Unsure of when pollution from the Ried Cleaners site next door will be cleaned up, the post office has installed six air purifiers. They ve also had to do work in
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Ried Cleaners operated on Main Street in Great Barrington for more than 50 years, during which time dry cleaning solvents flowed through floor drains in a rear building. The town has received $500,000 from the federal Environmental Protection Agency toward a cleanup project that is estimated to cost about $1 million. That contaminated soil was excavated this month. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
GREAT BARRINGTON â A cleanup of one prominent toxic waste site is underway, and town officials are prioritizing two more of the town s languishing and polluted properties for cleanups that they hope will lead to something new.
They also plan to hold a community meeting this summer to discuss these three sites with the public, and get ideas for future use.