By Mickey Friedman October 30, 2015 Eileen Mooney’s NEWSletter, the remarkable compendium of all things Great Barrington, has a comprehensive report on the planned demolition of the Searles School and the construction of the Mahidas’ 95-room hotel. This project, on…
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From Can to Pan
By Mickey Friedman October 17, 2015 Over a bowl of Campbell’s Chunky Mushroom, Chef Bertram deMincemeat shared his plans and daring menu with local movers and shakers at NewBar&Grill@YeOldeFirehouse, the innovative retro-eatery due to open at 20 Castle Street next…
Time Capsules Unearthed in Great Barrington
by Bill Shein October 14, 2015 “Five hundred years, a thousand years. Who knows?” – Paul Joffe, developer of the old Methodist Church site in downtown Great Barrington, on when 100 time capsules being buried in cement under the restaurant-and-retail…
It’s the Economy
By Mickey Friedman September 30, 2015 I’m not an economist. And never played one on TV. And most of the time I have no idea what they’re saying. But there’s been a lot of talk recently in Great Barrington about…
#WE2BGB
By Mickey Friedman August 27, 2015 The tweedysphere has been blowing up with hashtag wetoocanbeGB. Or as the kids tweed, #WE2BGB. You can’t go anywhere in Berkshire County without hearing about it. People gathering in clumps in Lenox and Lee,…
Allez
June 22, 2015 By Mickey Friedman 2003. It seems like a lifetime ago when Republican Bob Ney renamed French fries because the French didn’t want to invade Iraq. We showed those Frenchies. Freedom fries not only tasted better but were…
I Know Defensive
By Mickey Friedman May 22, 2015 I’ve been lucky enough to have loved and been loved, in the short term at least, by a small gaggle of therapists. Of the Freudian, Jungian, Family, and Psychosynthesist persuasions, plus a Hungarian Jewish…
Maxy For Mayor
May 13, 2015 By Mickey Friedman They all have Japanese names, these incredible yellow machines that now make Main Street their home. My favorite, Komatsu. But they all do amazing work. Thanks to their humans. I’ve got a front row…
Goodbye
April 21, 2015 By Mickey Friedman We’re supposed to just get on with it. Embrace the future. Forsake sadness. As the past vanishes before our eyes. Exalt the instrument of transformation, the chainsaw. But during a moment of daydream one…
A Fence with a View
By Bill Shein April 3, 2015 “The Town of Great Barrington is accepting letters of interest from legal residents/registered voters to fill the following vacancies: Fence Viewer (1) – Until 2015.” – From “Jobs and Opportunities” on townofgb.org. To the…
Starting Fresh
By Mickey Friedman April 3, 2015 Some in the Berkshire Hills Regional School District (BHRSD) look down their educational noses at our neighbors of the Southern Berkshire Regional School District (SBRSD). But the administrators, School Committee, teachers, students, support staff,…
Before Yoga
By Mickey Friedman February 12, 2015 You know you’re headed for your last rodeo when you can remember a time before yoga. I see the barber shops on Railroad Street, two saloons and the car parts store. The donut shop…