According to the EPA, environmental issues on the site stem from toxins from the dry-cleaning chemicals used by the former Ried Cleaners during its 54 years in business, with the toxins found in the property’s groundwater and soil.
She worked as a switchboard operator for Wheeler and Taylor, then for the General Electric's drafting department in Pittsfield, the E.M. Ryder Jewelry Store in Great Barrington, and then was the assistant town clerk for the town of Great Barrington for 11 years.
