Healey and Driscoll Name Chief Legal Counsel

04:50PM / Sunday, January 01, 2023Print Story | Email Story

BOSTON — Governor-elect Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor-elect Driscoll announced that they will appoint Paige Scott Reed as Chief Legal Counsel.

Scott Reed is currently a Partner at Prince Lobel Tye LLP. She will be the first Black woman appointed to the position in Massachusetts history.

"Lieutenant Governor-elect Driscoll and I are thrilled to welcome Paige Scott Reed to the team and congratulate her on this historic, well-earned accomplishment," said Governor-elect Healey. "She is an experienced, successful attorney who has a deep knowledge of state government and a record of forming public-private partnerships to get things done."

Paige Scott Reed is an experienced transportation and employment attorney with more than 20 years' experience. She previously worked as general counsel for the Mass. Department of Transportation and the MBTA and also served as Corporate Secretary and General Counsel to the Boston 2024 Partnership for the city's Olympic bid.

"I'm deeply honored for the opportunity to join this historic administration and to serve the people of Massachusetts," said Scott Reed. "The Governor-elect and Lieutenant Governor-elect and I share a commitment to protecting people's rights, centering equity in all that we do and moving Massachusetts forward. I'm excited to build a team that will lead on our values and deliver results."

According to a press release, Scott Reed has experience as an advisor to public officials. She has assisted government and private organizations, CEOs and Boards of Directors with commercial contracts, development transactions and public projects. She was instrumental in procuring a new operator for the MBTA's commuter rail, forming a public-private partnership to redevelop Back Bay Station, implementing the MBTA's Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery approach, and securing $1 billion in federal funding for the Green Line Extension project. Working with the FAA, NASA, and the Volpe Transportation Center, and with leadership from the MassDOT Aeronautics Administrator, Scott Reed has helped to build one of the nation's leading programs for the integration of next-generation aviation technologies, addressing the possibilities and challenges of far-reaching concepts like neighborhood package delivery by drone or the advent of flying cars.

Scott Reed received her A.B. from Harvard College and her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was an Executive Editor of the Harvard Law Review.

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Lanesborough Hopes for Continued Talks on Mall Sale

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
06:41PM / Wednesday, November 11, 2026

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Select Board is optimistic that talks for the Berkshire Mall sale will continue.

Chair Deborah Maynard and Vice Chair Juli Baker were to meet with mall owner JMJ Holdings, the Baker Hill Road District, and proposed buyer Cypress Equities on Tuesday to discuss next steps. As of Wednesday, iBerkshires had received a "we are optimistic" from Maynard on the talks. The Berkshire Eagle reported a response from a Cypress representative saying talks will continue.

Baker had updated the Select Board on Monday about the status of the sale and the efforts being undertaken by the renamed Baker Hill Economic District.

Cypress Equities pulled out of a purchase-and sale-agreement with mall owner JMJ last week for the following reasons.

Not enough water service/pressure to the property to support redevelopment without constructing costly water tanks.
The current septic system and former treatment facility is not acceptable for a project of the scale and magnitude proposed.
There is existing asbestos and bad soil from the treatment system that needs to be remediated off site.
And the current structure and tax assessment of the Baker Hill Road District.

Baker has been working with what is now being called the Baker Hill Economic District and said she and the district members are happy that Cypress has decided to leave the door open to more discussions and that they have been working hard to try and address the company's needs.

Last month, the town had asked state Sen. Paul Mark and state Rep. John Barrett III to support the state Department of Transportation taking over the Connector Road, funding for a mall connection to Pittsfield's wastewater treatment plant and a connection to the town's water main.

Baker said an amendment has been drafted to cap the district's taxes to not grow more than 2.5 percent a year. She noted that, historically, taxes have not grown by more than one percent per year, so it won't be difficult to meet that cap.

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