So many of us interpreted Bob Dylan’s declaration that “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows” as a call to dispense with Big Brother. Lo and behold, it is the right wing that is devoted to destroying government as we know it and, unsurprisingly, endangering us all along the way.
Great Barrington’s Town Meeting will be held outside, in cars. Yes, a drive-in Annual Town Meeting. We will drive up to the high school, remain in our cars, check in with the Town Clerk at a drive-through station, and park in the parking lot leaving every other space empty.
In her letter Jennifer Clark writes: “We all should take note that the Planning Board voted on April 24 to examine soon how to make redevelopment of the smaller lots in this district financially viable for developers.”
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation defines a complete street as "one that provides safe and accessible options for all travel modes - walking, biking, transit and vehicles – for people of all ages and abilities."