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🌱 How late-night food at Common Pub could change Housatonic evenings

Great Barrington, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How late-night food at Common Pub could change Housatonic evenings
  • What $250,000 could change on East Sheffield Road in town.

Also on today's calendar: Indigo Comedy Night with Dan St. Germain and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: Why don't eggs tell Jokes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A little rain in the morning, with a high of 72 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 79, low: 52.
  • Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 81 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Select Board approves Common Pub's 2 a.m. food service despite late-night concerns (berkshireeagle.com) — Great Barrington’s Select Board has approved late-night food service at Common Pub in Housatonic, allowing the kitchen to stay open until 2 a.m. alongside existing bar hours. While some board members voiced concerns about late alcohol service, others argued that serving food gives the town more oversight and could make late-night drinking safer for nearby residents.
   

• State Rep. Davis secures $700,000 for Berkshire priorities in House environmental bond bill (theberkshireedge.com) — Great Barrington stands to receive $250,000 to rehabilitate East Sheffield Road, a critical detour route strained by the Brookside Bridge closure. State Rep. Leigh Davis also secured funds for a Lee bike path and a Dalton emergency generator, though all projects still depend on final approval of the state environmental bond bill.
   

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  • This orange tabby has been coming to eat on my porch all winter - spring, usually late at night.
    Not neutered. Not tame. I live near the Gt. Barrington library. Last seen June 19. Can you shed some light on him? I’d like to help him. (Nextdoor Main St)
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  • 1 Pixley Hill Rd Stockbridge, MA 01262 / iBerkshires.com - The Berkshires online guide to events, news and Berkshire County community information. (iberkshires.com)
  • Sculpted history on loan in Chester (unionleader.com)
  • Team Shields, Team Hillman take top honors at annual Allied Association Father-Son Golf Tournament (berkshireeagle.com)

Sheffield

  • BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Roberto's Pizza, The Pub, and Robbie's Community Market—opening soon on Main Street in Great Barrington (theberkshireedge.com)
  • Mary Alice Welch, 95, formerly of Sheffield (theberkshireedge.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They might crack up... (Thank you Cat R. for sending it in!)
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