It was a working session organizing and finalizing details for October 19 “Town Forest” Event. It will begin at 9am and continue in locations around the village. This event is sponsored by the Mass Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). This a salute and an honor to Stockbridge for its exemplary preservation work. Sites visited by attendees will include Ice Glen Old Growth Forest, Berkshire Botanical Garden, and Gould Meadows. A post-event will be tour of Laurel Hill Association in-town walking trails. Referenced will be Fenn Farm (351 acres at the northern tip of Monument Mountain). 

DCR promotes the event throughout New England, therefore, the event is at capacity and registration is closed. However, a handful of tickets have been reserved. Call Patrick White if you would like to attend; the small number of tickets will be given out on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Notes from the Berkshire Hills Regional School District — Monument Mountain Regional High School Building Committee, October 1, 2024

This was a community information session presented by the Building Committee and the architects working on plans for the new building or possible alterations to the extant building. This will represent the largest capital item in each of the three towns’ budgets (Great Barrington, West Stockbridge, and Stockbridge). SU urges everyone to follow these information sessions, ask questions, maybe take notes. We will be asked to vote on any proposal. Apparently either of the two being discussed now will be over $100,000,000 dollars. Are there other possibilities? Will we borrow the money, at what interest rate and therefore what cost per annum? How many students will it serve? And more…