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Foster held a number of public offices in Great
Barrington. He was a member of the town's finance committee, board of assessors, board of selectmen and was the town tax collector. From 1937 to 1942 he represented the 5th Berkshire district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 1942 he was
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Foster was the son of newspaper owner and publisher
Maitland P. Foster. He began his career with his father's paper, the
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