Tale of Tangled Town Politics


A Building Inspector, A Town Manager, A Town Counsel, A Board of Selectmen & A Tree Farm That Isn’t

June 10, 2011
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA

There was a grim smile on Ed May’s face when he left the Town Hall meeting room Monday night.

“I feel vindicated,” he said quietly.

At a special Board of Selectmen meeting, Selectman Alana Chernila had declared her support — in no uncertain terms — for the town’s embattled Building Inspector and Zoning Enforcement Agent.

May had been on the hot seat for issuing cease and desist orders to an excavating business operating in a residential zone on Blue Hill Road.

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