Despite the heroic actions of these 18th-century Native Americans, this country did disastrous and lasting damage to their descendants. Let’s recognize that true reconciliation will only begin when we listen, understand, and empathize.
On the surface, the rallies were a resounding success; yet, when you look beyond the slogans and defiant rhetoric, it is difficult to discern where progress has been made.
If we want the next generation of healthcare providers, first responders, teachers, tradespeople, and entrepreneurs to stay, we must give them a reason to.
When Monument opened in 1968, it was a bold investment in the future. Now, more than 50 years later, it is our turn. The choice is not whether we spend the money. The choice is whether we waste it on yesterday’s problems or put it toward tomorrow’s possibilities.
Making an investment in the high school project means we are affording students the best contemporary resources and opportunities to develop skills, experience, and knowledge that can help support our community in the near term.
The Trump administration's strategy for climate regulation and public health infrastructure has increased U.S. vulnerability to health emergencies with serious economic and social impacts.
For western and central Massachusetts communities hosting large swaths of state-owned land, the state’s payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) provide critical funding for roads, firefighting, and other services. Yet these payments for largely unoccupied land are tied to local real estate values, leading to vast funding disparities.
As if she is the little boy that points out that the King has no clothes, Greene recognizes that because of the Republican plan, health insurance for her children will DOUBLE (her emphasis), which she correctly recognizes is unacceptable for her as well as for her constituents.
While I understand the importance of maintaining South County’s agricultural sector, allowing a restaurant to be opened in a residential neighborhood and immediately adjacent to other homes is unreasonable.
I urge you to bring the same sense of commitment you have shown in voting to fund capital assets to the funding of our most important asset, the new Monument Mountain Regional High School.
Our zoning regulations exist to protect residential areas from commercial encroachment. Approving this application would set a dangerous precedent and disregard the rights of homeowners who chose this neighborhood specifically for its residential and historical nature.
An approval of this application would blow a hole in this well-intentioned law and spoil a signature feature of Great Barrington’s history and landscape.
