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PETER MOST: Great Barrington Town Meeting 2025 — participation, planning, and public trust

There will always be challenges at Town Meeting, as there should be. Bumpy though it sometimes feels during town meeting, the town gets to the right place in the end.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Winners Take All’ — The dangers of ‘doing well by doing good’

Instead of waiting to see where Zuckerberg and his fellow billionaires decide to bestow their riches next, how about we advocate to eliminate the myriad tax tricks so that there is more tax revenue to support public education.

Who would’ve thought? Kripalu generates $64 million in economic activity

“I was incredibly surprised by the magnitude of their impacts myself,” said Williams College economics professor Stephen Sheppard. “If you live in the county, you think of Kripalu as this funky, interesting yoga thing.”

BCD opens state-of-the-art learning center, library, music performance spaces

The new state-of-the-art learning commons and the dedicated music room intentionally balance a comprehensive, challenging curriculum with the culture and spirit of the Berkshires.

Town wide celebration for reopening of renovated Stockbridge Library

As issues of accessibility and appropriate preservation of a historic building were raised, the library's staff and board knew that a full upgrade was in order.
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