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AUDIO: What's next for the nonprofit Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington?
Listen now (60 mins) | An interview with Nicki Wilson and Ben Elliott about how a community organized to save a cherished movie house and plan its…
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Bill Shein
AUDIO: Bob Jones on plans for a PCB dump in Lee, Massachusetts
Listen now (51 mins) | The chair of Lee's Select Board wants a more comprehensive Housatonic River cleanup and reconsideration of a planned PCB disposal…
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AUDIO: A housing discussion with Patrick White
The recently re-elected Stockbridge Select Board member on housing ideas, healthy discussion, and maintaining a "well-rounded community."
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AUDIO: A housing discussion with Patrick White
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AUDIO: Bob Jones on plans for a PCB dump in Lee, Massachusetts
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ROUGH DRAFT: Quick hits of local housing news from a reporter's notebook
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THE AIRPORT (Part One): It’s not entirely about aviation
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THE AIRPORT (Part Six): A noisy debate about more than noise
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Land Court case against Great Barrington and its airport is withdrawn
A few questions remain, but the airport now has some legal protection against neighbors' complaints that it has sought since 2017.
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ROUGH DRAFT: Quick hits of local housing news from a reporter's notebook
The Marble Block has been sold, but not to an affordable-housing organization, and other tidbits from a larger Argus story-in-progress.
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Bill Shein
THE AIRPORT (Part Eight): The arc of Great Barrington’s zoning history is long. With respect to the airport, which way does it bend?
In the final installment of THE AIRPORT, a detailed history of Great Barrington’s zoning bylaw and its role in the past, present, and still unknown…
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THE AIRPORT (Part Seven): Flight lessons, aviation careers, and questions about safety are all part of the conversation
The Great Barrington Airport offers lessons to those interested in aviation as a hobby and, in some cases, a career with the airlines. Some neighbors…
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THE AIRPORT (Part Six): A noisy debate about more than noise
The debate over Great Barrington Airport's activity level and the noise and disturbance it produces has been contentious for decades. Better information…
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THE AIRPORT (Part Five): Helicopter air-ambulance flights are fast, vital, and expensive. How do they work?
According to Fairview Hospital officials, each year 15 emergency air-ambulance flights lift off from Great Barrington Airport to rush Fairview patients…
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Bill Shein
THE AIRPORT (Part Four): Atop a vital aquifer, the airport’s environmental compliance has been spotty. Who’s been watching?
The airport sits atop the only aquifer that supplies much of Great Barrington’s water. It's in a zoning district with strict water-protection rules. Is…
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