Issue: August 2015
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Reviving the Corkscrew route
Newly opened rail trail feeds dreams of a wider hiking network By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer STEPHENTOWN, N.Y. A sign welcomes visitors the newly opened Corkscrew Rail Trail in Stephentown. The trail extends along 2.5 miles of a long-defunct railroad route that once stretched nearly 60 miles from Chatham to Bennington, Vt. John Townes photo read more
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Community creativity
North Adams’ new Makers Mill offers space, equipment for artistry By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Amanda Hartlage works at a loom at the new Makers Mill in downtown North Adams. The facility, which opened in June in a Main Street storefront, provides space and equipment for members to pursue a wide range read more
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Alliance boosts a fledgling arts temple
Performing arts venue in former church joins forces with Proctors By THOMAS DIMOPOULOSContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. Universal Preservation Hall, a performing arts center in a former church in downtown Saratoga Springs, has formed a new operating alliance with Proctors, the historic theater in Schenectady. Joan K. Lentini photo A long-running effort to transform read more
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State caps could stall solar power in Mass.
Environmentalists push to raise utility limits on net-metering program By DANA DRUGMANDThe Berkshire Edge PITTSFIELD, Mass. New solar energy projects have been stalled in parts of western Massachusetts since March because of state limits on the solar incentive program known as net metering. So in recent weeks environmental advocates and representatives of the state’s growing read more
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Celebrating the self-taught artist
‘Grassroots art’ is focus in exhibit at Bennington Museum By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. Stephen C. Warren’s “Memory Ware Tower” (1894). Photos courtesy of the Bennington Museum The Mona Lisa has been in the Louvre since 1797; one of Monet’s water-lily paintings sold at auction for more than $60 million in 2008. These and read more
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Stefanik on food labels: Keep public in the dark
It began with a triumph of representative democracy. Last year, legislators in Montpelier voted overwhelmingly to make Vermont the first state in the nation to require labeling of foods containing genetically engineered ingredients. Over the past several years, Vermonters had made it clear that they wanted the right to know what was in their food, read more
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Chain slashes staff at regional newspapers
The corporate parent of several daily newspapers in the region has axed at least 16 reporters, editors and other newsgathering employees in recent weeks as it seeks a buyer for the papers.Digital First Media, which is controlled by the New York City hedge fund Alden Capital Group, laid off 10 employees in late June at read more