paris, hundreds of people from across New England seeking action on climate change will gather in Boston on Saturday, December 12.
“It’s easy to sit back and look at a disaster and say, take the guns away. We do have strict gun laws and we still have a problem.”
-- State Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli, D-Lenox
The new gene editing technology is so simple and straightforward that a bright grad student with a good teacher can learn to use CRISPR-Cas9 in a matter of weeks.
State Sen. Benjamin Downing received 280 submissions from elementary and middle school students from ten different schools across western Massachusetts.
Town information is now clear and easy to find, and one can sign up for email delivery of specific meeting agendas or minutes for the various boards or committees. It also includes a link to the Berkshire Edge's interactive calendar of events and activities.
“Affordable broadband Internet is no longer considered a luxury but rather an essential utility. The need for broadband in the 21st century is often compared to the need for electricity or phone service in previous centuries.”
-- Mission statement on Massachusetts Broadband Institute web site
Coleman was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved the outdoors. Coleman worked in the local paper mills and was employed by Peter J. Schweitzer as a boiler technician, in Lee, Mass.
CHP Board of Directors has hired Lia Spiliotes, a partner and senior advisor in Cambridge Management Group to fill the gap left by the resignation of former Director Bryan Ayars.
Katherine worked for many years at Berkshire Bark as a chocolate maker, a job she loved. Prior to that, she worked at St. Mary’s school in Lee, Mass., along with her mother.
