A stormy season for short-term rentals on Nantucket
Town Meeting, lawsuits, and pending seasonal community changes create an unpredictable environment for the island.
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EXCLUSIVE: MassDEP fines Housatonic Water Works $10,205 for withholding test results
A previously unreported penalty-assessment notice sent to the company in November called the facts “undisputed” and the company’s violations “willful.” The penalty was revealed in a response to a public-records request filed by The Argus.
In race for state rep, Mitts and Davis navigate choppy waters of ‘Rest of River’ debate
As developments in a major Housatonic River remediation project accelerate, two candidates for state representative confront a challenging issue—and its sticky politics.
MassDEP cites Housatonic Water Works for withholding poor test results
The company withheld results from July that showed manganese levels at more than double the regulatory limit and a health risk to infants.
Land Court case against Great Barrington and its airport is withdrawn
A few questions remain, but the airport now has some legal protection against neighbors' complaints that it has sought since 2017.
ROUGH DRAFT: Quick hits of local housing news from a reporter's notebook
The Marble Block has been sold, but not to an affordable-housing organization, and other tidbits from a larger Argus story-in-progress.