The election this May will result in a continuation of the effort for all three Select Board members to agree on what will take place in our town, and that is the reason why my wife and I are voting for Roxanne McCaffrey.
I have known many of the staff members at NAHA for quite some time. If you know who I am, you know that I have worked in the past with these folks as well as other community members within Berkshire County. I know these folks to be integral, loving, kind, and caring. They honestly care about their tenants.
If passed at Great Barrington’s Town Meeting, Articles 39, 40, and 41 would undo a real achievement: passage of a reasonable regulation that created an incentive for long-term housing but still permitted short-term rental activity.
What a revelation "Judy Blume Forever" is! From the minute she lights up the screen with her magnificent smile, the viewer is spellbound. Sporting Majorelle Blue frames, Blume welcomes the universal audience of readers everywhere.
In addition to 163 mass shootings since the start of 2023, there were three shootings for reasons so inane that the reasons are terrifying: A 16-year-old boy knocked on the wrong door; a 22-year-old woman turned into the wrong driveway; and a couple of cheerleaders got into the wrong car.
The Holocaust is our scar, distinguishing us like stigmata. It gives our life gravity and we cling to it. We would be ordinary without it. Secretly, we believe that nothing we can ever do will be as important as our parents' suffering.
Tenants should not have fewer rights than homeowners, a point I had not considered in my previous article on the Short-Term Rental bylaw. It is notable, however, that Mr. Hankin did not address the argument that Article 39 should not be passed due to the loophole it creates.
So I would like to say to Rep. Burchette, Rep. Higgins, Rep. Bobert, Rep. Greene, and all of the other gun-totin’, lapel pin-wearin’, Second Amendment-spoutin’, American Rifle Association-funded legislators in Washington that you bear responsibility for each and every mass murder, because you’ve turned America into an armed, right-wing, apocalyptic war zone.
Patrick White is caring, competent, and hard-working. He values and cherishes the Stockbridge community—people, businesses, special cultural institutions, history, and environment.
I observe a man selling beer and water from an ice chest; someone strumming a guitar; another middle-aged man sleeping on his piano (an interesting short story itself); and many young people, a few intensely tattooed, dressed in shorts and summer dresses basking in the sun.
Articles 39-41 answer the age-old question, “What can one do to make a STR bylaw meaningless while appearing to put constraints on short-term rentals?”
I'd like to call to your attention to the leadership role of Patrick White, Chair of the Stockbridge Select Board, in championing the old growth in Ice Glen and securing recognition and getting treatment for the ancient hemlocks and mature white ash trees there.
According to multiple media outlets, Flamini is either a mountaineer or an alpinist, an extreme athlete or an elite one. Others describe her as a solo climber and a self-sufficiency expert. I simply call her a cavewoman after my own heart. You may ask why.
Whether coffee acts as a stimulant or depressant, it’s clear that we can become addicted to it. Just go a few days without your morning cup and see how your head feels. It’s not pretty. In my case, I would describe my addiction as drinking it without really enjoying it.
When we demean, revile, and dehumanize any group of people—whether they are refugees fleeing poverty and violence, or LGBTQ+ people, or Muslims, or Asians, or people of color—we set the table for future acts of hideous brutality.
