Issue: December 2016-January 2017
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Meditation for the masses
Yoga center’s program offers ‘mindfulness’ as a tool for social change By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. Children in the early education program at Sunrise Family Resource Center in Bennington try “breathing like lions” as part of their daily mindfulness exercises. Nicole Bushika photo At the Sunrise Family Resource Center in Bennington, toddlers in read more
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‘Art you can eat’
By STACEY MORRISContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. Customers examine the offerings at Rubiner’s Cheesemongers & Grocers in Great Barrington. The store’s owner, Matthew Rubiner, center, has been a serious student of cheese for more than two decades.Scott Langley photo Matthew Rubiner stands deep in concentration, illuminated by morning sunlight that spills across the wooden read more
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Tests find lead in schools’ water
New state law sends N.Y. districts scrambling to halt exposure to toxin By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer SALEM, N.Y. Five fountains at Salem Central School were removed from service this fall after water tests revealed lead in unsafe concentrations. George Bouret photo The scene at Salem Central School has become a common one this fall read more
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Vote creates fund for preservation in Pittsfield
Pittsfield backs property-tax surcharge that could help save landmarks By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass. The Masonic Temple building on South Street in Pittsfield is for sale, and preservationists say it is among several landmark structures in the city that face an uncertain future. Concern about the demolition or threatened loss of familiar structures read more
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Election 2016 results
Here are the results of the Nov. 6 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 (*).Statewide results for the presidential race are listed in the main table; a separate county-by-county tally of presidential returns read more
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Rediscovering the ‘Sage of Saratoga’
Events celebrate life, work of writer Frank Sullivan By THOMAS DIMOPOULOSContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. Frank Sullivan, who became best known for his articles and Christmas poems in The New Yorker, lived most of his life in Saratoga Springs. Forty years after his death, Frank Sullivan’s career as a writer is being rediscovered and read more
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Tests show wide scope of school lead hazard
Woody Allen famously said that showing up accounts for 80 percent of success in life. And when it comes to finding contamination in our drinking water, it seems at least 80 percent of success depends on testing the water. Our region learned this lesson rather painfully over the past two years with the discovery of read more