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A Great Barrington property owner held large events without a special permit Now the town is asking him to stop
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A Great Barrington couple is offering to buy the fairgrounds for a housing and small retail complex. Judd and Susan Shoval say they will clean up the property and donate part of it to the town for public use. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
GREAT BARRINGTON â After several years of wrangling over the fate of the fairgrounds, town officials announced that a local couple has made an offer to buy and redevelop the property, and donate the other part to the town for public use.
Town Manager Mark Pruhenski told the Select Board on Monday that Shoval Enterprises, a real estate investment firm run by town residents Judd and Susan Shoval, possibly will develop the frontage of the 41-acre fairgrounds into housing and small retail. They also propose donating 15 to 20 acres of the eastern side near the Housatonic River to the town so it can link the Great Barrington Land Conservancyâs north/south walking trail, have a picnic area, and possibly build a dog park
A Right-Wing Think Tank Is Behind the Controversial Great Barrington Declaration Calling for COVID-19 Herd Immunity
An open letter that emerged earlier this month opposing COVID-19 shutdowns and calling for a “herd immunity” approach to addressing the coronavirus which already has claimed over 220,000 American lives is one of the latest examples of how right-wing ideology and think tanks that have long cultivated climate science denial are now engaging in COVID disinformation and promoting messaging dangerous to public health.
Known as the Great Barrington Declaration, this statement advocating for herd immunity was introduced in early October at an event hosted by the American Institute for Economic Research, a conservative free-market think tank located in the western Massachusetts town of Great Barrington. This think tank, funded in part through a corporate investment firm with holdings in major oil and petrochemical companies, operates a network for the internation
Deceased and Beloved Fire Chief Leads to Half-Mast Flags
Heroes come and go but they live in our hearts forever. The town of Great Barrington is dealing with a loss while keeping the memories of one of their leaders alive.
On Monday, the town lowered flags to half-mast in honor of retired Fire Chief Harry Jennings, who died yesterday morning.
Harry Jennings, the former leader of the town s fire department and its firefighters, served the department for 38 years, from 1974-2012. He was its chief from 2001-2012. He retired due to health issues.
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Fire Chief Burger made the following statement:
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