The Doris Duke Theatre at the Pillow is officially open. It is a stellar addition to the many performance venues in Berkshire County and a wonderful, comfortable place to watch dance and other live performance.
Many of the people who can afford to move here have an intrinsic vein of altruism. I hope they will not overlook the as-of-yet unmet needs of deserving residents in their own town because of the distracting rhetoric of some of our local politicians.
The case has been an enormous headache for town officials and nearby residents in the Blue Hill neighborhood and has so far cost tens of thousands of dollars in billable hours from the town’s law firm.
Asked if he and Rasch had ever considered making the old firehouse part of their project, Nickerson said they are interested but have not been able to work out a deal with owner Thomas Borshoff.
In his Letter to the Editor, Navin Shah thanks town boards for the approval of a special permit for Holiday Inn Express, and writes: "Businesses in the area may agree that an extended sidewalk would allow us all to have safer and easier access to other business neighbors."
In his letter, Gary Johnston writes: My involvement with the town has been extensive and varied over the past 45 years which I feel validates the qualifications to be elected to the Select Board.
“If there was anything easy to cut it’s been cut,” says Abrahams of the school budget. “We’re not getting reimbursed at a high enough rate to cover expenses.”