Tag: Mary Flynn

Preservation is not stagnation; preservation is one important element of the selective decisions that define good planning.

Right from wrong was a thing about which Miss Mary never was in doubt. Also, like Pelosi, Miss Mary acted out of her own convictions, never swayed by the praise or criticism of others.

That was the reason our Founding Fathers divided power among three co-equal branches and gave to each the power of checking the other—it was the safeguard against autocracy.

In his letter Alan Wilken writes: “Now that I am retired, I want to serve and give something back to the town I have grown to love.”

In the midst of the upheaval, the disruption and the shocking bad taste, it is nice to remember old values. It is with a sigh of relief we remember a strict morality, a common decency and a regard for good taste.

So by those calculations, Stockbridge just lost between $200,000 and $400,000 when it cut down a 100-year-old tree.

Berkshire has a place in the history of American cinema after all. “Adams Mills 1917” is among the earliest films made in Massachusetts.

Laurel Hill Association, established in 1853 , is the oldest village improvement association in America. In its first year, 400 trees were planted, and that was just the beginning. It was so successful that it became a model for civic beautification organizations all over the country.