The Berkshire Edge on Robin Hood Radio - Wednesday November 3, 2021

The Berkshire Edge LLC is a locally owned, regional publication. Our goal is to provide – regularly and in depth – content that truly reflects the life, interests and aspirations of this unusually rich and vibrant community.

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor.

1. The Great Barrington Selectboard fielded suggestions from the public on how best to allocate the $2 million in Recovery Act funds — a windfall. Repair of the Housatonic Water Works, affordable housing, sewer line extension were the items the public proposed:
https://theberkshireedge.com/affordable-housing-blue-hill-sewer-extension-great-barrington-residents-weigh-in-on-how-to-spend-arpa-funds/

2. Great Barrington Selectboard is also considering a measure to bar “out-of-town speculators” from operating short-term rentals:

3. Monument Mountain Regional High School students have organized a campaign to raise funds for research on a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy — a disease that one of the school’s graduates, Charlie Seckler, a junior at NYU, is suffering from. Their campaign attracted the attention of Warrior Trading which will contribute double the amount students raise:
https://theberkshireedge.com/a-cause-for-celebration-charleys-fund-team-monument-and-warrior-trading-set-a-birthday-fundraising-goal/

4. Great Barrington has had a shortage of parking spots in its downtown commercial district, caused in part by store employees taking up street-side slots. Now the town is going to designate 8-hour parking spots for merchant employees:
https://theberkshireedge.com/one-way-to-get-more-downtown-parking-spots-employees-can-park-remotely-and-walk-to-work/

5. The first-ever public performance of Leonard Bernstein’s “Music for String Quartet” —  written when Bernstein was 18 years old — will be performed this coming Saturday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Tanglewood’s Linde Center. It will be a benefit concert for the Stockbridge Library:
https://theberkshireedge.com/stockbridge-library-presents-leonard-bernstein-world-premiere-nov-6-at-the-linde-center/

6. Finally, our weatherman Nick Diller tells us that October 2021 was the warmest October in 57 years:
https://theberkshireedge.com/nick-diller-weather-summary-october-2021-warmest-in-57-years/