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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.

News Briefs: Dalton woman charged with motor vehicle offenses; RMV reopens seven locations

The RMV facilities that are being reopened prioritize regional availability, accessibility and facility size and capacity.

Federal corruption probe targets towns’ cannabis agreements

Great Barrington, Eastham, Leicester, Newton, Northampton, and Uxbridge have received subpoenas from the office of U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling seeking information about so-called host community agreements. 

Opening the Weedgates II: Berkshire County’s towns vary in regulating marijuana sales, production

Moratoriums on retail and cultivation facilities can extend, with the state attorney general’s blessing, into 2019. Townspeople must eventually determine such things as the number of businesses they will allow, what the maximum size may be, and where in town they can be located.

News Brief: State auditor’s office identified $16.9 million in public assistance fraud in fiscal year 2017

In addition to identifying fraud in public assistance programs, State Auditor Suzanne Bump's office began a series of audits last year to identify barriers that individuals face when seeking benefits from said programs.

Alice Wilmot, 91, of West Stockbridge, trustee, deacon, Sunday School teacher

Alice was a great believer in the collective power of people to work together to make the world a better place.

Albert Theriault, 77, of Becket

He was last employed at Pioneers Dairy for seven years until retiring in 2000. He was chief of police in Becket from 1972 until 1976.

LEONARD QUART: Chance encounters in The Big City

I’m someone who likes to ask questions of some of the people I run into, and more often than not people are willing to talk either about themselves or the world they inhabit in evocative and informative ways.
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