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Bill Shein
As Great Barrington Airport ignores some special-permit conditions, the town's government takes no action
Some requirements related to the environment, taxes, emergency response, and others remain unmet—highlighting zoning-enforcement challenges in the Berkshires.
NOTED: In Alford, a vote to cloud transparency is defended with ‘raised voices’
Another small-town Select Board votes to end hybrid in-person-and-remote participation for its meetings. Two members didn't like a question about their decision.
AUDIO: Is it possible to have civil online conversations?
A Berkshire Argus Podcast discussion with Jon Rosen, founder of an online discussion group called "Fair Game." What inspired him to start it in 2016, how it's going, and what he's learned.
Mason Library gets its 'Beauty Day'
With help from a trio of interior designers, and funding from the nonprofit Friends of Great Barrington Libraries, the downtown library's historic reading room gets a worthy overhaul.
FOLLOW UP (Part Two): Nearly two years on, a 'landscape hotel' is rising at Egremont's Prospect Lake
Long-sought parking and lake access for Egremont residents are both connected to an agreement for dam-repair funds. Whether—and how—that will work, and what it will mean in practice, is complicated.
FOLLOW UP (Part One): Nearly two years on, a 'landscape hotel' is rising at Egremont's Prospect Lake
At the former campground, a zoning disagreement is escalating while questions linger about public parking, lake access, and vital dam repairs. An occupancy-tax windfall is also on the horizon.