The Berkshire Edge On-Air - Wednesday June 9, 2021

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1. It’s town meeting time… our first report is about Great Barrington, held in the parking lot of the high school:
And speaking of parking, one of the controversial issues was a proposed parking lot at the (dormant) rail station; the second hot topic were restrictions and buffer zones pot farming. Both measures failed.
https://theberkshireedge.com/gb-annual-town-meeting-as-heat-subsides-budgets-pass-but-pot-restrictions-fail/

2. Meanwhile in Sheffield, voters at the town meeting decided to limit the number of outdoor marijuana cultivation sites:https://theberkshireedge.com/sheffield-votes-to-limit-outdoor-marijuana-farms/

3.  Update from Tanglewood: The good news is that the number of available tickets to Tanglewood concerts doubles on June 21; the bad news is that James Taylor won’t be performing his annual Berkshire concert this year… Taylor fans will have to wait until 2022:
https://theberkshireedge.com/tanglewood-2021-ticket-supply-doubles-on-june-21/

4.  Meanwhile, in West Stockbridge a proposed concert venue and a restaurant are in a stand-off over access during performances… it’s gotten quite vitriolic … but a resolution may have been reached:
https://theberkshireedge.com/thorny-west-stockbridge-road-dispute-moves-toward-solution/

5. In a Business Monday feature we have a profile of Destiny Saunders, a Pittsfield entrepreneur who is engaged in several enterprises — and she’s an evangelist with her own ministry, as well:
https://theberkshireedge.com/business-monday-local-entrepreneur-fills-gap-for-women-of-color/

6. And finally, from our magazine, we have a feature about touring historic artists’ studios in the Berkshire region:
https://theberkshireedge.com/road-trip-guide-to-historic-artists-homes-studios-is-the-perfect-companion/