Times have changed, but the formula remains stuck in 1949. The wealth disparities between neighboring towns simply did not exist at anything like their current scale. The founders of the regional school system could not have foreseen the inequity their formula has imposed on most towns today.
Performance artist Pooja Prema will present her new dance/ritual/theatre piece “A Lot to Ask” this weekend. Those interested should meet outside of the Housatonic Corner Market to be escorted to the location of the performance.
1Berkshire has put out a final call for nominations for its Berkshire Trendsetter Awards. Nominations can be made online and are due by Friday, July 1.
“A market dominated by the major cable and telephone companies has failed to provide these citizens with what is fast becoming a basic need like electricity or water.”
-- The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, in report recommending the WiredWest 32-town cooperative as the vehicle for providing essential broadband Internet connectivity for rural Western Massachusetts
“The ‘E’ Awards Committee was very impressed with Iredale Mineral Cosmetics’ emphasis on comprehensive market research used for strategic market entry."
-- U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, awarding Iredale Mineral Cosmetics an 'E' award for expansion of exports.
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“We are deeply concerned over the continuing delays, obfuscations, inadequate communication and lack of transparency, that continue to plague such efforts [to bring broadband to western Massachusetts]”
--- Otis Citizens for Connectivity
The hotel was designed by the same people who designed the adjacent former Bryant School, turning it into Iredale Mineral Cosmetics’ modern world headquarters while sensitively preserving the former school’s charms.
BerkShares' “Entry to Entrepreneurship” is business education that is community-supported, community-taught, and focused on inspiring ‘import-replacement’ businesses that will fill gaps in the local economy.
In his letter to the editor, Andy Moro of Housatonic writes: “The naysayers can't stand someone living the American dream proposing to develop an eyesore into something that will benefit the town.”
Retired filmmaker and small-scale redeveloper Bobby Houston has made a competing “full cash offer with no contingencies” for the Searles School property.
She loved her Iredale company family watching their comings and goings from her window, usually with a cup of tea in her hand, her cat Charley by her side.
Since it was unveiled two weeks ago, the hotel proposal has taken some hits over the design and size, since its historic designation allows it to evade the town’s 45-room hotel limit bylaw.
In 'Tarot Show,' Seven tarot cards selected at the beginning of each show dictate both the story arc and the characters who appear throughout the evening. There are 586,051,200 possible permutations.
According to Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli, Gov. Charlie Baker has released an additional $19 million for broadband expansion to rural communities in Western Massachusetts, to augment the $50 million his administration has already committed..
“We want to insure that whatever is done [at Searles] is complementary to what we’ve done in the area," including the the length of Bridge Street from the Co-op to the former Log Homes site, where a major bioremediation project is making way for a redevelopment that will likely include an expanded Co-Op Market."
---Iredale Mineral Cosmetics CFO Robert Montgomery
The terms of the repayment of the $640,000 may be able to be renegotiated, but not the amount to be repaid.
-- Great Barrington Selectboard Vice Chairman Sean Stanton
