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EXCLUSIVE: MassDEP fines Housatonic Water Works $10,205 for withholding test results

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.
Bill Shein Dec 12, 2024
A graphic of the Rest of River map overlayed with photos of Marybeth Mitts and Leigh Davis.

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.
Bill Shein Nov 3, 2024
MassDEP cites Housatonic Water Works for withholding poor test results

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.
Bill Shein Oct 12, 2024
Land Court case against Great Barrington and its airport is withdrawn

Land Court case against Great Barrington and its airport is withdrawn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.
Bill Shein Jun 1, 2023
ROUGH DRAFT: Quick hits of local housing news from a reporter's notebook

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.
Bill Shein May 24, 2023

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