AUDIO: How to address the Berkshires' economic development challenges
A part-time Berkshires resident also happens to be a leader in urban planning, regional economic development, and place-making.
Bill Shein
AUDIO: A conversation with Ralph Nader
Now ninety years old, Ralph Nader discusses his American Museum of Tort Law, the power of organized citizens to make a difference, and lessons he learned growing up in a small, working-class town a stone’s throw from the Berkshires.
The Unlikeliest Museum
Against all odds, Ralph Nader’s American Museum of Tort Law in Winsted, Connecticut, educates visitors about the law and their rights.
How you can help The Argus
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The madness of the fees
Oh, the ticket fees! The rising, countless, too-many fees!
NOTED: Letter from Florence
The birthplace of the Renaissance confronts a housing and identity crisis fueled by short-term rentals.
In Great Barrington, a tale of two sidewalks
Without the Select Board’s knowledge, town officials secured a million-dollar state grant to aid a developer’s struggling luxury housing project and pay for a landscaped “pedestrian walkway.” Meanwhile, across town, safe sidewalks for low-income residents remain elusive and unfunded.