Tag: Housatonic

The fact is our region of the EPA has demonstrated its bias towards landfilling and once again will allow yet another massive PCB-dump in Berkshire County. That a handful of local officials have substituted their limited judgment for the desires of an entire diverse community is a travesty.

Stanley enjoyed helping others, gardening and volunteering at the Marian Fathers.

He loved the outdoors especially walks with Eleanor, fishing, motorcycling and reading.

If the town meeting is not able to pass a budget by the end of the fiscal year on June 30, the town of Great Barrington, like hundreds of other small municipalities in the state with a town-meeting form of government, has a problem.

To the editor: Lake Mansfield is a recreational gem for residents and visitors in our town and it urgently needs our support to continue efforts...

"We’ll have to see what happens with the signed settlement. We can’t rest easy just yet. We hope there are not going to be any appeals. We hope EPA moves forward to issue a new permit based on the settlement agreement.” -- Great Barrington Town Manager and Director of Planning & Community Development Chris Rembold

Anne worked for over 25 years as a librarian at the Ramsdell Library in Housatonic.

Sam worked for many years as a truck driver for many companies including Albany Transport, Collingwood Transport in Sheffield and Gingras Lumber.

Graduating seniors have been coming into school, three or four at a time, and walking across the auditorium stage to receive their diplomas. The video footage of the students will be incorporated into a virtual graduation.

In a letter to the editor, Kristi Farina and Peter Dillon writes, "We’d love to see our community line the route in a socially distanced way with masks on and make a lot of noise in admiration of our graduates."

Fred had a career as a car salesman for Chevrolet, Buick and GMC for 46 years.

Mother Forte was a Spirit-filled and gifted vocalist who could be heard singing melodic gospel songs chosen from an eclectic array of artists and artistic styles.

On May 14 at 9 p.m., Officer Joseph O’Brien, while running radar on the street, stopped a white Kawasaki motorcycle for doing 57 miles per hour in a 35 mph speed zone.

Local veteran groups will be holding private remembrances in Great Barrington and Housatonic but those events will not be open to the public.

In a letter to the editor, Andy Moro writes, "It was only last week that we were informed the town needed to furlough (lay off) several employees, but we have money for this?"

Marla J. Majardo went off the road, struck a telephone pole, two parked cars and a guard rail.