A podcast conversation that revisits a quiet deal between Great Barrington and a private developer to secure $1 million in state funds for a luxury-apartment project—and the unresolved questions about what taxpayers received in return.
The United States Postal Service has long avoided putting living people—including presidents—on stamps. Last week, Trump’s postmaster general suggested that rule may no longer “match the moment.”
Massachusetts health officials told Berkshire County residents that PCB blood testing was “very unusual” and unavailable. Documents show they were working from a script—and that the state has been doing that testing for years.
With government transparency and press freedom under attack in Washington, a timely look at a little-known Great Barrington story from the nineteen thirties.
As plans for a PCB landfill in Lee, Massachusetts reach a critical stage, a group of Berkshire County residents rallied in Boston—near the headquarters of General Electric, the company responsible for dumping PCBs into the Housatonic River.
Organizations that protect journalists here and abroad are concerned about Trump's attacks on the press as he prepares to take office again. Labeling reporters "the enemy of the people" also recalls specific threats made against Massachusetts journalists in 2018.
Another small-town Select Board votes to end hybrid in-person-and-remote participation for its meetings. Two members didn't like a question about their decision.
