NOTED: Advancing storm clouds darken ‘Sunshine Week’
With government transparency and press freedom under attack in Washington, a timely look at a little-known Great Barrington story from the nineteen thirties.
NOTED: Lee activists take their fight against a PCB dump to Boston
As plans for a PCB landfill in Lee, Massachusetts reach a critical stage, a group of Berkshire County residents rallied in Boston—near the headquarters of General Electric, the company responsible for dumping PCBs into the Housatonic River.
NOTED: A few words from an 'enemy of the people'
Organizations that protect journalists here and abroad are concerned about Trump's attacks on the press as he prepares to take office again. Labeling reporters "the enemy of the people" also recalls specific threats made against Massachusetts journalists in 2018.
NOTED: Letter from Florence
The birthplace of the Renaissance confronts a housing and identity crisis fueled by short-term rentals.
NOTED: Tommy Smothers’ impactful life
Lessons in truth, humor, and meeting the moment
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.