“All [kayak rental] transactions occur at the Arcadian Shop,” Arcadian Shop co-owner Chris Calvert told The Berkshire Edge during a July 9 phone interview.
The Community Preservation Act (CPA) is a cooperative town and state funding program by which communities may fund projects for open space preservation, creation of affordable housing, preservation of historic buildings and landscapes, and the creation of recreational resources.
Sunday hours are the “busiest days for libraries across the country which have those hours. Nothing has gotten the same kind of public support as the one Sunday we were open.”
-- Holly Hamer, president of the Great Barrington Board of Library Trustees
Wilcox is speaker at Tuesday Club of Stockbridge
Stockbridge --- Richard Bidwell Wilcox, the retired and widely admired town police chief and avid historian of all things...
We are very anxious to have you attend and take the role of principal speaker of the evening. We also hope to have a short talk by Judge Hinman and Dr. Charles H. Painter, both of whom I think you know. You will find many of your old friends in attendance, and we think we can assure you of a good time.
-- Clarence Sweet, superintendent of the Monument Mills in Housatonic, in a letter to W.E.B. Du Bois in 1925, inviting him to speak before the Alumni Association of Searles School
Since the rise of the feminist movement, women's voices have become stronger. The words and work of writers and artists have begun to illuminate what has long been silenced.
Magadini, 69, has adopted a homeless condition of living. He was convicted on September 29 for seven violations over the previous year in Great Barrington that occurred during the cold months, and for which he received a 30-day jail sentence that was set to begin on January 5.
When asked what he would do tonight, when temperatures are expected to dip into the negative and school opening tomorrow has been delayed because of dangerously cold temperatures, Magadini said, “I’m going to endeavor to not trespass, and avoid going where I’m not welcome.”
The Wetherbee Vault was immediately turned down after the committee learned from Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Joseph Sokul that the Cemetery Commission all along had enough money to take care of the deteriorating vault.
In the next stage, in which the committee will determine how much funding to recommend for each. The final decision on whether to fund CPA projects is made at Town Meeting in May.
If you’ve ever wanted to try a Devil’s Q-Tip, you’ll soon have your chance. The Trustees and Friends of the Great Barrington Libraries are throwing a Halloween party for the community the day after Halloween.
"He slept there at night, scared people, forced his way onto third floor, which is locked, waited for someone to open it, and walked in behind him."
-- Alan Kalish, manager of apartment building at 4 Castle St. in Great Barrington
There was a telescope in front of the Mason Library: I thought: 'I’ll look into space to put local politics in perspective. Earth is so disheartening right now.'
He argues that by exercising his rights as a citizen of the United States – in this case, to vote and be a free citizen even though he has chosen to remain homeless -- he serves as a model to strongly encourage others to exercise their freedom as well.
