Information Session, Tour Set for Monument Mountain School Project

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Monument Mountain opened in 1968.
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The School Building Committee is holding an information session and tour of Monument Mountain Regional School on Tuesday, April 1. 
 
The in-person tour of the high school starts at 5:30 p.m. and the information session at 6 p.m. The community session will also have a virtual component. The Zoom link is here and the meeting number is 897 4670 8537.
 
The committee will review the condition of the high school, the schematic design and the next steps in the project. 
 
The project would be a three-story replacement of the 1968 building, which was recommended by the committee last fall. The cost is estimated at around $100 million with about half reimbursed by the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
 
Voters rejected attempts to update the building a decade ago when the cost was estimated at $51 million with a $23 million reimbursement. 
 
The Berkshire Hills Regional School District was invited back into the MSBA pipeline in 2022. 
 

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Eversource Conducting Aerial Tree Trimming in South County

LEE, Mass.— Eversource will conduct aerial tree trimming along power line corridors in western Massachusetts from Monday, March 24, through Saturday, March 29, weather permitting. 
 
Flights are scheduled between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
 
The company will use helicopters equipped with rotating blades to trim tree limbs, aiming to maintain clearance around transmission lines. This method is intended to reduce the time required for manual trimming, decrease potential injury risks for tree crews, and minimize disruption to the natural habitat.
 
Eversource states that maintaining clear space around transmission lines is necessary to prevent power outages caused by trees interfering with the lines. The trimming will take place in Becket, Blandford, Granville, Lee, Otis, Russell, and Southwick.
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