“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.
In her letter to the editor, Beth Carlson of Stockbridge writes: "The current plan is not the best that it could be, the best that Great Barrington or the CDC could do to address the needs of Berkshire County’s population."
“It is my observation that it’s too bad that [the affordable housing] is wedged between a sewer waste plant and a toxic waste field.”
--- ZBA member Michael Wise
“It’s easy to sit back and look at a disaster and say, take the guns away. We do have strict gun laws and we still have a problem.”
-- State Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli, D-Lenox
In Great Barrington, Bridge Street is on the cusp of a development explosion. On Bridge Street the town will see newly paved roads, new sidewalks, improved drainage and lighting, and underground utilities.
Two projects are facing close scrutiny by the Great Barrington Preservation Committee: $250,00 requested by the Community Development Corporation and $100,000 by the Great Barrington Fairground.
Bioremediation at the Log Homes site costs only a fraction of the traditional dredge-it-up and haul-it-away method of toxic waste management. Preliminary results should be available by the end of September.
