Various lines of reliable and scientifically rigorous research all point to the benefits of a merger in South County, and there is no evidence of any kind that the schools would be better off staying separate.
The question shouldn’t be why would Great Barrington honor Mr. Du Bois, but how could it not? Statues speak volumes, quietly, about who we are and what we revere.
As our thoughts, expectations, and belief in outcome are creative, we need to allow the possibility that humanity is not intrinsically destructive or destined to war with itself.
Declining enrollments are symptomatic of increasingly older populations in each of the eight towns. Older people, housing most young families can't afford, and the fundamentals of people having fewer children are the issues; declining enrollments are an outcome.
By bringing our eight communities together, as a region, we will be better positioned now and in future to continue to do the most important thing we do as communities: providing a high-quality education for all our children.
Now I have to think twice before using medicine here in Great Barrington—until I hear, that is, that the Fairview Hospital has acquired an MRI facility.
If you want the library stairs repaired, practical seating in the form of an elegant marble bench, and a handsome bronze sculpture added to the front of the library at no expense to the taxpayer, then vote YES on this “redesign.”
We can sit here stubbornly insisting that "the way things are" is fine and "if it ain't broke don't fix it" while the schools shrink to a point that is neither financially viable nor educationally effective. Or we can look to, and plan for, the future.
I supported Berkshire County’s progressive district attorney until I could not. I would have given full-throated support for the various progressive reforms, but too much of a good thing isn’t.
A crook is a crook. Republican or Democrat, corruption is corruption, and a crime is a crime. Except, of course, if you are Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in which case the law does not apply to you, and apparently never will.
Knowing the facts about the W.E.B. Du Bois Sculpture Project leads me to wonder: Why all the myths? What is the problem here?
I certainly hope it’s not what I think it is.
If the EPA is not willing to repeat in full the 2020 announcement and public comment period, in a proper way that permits adequate public education and input, as required under 42 U.S.C. § 124, is the December 2020 Revised Final Permit legally valid?
