By David Scribner July 27, 2011 GREAT BARRINGTON – For the third time in the last seven months, Gary O’Brien’s landscaping and construction operation on Roger Road has been found to be in violation of the town’s residential zoning bylaws…
Of Kids, Toxic Chemicals, the EPA, and Industry
July 26, 2011 By Mickey Friedman According to a new report by Arthur A. Elkins, Jr. and his Office of Inspector General at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EPA’s own “Voluntary Children’s Chemical Evaluation Program” (VCCEP) did not…
EPA: Moving Ahead with Housatonic River Cleanup Process
July 14, 2011 Mickey Friedman The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today signaled its intention to proceed as scheduled with its plans to present cleanup options for the Housatonic River to EPA’s National Remedy Review Board (NRRB). The EPA had recently…
Of TV, Torchwood, and Lauren Ambrose
July 14, 2011 Camille LeCrow First off, I have to say I’m exceedingly grateful that the Starz network has opted to give us back “Torchwood,” and thrilled that Great Barrington’s own Lauren Ambrose has joined the cast. I am one…
The PCB Wars: The Commonwealth et al vs. EPA
By Mickey Friedman July 11, 2011 What do Massachusetts Congressman John Olver, Sen. Scott Brown, General Electric, and officials at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs all have in common? Together, they’re doing their best to influence the Environmental…
Scribner: The GB Library, The Trustees & Their Memo
By David Scribner July 7, 2011 The Great Barrington Library Trustees, meeting in emergency session, have reiterated their right to name the next library director. They took this action in spite of the fact that the town charter considers the…
Scribner on the Great Barrington Library: Of Books, Boards, and Battles
By David Scribner July 5, 2011 When a political fray becomes nasty, petty, brutish and unkind – to rephrase Thomas Hobbes — the better part of valor, sometimes, is to withdraw gracefully from the field of battle. That is the…
George Wislocki: Goodbye Berkshire Bank
July 3, 2011 Editor’s Note: The cleanup of the Housatonic River has reached a critical phase. You may remember that in 2000, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the City of Pittsfield negotiated a consent…
Time to Take The Tourists
By Mickey Friedman July 3, 2011 Editor’s Note: We at Red Crow want to make it clear how much some of us like cats. And remind you of our Poetic License when we say there’s more than one way to…
Looking Back On Lenox, 2011
By Bill Shein June 30, 2031 “[One Lenox resident] told the Selectmen that the slogan is dividing the town.” – From “Criticism of Lenoxology marketing plan continues,” Berkshire Eagle, June 25 Sometimes it’s funny how things work out, you know?…