Heather Bellow reports in The Berkshire Eagle that the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office has ruled that in 2022 the Great Barrington Select Board violated the state’s open-meeting laws, working beyond public view on the town’s proposed short-term rental bylaw. Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Carnes Flynn said in a March 14 letter that the board had essentially created a subcommittee when board Chair Stephen Bannon and Vice Chair Leigh Davis met with Christopher Rembold, Assistant Town Manager and Director of Planning, to work on the short-term rental rules. Flynn said, “Although the Board did not take a formal vote and did not use the word ‘subcommittee,’ the Board discussed at length having two members work with Mr. Rembold.” All board votes and rulings remain in place, but the board must now create minutes for the meetings of the three officials. And Flynn said if they did it again it would “be considered evidence of intent to violate the Law.” Read the full story in The Berkshire Eagle.