The Social Justice and Outreach Series at Bard College at Simon’s Rock
GREAT BARRINGTON - The Simon’s Rock Women’s Center, the South County Unitarian Social Justice Outreach Series, and the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation are sponsoring a lecture by Nancy Talanian at Simon’s Rock. Talanian will be speaking on "The War on Terror: Its Toll on Freedom" on Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Lecture Center on the Simon’s Rock campus.
Nancy Talanian is the director and co-founder of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee based in Northampton. From her writing and activism background, she acted on the possibility of converting local successes in Western Massachusetts into a national movement. Her work not only deals with local issues, but addresses larger issues on national and international platforms as well.
She has written and spoken on various civil liberty topics, and has developed a national coalition of organizations devoted to the restoration of civil liberty. Some of her previous activism includes working to end apartheid in South Africa and military dictatorships in Nigeria and Burma. In the lecture, Talanian will explore these issues and she will elaborate on the progress of the grassroots movement to restore civil liberties.
The next event in the series will be on Oct. 23, when internationally renowned feminist writer, journalist and photographer Margaret Randall will speak at 7 p.m. in the Lecture Center.
All the events are free and open to the public, and are made possible by many individual community donors as well as the three sponsoring organizations.
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Dalton Counter Sues Berkshire Concrete
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The dispute between Berkshire Concrete and the town has taken another turn as the town pursues a countersuit against the excavation company.
On April 13, Berkshire Concrete Corp., a subsidiary of Petricca Industries, launched legal action against the town, seeking damages, the overturning of the Planning Board's denial of its special permit, and additional proposed orders of a court.
The town has responded with a countersuit of its own, seeking a preliminary injunction requiring Berkshire Concrete to fully restore Lot 105-16 and a permanent injunction mandating an effective dust mitigation plan.
The suit also requests that Berkshire Concrete pay all fines assessed against them, along with the town’s legal costs and attorney's fees, and other relief deemed by the court.
The claim explains the timeline of events dating back to 2024 when Berkshire Concrete started mining without town approval on parcel 105-16, clearing trees and vegetation that abuttors claimed acted as a natural barrier.
The removal of this vegetation resulted in the creation of a corridor for wind to carry dust from the lot and onto residential properties in the abutting neighborhood, the suit claims.
Almost a year ago, both the Select Board and Planning Board expressed that they wanted parcel No. 105-16 fully mitigated to abide by the town's bylaws.
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