Dr. Hara D. Charlier, president of Central Lakes College in Minnesota, was recommended unanimously by the Board of Trustees following a national search, pending approval by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education.
The romantic vision of closer-to-nature of log homes turned into a toxic nightmare for Great Barrington where the town and the Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire had to deal with the demise of New England Log Homes that processed timber on an 8-acre site on Bridge Street.