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Board directs staff to study East Street speed humps
Great Barrington Select Board hears a year of data showing East Street swamped by traffic, directs staff to study speed humps.
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Karen Allen's fiber arts store to close
Karen Allen's Great Barrington fiber arts store will close by year's end, actress says. From our own coverage: Deed filings outpace price data in early fall. Also in today's brief (7 items): Karen Allen's fiber arts store to close; Housatonic panel unveils capital improvement pipeline; …
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of September 28, 2026 through October 4, 2026
This week's Great Barrington obituary notices carry one name: Sawyer, Robert A., 71, who died September 30, 2026. His notice, posted through Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Homes and listed on Echovita, is the only Great Barrington-resident obituary identified for the week of September 28 th…
Morning Brief
Deed filings outpace price data
Great Barrington deed filings outpace available price data in early fall real estate roundup. From our own coverage: Deed filings outpace price data this fall. Also in today's brief (5 items): Flu and Covid clinic offered Monday afternoon; Selectboard meets Monday evening; Historical Co…
Real Estate
Only two of 12 Great Barrington deed transfers carry a recorded price so far
Great Barrington's Southern Berkshire Registry of Deeds recorded 12 property transfers between Sept. 4 and Oct. 3, but only two have a sale price on file so far: $30,000 for a Southworth Condominium-linked unit and $264,846 for 463 Old Stockbridge Rd, the period's priciest recorded sale…
Morning Brief
Salvage yard noise hearing pushed to Oct. 26
Select Board pushes contentious Formel Auto Salvage license hearing to Oct. 26. From our own coverage: Select Board continues salvage yard noise hearing to Oct. 26. Also in today's brief (7 items): Town reaffirms service as it updates Housatonic water works; Town launches search for pub…
Government · Board of Health
Health Board Moves Toward New Staff Request
Great Barrington Board of Health moves to seek more staff and defers vaccine-education debate to November. Members approved September minutes 2-0, with Chair Michael Lanoue abstaining for an absence, while Dr.
Morning Brief
Town seeks input on GE transload plan
Great Barrington asks residents to weigh in on GE's Housatonic River Reaches 5 and 6 transload plan. Also in today's brief (4 items): Town seeks input on GE transload plan; Hampshire Regional soccer travels to Monument Mountain; Town holds flu and Covid vaccine clinic Monday; Select Boa…
Government · Other Committee
Panel approves minutes, little else, in stalled session
Great Barrington's Ramsdell Building Committee hit a wall on cost, archives and parking.
Government · Select Board
Board Continues Salvage Yard Noise Hearing
Great Barrington continues contentious salvage yard license hearing to Oct. 26.
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