The entire area around Lake Mansfield is a delicate ecosystem surrounded by homes on a hill from which storm water and sediment run into the lake. Simply repaving the road won’t solve any of this, and town officials say such a measure will simply increase car speeds.
Drumm said the only chemical smells in the air near the wastewater treatment plant came from the 8-acre brownfield next to it during an attempt at bioremediation over the last two years.
“I think we have failed in our responsibility to make sure that we’re doing what is not only in Master Plan but is also the appropriate thing to do for a densely populated neighborhood,”
-- Selectboard Chair Sean Stanton
And who are the blessed among us? Park Street in Housatonic. The Brooklyn District of Great Barrington: Quarry Street, Pine Street, Higgins Street, Humphrey Street, Grove Street, Crosby Street, Warren Avenue. And Monument Valley Road is also on the list.
"I’ve really enjoyed working in Great Barrington -- where I was born and raised -- but the opportunity to take on a management position such as this is a great opportunity."
--- Outgoing Great Barrington Health Director Mark Pruhenski who has taken a job as the Whately (Mass.) Town Administrator.
