Issue: October 2018
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In the Berkshires, preparing for legal marijuana sales
Mass. retailers get set for legal marijuana sales, raising questions for N.Y., Vermont Theory Wellness opened the Berkshires’ first medical marijuana dispensary, above, in Great Barrington two years ago. Now it’s one of the first four retailers in Berkshire County that are expected to begin selling to anyone over 21 after the state’s voters backed read more
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Sharing the solitude Mount Equinox drive offers revelatory vistas near monks’ retreat
Scenic drive and solitude atop Equinox Funds raised from the 5.2-mile toll road up Mount Equinox, seen here just below the summit, help to support the monks cloistered in a nearby monastery, the Charterhouse of the Transfiguration. Telly Halkias photo By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer MANCHESTER, Vt. They stand there, proudly, like soldiers on parade, read more
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School radio station plans for rebirth
Pittsfield’s WTBR, begun as school project, will have broader mission Shawn Serre, the executive director of Pittsfield Community Television, shows off the new home of radio station WTBR-89.7 FM, which temporarily suspended broadcasts in June. Susan Sabino photo By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass. A local FM radio station that got started in 1969 read more
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Election 2018: A preview of local ballots
Here are the candidates and referendum questions on ballots for the Nov. 6 federal and state elections across the region. Because of space limitations, uncontested races are not included. A guide to political party abbreviations is at right. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*). Polls are open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to read more
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Images from across a spectrum
Keavy Handley-Byrne’s photograph “Alice Cuts My Hair” (2018) is among 38 works by contemporary artists in the exhibit “Spectrum: Exploring Gender Identification,” which runs through Nov. 18 at Gallery 51 in North Adams. courtesy Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts/Gallery 51 By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass.A father sits at his desk, holding his read more
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As midterm vote nears, take it down a notch
As this issue goes to press, the national news is focused on the bitter battle over a Supreme Court nomination. We’re in a week of limbo between the dramatic testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh and the completion of a highly anticipated but limited FBI investigation into the allegations against Kavanaugh. Even by read more
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Local suffragist tried to upend a party machine
A Hudson Falls suffragette tested the muscle of local political bosses in 1918 and attracted statewide attention as the first woman in upstate New York to compete in a Republican primary for a state Assembly seat. When Elizabeth Mitchell launched her campaign, it had been less than a year since New York amended its state read more