Stories - Reason Gone Mad (Page 5)

Mason Library gets its 'Beauty Day'

With help from a trio of interior designers, and funding from the nonprofit Friends of Great Barrington Libraries, the downtown library's historic reading room gets a worthy overhaul.

By Bill Shein

/ 12 Dec 2023

FOLLOW UP (Part Two): Nearly two years on, a 'landscape hotel' is rising at Egremont's Prospect Lake

Long-sought parking and lake access for Egremont residents are both connected to an agreement for dam-repair funds. Whether—and how—that will work, and what it will mean in practice, is complicated.

By Bill Shein

/ 8 Dec 2023

FOLLOW UP (Part Two): Nearly two years on, a 'landscape hotel' is rising at Egremont's Prospect Lake

FOLLOW UP (Part One): Nearly two years on, a 'landscape hotel' is rising at Egremont's Prospect Lake

At the former campground, a zoning disagreement is escalating while questions linger about public parking, lake access, and vital dam repairs. An occupancy-tax windfall is also on the horizon.

By Bill Shein

/ 30 Nov 2023

FOLLOW UP (Part One): Nearly two years on, a 'landscape hotel' is rising at Egremont's Prospect Lake

AUDIO: What's next for the nonprofit Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington?

An interview with Nicki Wilson and Ben Elliott about how a community organized to save a cherished movie house and plan its ambitious future.

By Bill Shein

/ 21 Sep 2023

AUDIO: What's next for the nonprofit Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington?

AUDIO: Bob Jones on plans for a PCB dump in Lee, Massachusetts

The chair of Lee's Select Board wants a more comprehensive Housatonic River cleanup and reconsideration of a planned PCB disposal site in his town.

By Bill Shein

/ 31 Jul 2023

AUDIO: Bob Jones on plans for a PCB dump in Lee, Massachusetts

AUDIO: A housing discussion with Patrick White

The recently re-elected Stockbridge Select Board member on housing ideas, healthy discussion, and maintaining a "well-rounded community."

By Bill Shein

/ 18 Jul 2023

AUDIO: A housing discussion with Patrick White

Land Court case against Great Barrington and its airport is withdrawn

A few questions remain, but the airport now has some legal protection against neighbors' complaints that it has sought since 2017.

By Bill Shein

/ 1 Jun 2023

Land Court case against Great Barrington and its airport is withdrawn

ROUGH DRAFT: Quick hits of local housing news from a reporter's notebook

The Marble Block has been sold, but not to an affordable-housing organization, and other tidbits from a larger Argus story-in-progress.

By Bill Shein

/ 24 May 2023

ROUGH DRAFT: Quick hits of local housing news from a reporter's notebook

THE AIRPORT (Part Eight): The arc of Great Barrington’s zoning history is long. With respect to the airport, which way does it bend?

In the final installment of THE AIRPORT, a detailed history of Great Barrington’s zoning bylaw and its role in the past, present, and still unknown future of the town’s 92-year-old country airport.

By Bill Shein

/ 20 May 2023

THE AIRPORT (Part Eight): The arc of Great Barrington’s zoning history is long. With respect to the airport, which way does it bend?

THE AIRPORT (Part Seven): Flight lessons, aviation careers, and questions about safety are all part of the conversation

The Great Barrington Airport offers lessons to those interested in aviation as a hobby and, in some cases, a career with the airlines. Some neighbors worry about the flight school and their safety.

By Bill Shein

/ 29 Apr 2023

THE AIRPORT (Part Seven): Flight lessons, aviation careers, and questions about safety are all part of the conversation

THE AIRPORT (Part Six): A noisy debate about more than noise

The debate over Great Barrington Airport's activity and the noise and disturbance it produces has been contentious for decades. Better information and consistent zoning enforcement would help.

By Bill Shein

/ 1 Apr 2023

THE AIRPORT (Part Six): A noisy debate about more than noise

THE AIRPORT (Part Five): Helicopter air-ambulance flights are fast, vital, and expensive. How do they work?

According to Fairview Hospital officials, each year around fifteen air-ambulance flights lift off from Great Barrington Airport. Here’s how those flights work—and how they fit into our rural health-care system.

By Bill Shein

/ 22 Mar 2023

THE AIRPORT (Part Five): Helicopter air-ambulance flights are fast, vital, and expensive. How do they work?