Thank You Cemetery Volunteers

Sincere thanks to the headstone cleaning volunteers (Vince, André, Margo, Marie, Greg, Shelby and Karen) who removed the lichens, mosses, and mold from marble headstones in the oldest section of the cemetery on Saturday, May 18th. They scraped, sprayed, scrubbed and watched the relatively quick transition from dark gray to orange-ish to what will become white marble again. The product we use, D/2, continues working after we’re gone. Come check out the work at our next volunteer day scheduled for Friday, June 21st from 9 to noon. Additional dates in the fall TBD to overlap with the Preservation Inc. team when they are back at the cemetery.

Candace Currie

To the editor:

Two points.

Correcting the record

First, you may have read about the dump sticker vote in The Berkshire Eagle. To be clear, I did not propose a new property tax. I proposed we leave the sticker price at $50 and fund the transfer station as we always have. My colleagues elected to follow the Town Administrator’s recommendation to triple the dump sticker fee. I opposed this because I believe it unfairly impacts renters and property owners of modest means.

Blazing new trails

Second, I got a call from a reporter at the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel a few weeks ago regarding our initiatives with the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans. With the permission of the Tribe, I was interviewed. He wrote a great story. You can read it by clicking here: https://www.stockbridgeupdates.com/journal-sentinel.pdf.

If you read the article, you will notice it mentions Mohican native Dennis Zack and his small company, Tribal Sun Soap of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. I reached out to both Dennis, who expressed an interest in selling his handcrafted soaps in Stockbridge, and the ever-wonderful Teresa O’Brient of the Williams & Sons Country Store. Teresa agreed to offer the company’s soaps in her store, marking the first location in their ancestral homeland that will sell his product.

Patrick White
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