Monte Levin and Gary Lazarus of Compass offer an immaculate contemporary lakefront home on the shores of the legendary Stockbridge Bowl. See how architect Pamela Sandler transformed a lake house on the shores of Lake Onota. A report on real estate sales in the first quarter of 2025. Plus, recent sales and gardening columns and a home-cooking recipe.
Interviewed by Jim Frangione, Berkshire Edge Managing Editor Heather Bellow discusses the issues she's been covering: proposed PCB dump in Housatonic; the new Jane Iredale/Louisa Ellis store in Great Barrington; the redevelopment of the top of Railroad Street; access to broadband Internet in the rural Berkshires; and the Democratic primary election.
Hinds said he wanted a “positive political process” going into November “to demonstrate that we can work together to overcome big issues...we can’t afford to be dividing residents in this district at a time when we face big challenges.”
In his letter to the editor, Rinaldo Del Gallo writes: "My opponents are progressive, but not as progressive as I am. They do not claim to want to follow the Nordic Model that is the economic and social policies of the Nordic countries where homelessness and poverty is almost unknown."
“This [job] will require a Senator who is capable of convening large groups around a common vision. I believe in politics that’s inspiring and is about creating that vision. There are three progressives in the race. The big question is who can be the most effective at promoting that agenda.”
-- Adam Hinds, candidate for state Senate
The Climate Pledge calls on candidates running for office in Massachusetts to refuse campaign contributions from executives, lobbyists, and others employed by 10 major fossil fuel and utility companies.
Adam Hinds, Rinaldo Del Gallo and Andrea Harrington answered questions about Berkshire County’s big issues: economic development, school transportation funding, population decline, the opioid epidemic, affordable housing, a deficiency of high speed Internet, and environmental issues like pipelines and the Housatonic River cleanup.
Ballotboxtees.com, The Berkshire Edge, The Berkshire Record, and the Great Barrington Democratic Town Committee are sponsoring a fast-paced, quick-response forum.
In his letter to the editor, state Senate candidate Rinaldo Del Gallo writes: "I have also filed citizens’ petitions for warrant articles to appear on annual town meetings to ban Styrofoam and single-use plastic bags in Lenox, Lee, Adams and Dalton."
In his letter to the editor, Fred Clark of Housatonic writes: "Adam Hinds is the best equipped to continue the work that Senator Ben Downing and Representative Smitty Pignatelli have started because he has already been working on the issues of employment, health, addiction and other issues of concern to Berkshire County.
During construction, the Bridge Street bridge in Great Barrington will be limited to one lane of alternating traffic. Accommodations for pedestrians will be in place. Completion of the project is anticipated to be in the spring of 2017.
Del Gallo supports the decriminalization of marijuana, along with changes to the economy as a crime-reduction method rather than an increase in law enforcement presence or the building of more prisons.
