Issue: September 2011
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Tours to aid artists’ retreat
By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. Yaddo may be renowned as the retreat where prize-winning plays are birthed and great musical scores are composed, but it’s nearly as well known for the air of mystery that surrounds its grounds. For the artists-in-residence who inhabit the retreat throughout the year, privacy is prized almost read more
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Reviving a slice of Pittsfield history
Century-old play set to return to Colonial stage By NANCY ROTHMAN Contributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.A little more than 100 years ago, a local playwright and a composer dug into Pittsfield’s past to create a lighthearted look at the events near the end of the War of 1812. The result was a comedic opera, called “The read more
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Study backs restoring trains to Berkshires
Service would boost tourism, attract more young adults, economist says By DAVID SCRIBNER Contributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.In 1971, when the last passenger train from New York City creaked into the nearly deserted Pittsfield terminal, the price of gasoline was 36 cents a gallon. For the most part, people at that time who traveled to metropolitan read more
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Equinox Farms responds to food safety and leafy greens
Small producers skeptical of push for national rules By CRAIG IDLEBROOK Contributing writer SHEFFIELD, Mass.As a veteran grower of leafy green vegetables, Ted Dobson has a hard time seeing the need for a new food-safety regimen being pushed by the federal government. For nearly three decades, Dobson has been producing lettuce, salad mixes and other read more
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Digital age leaves small post offices endangered
But inside, a notice next to the post-office boxes warns that the U.S. Postal Service may soon shatter the idyllic scene. The Rupert post office, like more than 3,600 others across the nation and at least a half-dozen around the region, is under study for possible closure. Besides the post office, the center of this read more