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LENOX — June 3, 2026 — Stockbridge 250th Anniversary Committee charts a possible September community history event with roughly $8,000 remaining in its budget. Meeting in hybrid format June 3, the committee reviewed sluggish circulation of its bicentennial passport booklets and agreed on a multi-front distribution push: passports will be

LENOX — June 1, 2026 — Lenox Tree Committee defers two state grant applications to next year, eyes tribal partnership. Meeting June 1, the committee agreed not to apply in the current cycle for either the Massachusetts Community Biodiversity Grant Program — which awards between $20,000 and $150,000 — or the MassWildlife

LENOX — May 28, 2026 — Stockbridge's lake advisory committee finalizes format of long-pending Bowl Management Plan and schedules July 2 Select Board presentation. The committee, meeting in hybrid format on May 28, reaffirmed a prior vote to replace the original GZA-authored executive summary in the 2022 watershed-

LENOX — May 15, 2026 — Stockbridge Parks and Recreation Committee approves lead test and native tree purchases at May 15 meeting. The committee voted unanimously to spend $500 on a professional lead test of all playground equipment at Interlaken Park, coordinating through Tri-Town Health Department, after members confirmed a home

LENOX — May 14, 2026 — Stockbridge Bowl Stewardship Commission moves to seek Select Board backing for project oversight role. At its May 14 meeting, the commission voted to accept its April 23 minutes and spent extended time debating how to obtain regular updates on the town's dam repair and

LENOX — April 28, 2026 — Lenox Cemetery Commission advances maintenance and policy changes for Church Street burial ground. Vice Chair Candace Currie presided at the April 28 meeting, reporting on a site walk with cemetery consultant Rich Atwood and Highway Superintendent Bob Navin that produced a slate of planned improvements: seven

LENOX — April 23, 2026 — Stockbridge Bowl Stewardship Commission defers final lake management plan vote and debates AI-generated water quality priorities. Meeting April 23 in Stockbridge, the commission voted to incorporate an addendum drafted by member Don into the lake management plan's executive summary, delaying a final approval

LENOX — April 15, 2026 — Lee Agricultural Commission hosts public forum on state farm bill and Berkshire farmland crisis. The commission, chaired by Mary Burton, convened a public meeting April 15 featuring Casey Pease of state Sen. Paul Mark's office and Sarah Gardner, president of Berkshire Grown and chairwoman

LENOX — April 14, 2026 — Stockbridge Fire Station Building Committee kicks off designer procurement with project manager Skanska. At the April 14 hybrid meeting, the committee approved October minutes on a unanimous roll-call vote and launched into a working session with Skanska project manager Aaron and assistant project manager Hope

LENOX — April 9, 2026 — Stockbridge Bowl Stewardship Commission names new secretary and advances lake health agenda. Meeting with Vice Chairman Don Chavon presiding in the absence of Chairman Michael Nathan, the Lenox-area commission voted unanimously to appoint member Tom Vynum as its new secretary beginning April 23, with outgoing