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LEE â They came from all corners of Berkshire County and Massachusetts to honor retired Lee Police Chief Jeff Roosa.
From Sheffield to North Adams and as far east as Abington and New Bedford, dozens of municipal police officers, state troopers and sheriffâs deputies joined firefighters, emergency medical personnel and Lee business leaders in a 61-vehicle, COVID-style parade in front of Roosaâs home late Friday afternoon. The well-respected lawman, husband, father and community leader watched the procession from his driveway while under a canopy tent, family and friends by his side.
The terminally ill, wheelchair-bound 47-year-old lifetime Lee resident is battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis â or, ALS, better known as Lou Gehrigâs disease.
LEE â The Lee School Committee needs to elect a new chairperson following a flareup last week of tensions between committee members.
Chairperson Christine Lucy announced during Tuesdayâs monthly meeting she was stepping down from the leadership role, tired of her âethics and integrityâ being called into question. She will remain on the seven-person committee.
âI have faced an uphill climb in taking the leadership role,â said Lucy, who had been named to the post in July. âI am finding itâs getting increasingly difficult to do this job and do it well.â
Vice Chairwoman Andrea Larmon will serve as acting chairperson until the board pickâs Lucyâs successor, which could happen at the Feb. 9 meeting.
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LEE â Volunteers and local businesses have completed a three-year reclamation of a neighborhood playground.
Children now have easier and safer access to the girlsâ softball field, fitness and play structures at the playground on Marble Street, thanks to a new, 16-space parking lot.
âWhen spring rolls around in 2021, users of the Marble Street playground will no longer have to park on the side of the [narrow] road to attend softball games or play in the park,â said Janet Warner of the Lee Youth Commission. The commission in recent years has overseen the revitalization and upkeep of the townâs public playgrounds.