Category: A Month in the Hills

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    Shooting plot sparks statehouse action

    A teenager’s alleged plot to carry out a killing spree at Fair Haven Union High School has upended Vermont’s politics in recent weeks, prompting lawmakers to move rapidly toward new restrictions on the sale of guns. Police arrested a former Fair Haven student on Feb. 15, the day after a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., read more

    Shooting plot sparks statehouse action
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    Local malls wither as shoppers go online

    From the Berkshires to Rutland, indoor shopping malls are seeking a new purpose as major retail chains abandon them in the face of online competition. At the Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough, four anchor stores – Best Buy, Macy’s, JCPenney and Sears — have pulled out since 2015, and one of the largest remaining retailers, American read more

    Local malls wither as shoppers go online
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    Court halts art sale as Berkshire Museum faces scrutiny

    A Massachusetts Appeals Court justice has put the brakes on the Berkshire Museum’s plan to auction off as many as 40 works of art from its collection. The judge’s ruling on Nov. 10 — three days before an initial round of art was scheduled for auction at Sotheby’s in New York City – grants a read more

    Court halts art sale as Berkshire Museum faces scrutiny
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    State joins effort to block Berkshire Museum art sale

    The Massachusetts attorney general’s office has joined a court battle to block the start this month of the planned auction of 40 works of art from the Berkshire Museum’s collection. In a legal papers filed last month in Berkshire Superior Court, the office of Attorney General Maura Healey joined an effort by three sons of read more

    State joins effort to block Berkshire Museum art sale
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    Berkshire Museum raises howls with plan to sell off art

    Art lovers in the Berkshires and beyond are in an uproar after the Berkshire Museum revealed plans last month to auction off 40 works from its collection and use the proceeds to stabilize its endowment and renovate its building. The museum’s leaders say the sale is part of a $60 million “reinvention plan” in which read more

    Berkshire Museum raises howls with plan to sell off art
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    Democrats line up to challenge Faso, Stefanik

      News July 2017   Democrats line up to challenge Faso, Stefanik   More than a dozen Democratic hopefuls have stepped forward in recent weeks to say they’re planning or considering challenges to U.S. Reps. John Faso and Elise Stefanik in 2018.The two Republican incumbents, whose districts stretch across much of eastern New York, have read more

    Democrats line up to challenge Faso, Stefanik
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    Faso, Stefanik vote to slash health-care spending

    Eastern New York Reps. John Faso and Elise Stefanik provided a pair of crucial votes last month in support of a Republican plan to repeal and replace former President Obama’s signature health care law. The two area Republicans supported a controversial repeal-and-replace bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a narrow 217-213 vote read more

    Faso, Stefanik vote to slash health-care spending
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    More Syrian refugees now expected in Rutland

    At least seven more families fleeing the Syrian civil war are now expected to resettle in Rutland later this year, despite the Trump administration’s efforts to halt the flow of new Syrian refugees to the United States. Rutland’s former mayor, Christopher Louras, volunteered the city more than a year ago as the new home for read more

    More Syrian refugees now expected in Rutland
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    2016 election preview

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    Here are the candidates and referendum questions on ballots for the Nov. 8 federal and state elections across the region. Because of space limitations, uncontested races are not included. A guide to political party abbreviations is at right. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*). Polls are open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to read more

    2016 election preview
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    Lawmakers pledge multiple inquiries on PFOA

    After several months in which their pleas seemed to fall mainly on deaf ears, local activists appear to have succeeded in triggering at least three separate legislative inquiries into the water contamination crisis affecting northeastern Rensselaer County. In early July, both the state Assembly and the U.S. House of Representatives announced plans to hold hearings read more

    Lawmakers pledge multiple inquiries on PFOA