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It’s finally over: Longstanding conflict between West Stockbridge performing arts showcase The Foundry and abutter resolved

The West Stockbridge Planning Board approved a negotiated settlement agreement as the venue's special permit provisions.

Berkshire Playwrights Lab: Seven Successful Years Celebrated with a Gala

"This is one of my favorite events in the Berkshires. It’s a true honor to be a part of this -- they are celebrating new playwrights, new work, rich language and stories that resonate within all of us." -- Shakespeare and Company actress and Communications Director Elizabeth Aspenlieder

Part I. Big, bad things that never came to pass: A short history of environmental activism in the Berkshires

In 1964, Mount Greylock Tramway Authority planned to transform the highest mountain in Massachusetts into a downhill ski area with a 100-foot tower on the 3,491-foot summit of Mount Greylock for the “world’s largest” aerial tramway.

Barrington Selectboard to regional school district: We need a more equitable agreement

I believe the high school renovation is a good project, and anything I can do to improve the money situation I will do." -- Great Barrington Selectboard Chair Deborah Phillips

Part II: Great Barrington’s Main Street trees: Looking back, looking ahead

Eighty-one trees will be planted from Taconic Avenue to Cottage Street, more than doubling the number of trees that currently border Main Street.

Ride$hare: Navigating the Berkshires by leaving your car behind

You could call this spontaneous car pooling. I think this could go viral.” --Chip Elitzer to the Great Barrington Selectboard

School committee endorses Nov. 4 balloting on a downsized school renovation proposal

“You have to ask ‘What’s the risk?’ in taking this proposal to the voters. There are attitudes out there.” -- School Building Subcommittee Chair Richard Coons.

Finance Committee challenges school officials to produce credible high school renovation estimates

“It appears to me that they’ve stacked the numbers to make it look as rebuilding the school or simply repairing it would cost the same." -- Finance Committee Chairman Sharon Gregory

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.

‘Best Small Town’ art exhibit to celebrate Great Barrington

Among the 25 artists whose work will be on display are Morgan Bulkeley, Jarvis Rockwell, Joan Griswold, Warner Friedman, Janet Rickus, Peggy Reeves, and John Lawson.

Stockbridge content with leadership; returns Stephen Shatz to Board of Selectmen

In a three-way race, incumbent Stephen A. Shatz easily won a second term to the Board the Selectmen, outpacing his nearest opponent by 99 votes.

Du Bois comes home from the grave

For unknown reasons, Yolande’s grave was left without a headstone. Her grandchildren were unaware of where she was buried, until her grandson Arthur McFarlane II was informed of it during a visit in 2012.

David Magadini: Mayor of Main Street

He argues that by exercising his rights as a citizen of the United States – in this case, to vote and be a free citizen even though he has chosen to remain homeless -- he serves as a model to strongly encourage others to exercise their freedom as well.

Main Street’s trees: A perspective, Part I

The bottom line is that Bradford pear trees can become a hazard and as many towns across the U.S. have discovered, these somewhat fad-like cultivars did not make for good street trees, especially if planted en masse.

Nature’s Bounty: Lenox farmers market opens in dramatic setting

Having the farmers market on Shakespeare & Company’s grounds is quite different from the more typical environment of parking lots. The theatre’s actors often perform Shakespearean sketches on picnic tables.

Abrahams, Wise win key posts in Great Barrington town elections

Candidates representing support for the policies and direction of the Select Board and Town Manager prevailed over challengers who portrayed Great Barrington as in crisis, proclaiming the town needed “to be taken back.”

Done deal: Sale of Castle Street firehouse finalized

"I am very confident that we will be able to stand here sometime in the future, and find that Castle Street has been transformed by this restoration." -- Castle Street LLC owner Tom Borshoff