“I’m retelling a lot of stories in the Bible from more of a queer and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) perspective,” Tedeschi told The Berkshire Edge. “What I’m saying is, why do we accept some of the things that we accept? Why is there racism? Why is there sexism?"
In addition to his long professional career at Austen Riggs, Dr. Eric Plakun is also a leader in organized psychiatry and psychoanalysis, the author of more than 50 publications, a member of several journal editorial boards, and a past member of the Harvard clinical faculty.
Foot patrol has recently become a part of police policy in Great Barrington. Great Barrington police Chief William Walsh said that all officers on day and evening shifts are required to spend a minimum of an hour on the street.
Accreditation is a long and vigorous self-initiated evaluation process by which police departments strive to meet and maintain the highest standards of law enforcement practice.
Great Barrington has recorded $37 million in new construction in the past year, resulting in permit fees totaling more than $88,000 and new tax revenues of $538,690.
Walsh had told The Edge in an earlier article that following the accreditation manual — which, by the way, is very thick — and using “best practices” reduces all kinds of liability and gives the town “a little break” on insurance. "It's an honor for the town," Walsh told the Selectboard.
“We live in a wonderful town...a beautiful community. How do we get people to realize that when we’re walking along shopping there are kids buying and selling heroin?”
--- Kingsley Little, whose son suffers from heroin addiction
“We have a 150-year history of finding ways to improve service to the community, even if it means branching out from our standard scope of work.”
-- Fire Chief Charles Burger
