Students on the Simon's Rock campus gather at the library in preparation for the Bard Queer Leadership Project. Press photo courtesy of Bard College at Simon's Rock

News

Here are the Hill Country Observer’s news articles, listed from newest to oldest. The Hill Country Observer covers town events, local government, community stories and more — from public health to housing to education and freedom of mind in New York, Vermont and Western Massachusetts.

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    Health care challenges ahead

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    Clinics, hospitals, nursing homes weigh effects of big Medicaid cuts   Hudson Headwaters Health Network opened its newest family health center in May in Salem, N.Y. Now the center is among the many health care facilities across the region that are likely to lose revenue as the federal goverment cuts about $1 trillion in Medicaid read more

    Health care challenges ahead
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    Talking tariffs

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    Local businesses try to find safe passage through fast-changing trade wars   John Carr, owner of Adirondack Pub & Brewery in Lake George, is closely watching the effects of new U.S. tariffs, as he relies on imported malt and barley to produce his lagers and ales. Joan K. Lentini photo   By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer read more

    Talking tariffs
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    Where Dutch and Black history meet

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    Groups join forces to save long-vacant house near Hudson The house built by the Dutch colonist Jan Van Hoesen in the early 1700s later became the home of the Quaker abolitionist Charles Marriott and was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Now two local history groups have joined forces to preserve the structure, which has read more

    Where Dutch and Black history meet
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    Losing a place that challenged minds

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    As Simon’s Rock leaves the Berkshires, town debates future of campus   Students cross a bridge as they head toward the library and classroom buildings on the wooded campus of Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Mass. Scott Langley photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. On a cold, clear day read more

    Losing a place that challenged minds
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    Farm to fashion

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    N.Y. backs efforts to link fiber producers to bigger markets   Mary Jeanne Packer, the founder and co-owner of the Battenkill Fibers mill in Greenwich, NY., checks through some of the yarn the mill makes from locally raised wool. Joan K. Lentini photo   By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer GREENWICH, N.Y. Just as the farm-to-table movement read more

    Farm to fashion
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    Pungent flavor, spicy heat

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      Laura Ramos and Adam Fronhofer and their son Tiago, 2, hold jars of the garlic powders they produce from organic garlic grown at their Quill Hill Farm in Poultney, Vt. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer POULTNEY, Vt. At the peak of the growing season, Quill Hill Farm’s fields will be read more

    Pungent flavor, spicy heat
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    From Claverack to the frontier

    Columbia County native played key roles in early days of Arizona, Alaska   Postal Inspector John P. Clum, atop a mule, talks with miners in Nome, Alaska, in 1898. Clum, who grew up in Columbia County, N.Y., ran a newspaper in territorial Arizone before heading north. Photo courtesy of The Tombstone Epitaph   By PAUL read more

    From Claverack to the frontier
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    Housing that’s not just for the wealthy?

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    In the Berkshires, a new land trust aims to protect affordability Lillian Zavatsky, left, and Elizabeth Smith are among those involved in organizing a new Northern Berkshire Community Land Trust. Zavatsky, the group’s president, says it aims to help keep housing affordable. Joan K. Lentini photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Victorian read more

    Housing that’s not just for the wealthy?
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    Taxing times in Vermont

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    Election results add to pressure for school funding changes   By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer   The debate over school funding in Vermont is gaining new urgency after an election that wiped out Democratic supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature. Even as the Democratic presidential ticket was carrying the state by more than 30 percentage read more

    Taxing times in Vermont
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    Election 2024 Results

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    Push for ranked-choice ballots gains traction nationally, locally Here are the results of the Nov. 5 election for federal and state offices across the region. Winning candidates are in boldface type if the outcome is not in dispute. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*). Uncontested races are not shown.Statewide results for the presidential race read more

    Election 2024 Results