Issue: April 2018
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Big projects, few workers
Anita Daly, vice president of Blue Spruce Nursery in Ballston Lake, shows off photos of some of the company’s landscaping projects. Blue Spruce has come to rely on foreign laborers in recent years and is seeking such 12 workers, about half its work force, this year through the federal H-2B program. Joan K. Lentini photos read more
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A springtime bouquet of the arts
Author’s visit to The Mount is among 30 Berkshires events in ArtWeek The author Julia Pierpont, above, will visit The Mount in Lenox to discuss her new work, “The Little Book of Feminist Saints,” in one of 30 ArtWeek events planned around Berkshire County between April 27 and May 6. Courtesy photos By KATE read more
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Solar siting law faces first test in Bennington
Developer challenges Vermont’s effort to give towns more sway A large solar-power installation along Route 30 in Sudbury, Vt., is the first in a series planned or proposed around the state by Allco Renewable Energy Ltd. The company has gone to court to challenge a new state law intended to give towns more voice in read more
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A pioneer of local cheese making
Consider Bardwell Farm aims to grow while keeping focus on flavor Leslie Goff, the creamery manager at Consider Bardwell Farm, inspects 10-pound wheels of cheese in the “cheese cave” where the farm’s Pawlet variety, made from raw Jersey cow milk, is aged. Joan K. Lentini photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer WEST PAWLET, VT. The read more
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Out of the tent, into the theater
New building lets PS21 expand season, host larger audiences The new theater building at PS21 will allow the performing arts venue, which previously hosted summer performances in a tent, to offer programming year-round. Courtesy photo By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer CHATHAM, N.Y. After holding its events in a tent for 12 years, PS21 is about read more
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Anti-immigration rhetoric meets empty-job reality
More and more in our new era of polarization, our leaders seem unable to set aside their politics and ideology to face and solve obvious problems. And nowhere is this trend more visible than on any issue that touches on immigration. Our cover story this month describes the struggles of area employers who’ve come to read more
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Shooting plot sparks statehouse action
A teenager’s alleged plot to carry out a killing spree at Fair Haven Union High School has upended Vermont’s politics in recent weeks, prompting lawmakers to move rapidly toward new restrictions on the sale of guns. Police arrested a former Fair Haven student on Feb. 15, the day after a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., read more
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Landscapes that bear witness to life
MoCA show draws on artist’s experiences of rural South Allison Janae Hamilton’s “When the Wind Has Teeth” (2015) is among the works featured in her new show, “Pitch,” which opened March 24 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. courtesy Mass MoCA By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. A new read more