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Lee School Committee Approves Third Kindergarten Class, Accepts Bleacher Donation

LENOX -- June 9, 2026, Lee School Committee approves third kindergarten classroom and bleacher donation at year-end meeting. The committee, meeting Tuesday at Lee Middle and High School, voted unanimously to use school choice funds, capped at $100,000, to hire a teacher and paraprofessional for a third kindergarten section

Stockbridge Commission Pushes Back on Wetland Mitigation Plan for Rattlesnake Mountain Road Culvert

STOCKBRIDGE -- June 9, 2026, Stockbridge Conservation Commission advances state-funded culvert replacement but balks at wetland mitigation plan. At its June 9 meeting, the commission heard a detailed preliminary presentation from GZA GeoEnvironmental and the Housatonic Valley Association on a proposed replacement of a failing 24-inch culvert on Rattlesnake

Lenox Conservation Commission Continues Rattlesnake Mountain Road Culvert Review to June 23

LENOX -- June 9, 2026, Lenox Conservation Commission debates wetland mitigation fund over replication at Rattlesnake Mountain Road culvert project. The commission heard a preliminary Notice of Intent presentation from GZA GeoEnvironmental and the Housatonic Valley Association for a grant-funded replacement of a failing 24-inch culvert on Rattlesnake Mountain

Peru Town Board Approves One-Year Food Waste Recycling Deal With Casella

Peru Town Board extends food waste recycling contract and advances $380,000 bridge project.

Williamstown Select Board Awards Old Town Garage Bid to Williams College

WILLIAMSTOWN -- June 8, 2026, Williamstown Select Board unanimously awards bid for the town's last major downtown parcel to Williams College, opening formal negotiations. The board voted 5-0 Monday to advance the sale of 59 Water Street, a vacant lot known as the old town garage site, which

Lenox Planning Board Reorganizes, Launches Battery Storage Zoning Work Before November Deadline

LENOX -- June 8, 2026, Lenox Planning Board unanimously re-elected Buck Donovan as chair and opened substantive battery energy storage zoning work with a November 14 moratorium expiration looming. The board also endorsed a Form A lot-line adjustment at 140 Woodcock Road allowing property owner Rebecca Zim and Abidor

Transcript Mismatch Blocks Becket School Committee Report for June 8

BECKET -- June 8, 2026, A transcript mismatch has prevented coverage of the Becket, Massachusetts School Committee meeting of June 8, 2026. The recording submitted under the Becket label contains proceedings of Independent School District 271, a Minnesota school district, including a unanimous vote to approve a $1,194,000 bid

Stockbridge Bowl Dam Study and Dredging Permits Advance on Parallel Tracks

LENOX -- June 7, 2026, Stockbridge Bowl Stewardship Committee hears dam study and dredging permitting updates. Town official Michael Canales told the committee June 7 that engineers from Kyan Bond are conducting a phase two dam safety assessment on the Stockbridge Bowl dam, a structure classified as high-hazard, with topographic

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Stockbridge Select Board Votes to Keep Chime Tower at 30 Minutes Daily Despite Neighbor Complaints

LENOX -- June 4, 2026, Stockbridge Select Board votes 2-1 to keep Children's Chime Tower at its current 30-minutes-daily schedule despite complaints from nearby residents. A pastor who lives roughly 250 feet from the tower told the board that for "3,180 minutes" across

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