Leslee Bassman is a News Reporter at The Berkshire Edge, LLC. With a strong focus on local community issues, she covers themes such as urban design, real estate development, and agriculture, drawing from her extensive experience in Central Texas and the Berkshires. Bassman's work has been featured in various publications, and she has received accolades for her contributions to journalism, including two National Newspaper Association awards.
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Leslee Bassman's reporting focuses on local government announcements, community events, and environmental concerns in the Berkshires region of Massachusetts. She has a particular interest in issues related to specific towns such as Pittsfield, Stockbridge, Lee, Lenox among others.
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By: Marcie L. Setlow, Shaw Israel Izikson, Emily Berk, Amelia Ellis, Leslee Bassman
Neighborhood Ninjas Executive Director Alex Katz shows her excitement about the new NinjaFit Playground in Lee as staff unpack boxes of equipment for the Aug. 8 community build. Photo by Leslee Bassman
By: Leslee Bassman
The greater Berkshires community is celebrating the project’s open house with tours, presentations, and a ribbon cutting.
By: Leslee Bassman
Green Theory Cultivation representatives state the company has implemented changes and is moving forward with a plan to mitigate noxious odors stemming from its grow site.
By: Leslee Bassman
The group is considering the permit application for a four-story, 50-foot-high Fairfield Marriott to replace the Pilgrim Inn on Housatonic Street.
By: Shaw Israel Izikson, Emily Berk, Leslee Bassman
These signs offer information about the contaminated state of the Housatonic River near Lee following decades of General Electric Corporation depositing PCBs into the waterway from its Pittsfield plant. In its lawsuit naming Monsanto—that produced the PCBs—and GE, Lee alleges an illegal agreement existed in the form of a conspiracy between those parties, resulting in harm to the town. Photo by Leslee Bassman.
By: Leslee Bassman
Current Pilgrim Inn management continues to be plagued by health and safety issues, according to a complaint that was filed last week.
By: Leslee Bassman
The Special Education Reserve Fund is designed to cover unanticipated expenses.
By: Leslee Bassman
The Select Board advocates using the settlement funds to aid those impacted once the effects of the Housatonic Rest of River remediation process are known.
By: Leslee Bassman
The project provides eager Ninja Warrior wannabes with a new local training course.
By: Leslee Bassman
Lee — On Saturday, August 22, the NinjaFit Playground opened at the Lee Athletic Fields to fanfare, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and, of course, Ninja Warrio
