Issue: November 2016
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The greening of November – Growing cover crops for climate
More farms grow cover crops for soil health — and to fight climate change By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer LIVINGSTON, N.Y. David Goldstein, coordinator of the new research project Hudson Carbon, walks through a field with a blend of at least nine different cover crops at Stone House Farm in Livingston, N.Y. The research effort read more
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Looking racism in the eye
In new book, Williams professor confronts his roots in the Jim Crow era By JOHN SEVENContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. Charles Dew, an American history professor at Williams College, is known for his expertise on the Civil War and the era of Reconstruction. His new memoir details his experiences growing up in the segregated South read more
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Historic house for lease; bring own tools
Live-in curator sought for childhood home of Susan B. Anthony By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer GREENWICH, N.Y. New York state acquired the former Susan B. Anthony home in Battenville in 2006 for preservation as a historic site, but the property has stood empty and deteriorating for the past decade. Now, under a recent legal change, read more
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Berkshires’ path to the future? A network of walking trails
Group aims for 200-mile network of walking trails across county By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass. Olivia’s Overlook, which offers a sweeping view of Stockbridge Bowl from Richmond Mountain Road in Lenox, is among many properties conserved by the Berkshire Natural Resources Council. The group recently unveiled an ambitious effort to link these sites read more
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Research center set to reopen at the Clark
New gallery space features exhibit of early photography By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. Graduate students and scholars-in-residence are already using the newly renovated Manton Research Center at the Clark Art Institute, but the center will have its grand reopening to the public on the weekend of Nov. 12-13, with exhibits, lectures and a read more
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To heal our democracy, change how we vote
As November dawns, voters across our region are headed to the polls, inspired by a particularly high-minded campaign and impressed by the choice of so many fine candidates for public offices from the presidency on down. Well, we can dream, can’t we? The reality, of course, is that we’ve just endured a presidential campaign that read more