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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Dalton Board Signs Off on Land Sale Over Residents' Objections

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:50AM / Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Residents demanded the right to speak but the agenda did not include public comment. Amy Musante holds a sign saying the town now as '$20,000 less for a police station.'

DALTON, Mass. — The Select Board signed the sale on the last of what had been known as the Bardin property Monday even as a handful of residents demanded the right to speak against the action.

The quitclaim deed transfers the nine acres to Thomas and Esther Balardini, who purchased the two other parcels in Dalton. They were the third-highest bidders at $31,500. Despite this, the board awarded them the land in an effort to keep the property intact.

"It's going to be an ongoing battle but one I think that has to be fought [because of] the disregard for the taxpayers," said Dicken Crane, the high bidder at $51,510.

"If it was personal I would let it go, but this affects everyone and backing down is not in my nature."

Crane had appealed to the board to accept his bid during two previous meetings. He and others opposed to accepting the lower bid say it cost the town $20,000. After the meeting, Crane said he will be filing a lawsuit and has a citizen's petition for the next town meeting with over 100 signatures.

Three members of the board — Chair Robert Bishop Jr., John Boyle, and Marc Strout — attended the 10-minute meeting. Members Anthony Pagliarulo and Daniel Esko previously expressed their disapproval of the sale to the Balardinis.

Pagliarulo voted against the sale but did sign the purchase-and-sale agreement earlier this month. His reasoning was the explanation by the town attorney during an executive session that, unlike procurement, where the board is required to accept the lowest bid for services, it does have some discretion when it comes to accepting bids in this instance.

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