Seven towns held simultaneous special town meetings Monday on the proposed eight-town school district merger, with three towns voting against the plan. A fourth, Egremont, shot the plan down on
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At its Monday night meeting, the Great Barrington, Massachusetts selectboard got an update on public works projects in the town and debated the merits of a downtown licensing request.
Department of Public Works Superintendent Sean VanDeusen laid out what he described as an aggressive construction season in the Southern Berkshire town.
“Some of the projects that you might have already noticed that have started – the sidewalk extension in Housatonic, he said. They re actually going to be finishing up the majority of the paving there, at least in the sidewalk, probably tomorrow. We still have some crosswalks to paint in, some dynamic signs to put up, but that project’s moving along. That is Jack Goncalves Construction. And that was a $230,000 project that was funded by a Complete Streets Grant.”