Weekend Round-Up For the Second Week of June 8-14, 2026

FROM THE GAZEBO DISCUSSES 347 MAIN STREET, GREAT BARRINGTON, NEWS FROM SELECTBOARD/FINANCE COMMITTEES AND SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE COMMON PUB IS OUR SPOTLIGHT.

June 11 SBRSD School Committee Meeting:

Is there actually a $2.5 million surplus? Plus parents ask if New Marlborough Central School have to eliminate its 3rd grade.

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FROM THE GAZEBO #6

Here’s Episode #6 of From the Gazebo, an interview with local independent journalist Bill Shein about his recent reporting on 347 Main Street, Great Barrington.

And here’s Bill’s Reason Gone Mad article expanding on the same subject, also published June 10th.

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SUMMARY OF GREAT BARRINGTON SELECTBOARD AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING

Here’s our AI-assisted summary of the June 9 meeting, which previews a larger discussion that will take place on June 16th on the results of a forensic audit into a DPW contract that has the town on the hook for $1 million.

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