The Great Barrigton Select Board discussed possible issues surrounding its proposed merger of the Berkshire Hills and Southern Berkshire regional school districts in its July 25 meeting, including the possibility of one of the eight towns in the district voting against the merger and how to build an appropriately sized school building for a new school district that would be declining in enrollment.
The company's founder will step down in a year, after a distinguished run in Sheffield and Pittsfield that saw plays and musicals transferred to Boston and New York, including "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." Critic-at-large Ed Siegel calls it one of the best theaters in New England.