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Tag: Thomas Reed

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GB, South County Year in Review: Of mergers, bridges, cannabis and ‘blood money’

In the spirit of reflection and self-examination, herein lies The Edge’s second annual Great Barrington year in review. It includes some select stories from other South County towns as well, along with embedded links to Edge stories for more information.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on December 27, 2019
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Town administrator off the hook: Selectmen claim responsibility for ordering removal of UFO monument

The monument and park were built to commemorate what Thomas Reed, who now lives in Tennessee but grew up on Boardman Street, calls an “off-world incident.”

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on June 18, 2019
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Sheffield town crew hauls away UFO monument; ‘off-world’ witness vows to ‘file charges’

Selectman Martin Mitsoff confirmed to The Edge that the town removed the monument and that the portion of the park on the town right-of-way had been reclaimed.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on June 6, 2019
Viewpoints

Close enounters in Sheffield – of the municipal kind  

The only thing could have saved the monument from the opprobrium that rained down so universally upon it: If it had been as cute as ET.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on April 25, 2018
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Sheffield UFO monument defaced, to be relocated

The town of Sheffield apparently doesn’t want the monument to go anywhere but into the “wilderness.” It came to Sheffield after the Great Barrington Historical Society declared the UFO sighting “historically significant and true.”

by Heather Bellow
Posted on September 17, 2015
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Close Encounter with Sheffield Selectmen: UFO monument must go

“The town doesn’t have a problem with anything but the location of the monument. People can’t just put monuments on town property without board approval.”

— Nadine Hawver, chair, Sheffield Board of Selectmen.

by Heather Bellow
Posted on September 1, 2015
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