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‘Luxury’ project could jeopardize Stockbridge water supply

To the editor: At our May, 2024 Town Meeting in Stockbridge, we voted $50,000 for a study of the "safe yield" of our Stockbridge water supply. Why? Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection wrote a letter stating that our Town water supply lacked the capacity for our 740 "connects" in a drought. So, Stockbridge began a "Safe Yield Study" at Lake Averic in September 2024, to be completed this November. Curiously, before our $50,000 water capacity study reaches conclusion, members of our Select Board rush to approval of a "35-37 Interlaken" schematic presentation,...

Mill River General Store changes hands, but not its unique community role

Built and opened in 1840, the Mill River General Store is the longest continuously operating general store in the Berkshires. "I'm a New Englander," said new owner Jessica Holcomb. "And this is an old-school New England concept."
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