Shaw Israel Izikson

In October 2024, DPC Engineering LLC of Longmeadow and Harwich Port, Mass., presented a report finding that while Housatonic Water Works' infrastructure has a fair market value of $2.3 million, the town would need to invest at least $33 million in repairs if it acquired the company's assets.

To help bridge the gap left by federal funding cuts to PBS, Multicultural Bridge will host a fundraising event on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the organization's Solidarity Meeting House to raise funds to complete the documentary.

Residents from Great Barrington, Pittsfield, North Adams, Lenox, and Becket were all arrested as part of the sting.

"President Trump should be focusing on reopening the government that he controls instead of repeatedly fighting to take away food from American families.” - Governor Maura Healey.

The funds will come from the state’s Community One Stop for Growth program.

According to an email obtained by The Berkshire Edge, its office at 60 Cottage Street in Great Barrington will shut down on January 30, 2026.

This story will be updated as results come in. A full story will be published tomorrow on The Berkshire Edge.

“I’m really appreciative that the community stepped up,” said Superintendent of Schools Peter Dillon. “I’m very excited about the opportunities the new building will afford students, staff, and the community. This vote is a clear statement of support by the voters.”

Both the president and vice president of Construct's Board of Directors said the organization is looking to see its current housing projects through rather than take on new ones until it finds a new executive director to take the helm.

However, the lawsuit against Berkshire Hills Regional School District Superintendent Peter Dillon has been dismissed.

Both Superintendent of Schools Peter Dillion and School District Building Committee Chair Jason St. Peter said that while renovation of the current school building is possible, that option would not be financially optimal for the school district towns.

Previously, Great Barrington has been without a permanent town manager since January.

“In her work, she addresses a lot of the challenges that we all face but may not share with other people, and she gives us the tools to address those challenges through her work,” Norman Rockwell Museum Chief of Curatorial Affairs Russell Lord said of the late artist Deb Koffman.

According to Police Chief Paul Storti, Curtis was traveling southbound on Route 7 just south of Monument Mountain Regional High School and struck a moose that was crossing from the west of Route 7.

"This will be a ticketed, all-inclusive experience offering one seating for lunch, and two seatings for dinner, with all operations stopping by 10 p.m.," attorney Kathleen McCormick writes on behalf of the applicants. "As the farm develops, the goal is to source 100 percent of the restaurant's products from the farm."

Despite online promotions stating the "community forum" would be "open to all," a representative from the state's Office for Refugees and Immigrants stated at the start of the meeting that "this is a private event" and media representatives were not welcome at the meeting.

At their special meeting on September 30, the Selectboard will interview three candidates: West Stockbridge Town Administrator Marie Ryan; former Lyndon, Vt., Electric Department General Manager Jonathan Elwell; and Buzzards Bay, Mass., Assistant Town Administrator Liz Hartsgrove.

“We’re working on a shoestring," Library Board of Trustees Chair Sharon Shaloo said during the Finance Committee's Sept. 16 meeting. "To say that these cuts are not being felt, I hope that you will agree that it’s not the case.”

"Whatever services anyone needs, they can come here and talk to our staff, and we will be able to help them with whatever they need,” Berkshire Humane Society Executive Director John Perreault told The Edge regarding the organization's Purradise cat adaption and boarding center.

“We are here to celebrate, connect, and create a deeper bond between the different diverse communities of the Berkshires,” Festival Latino Public Relations Coordinator Erika Wainwright Velez told The Berkshire Edge in 2022.