[Opinion] Residents, local officials offer different opinions of Housatonic Rest of River remediation plan during project’s open house

Residents, local officials offer different opinions of Housatonic Rest of River remediation plan during project’s open house

Lee — About 60 Berkshire County residents braved the cold temperatures of December 3 to gain more information on a plan to remediate the local section of the Housatonic Rest of River area that entails dredging materials laden with polychlorinated biphenyl chemicals (PCBs) from its waters and shoreline. The entire remediation project stretches from the confluence of the waterway’s east and west branches in Pittsfield through the Long Island Sound…