Issue: December 2018-January2019
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Recycling’s season of discontent
Haulers, local governments struggle as waste markets disappear A truck delivers a load of recyclables to TAM Recycling in Pownal. The pile in the foreground contains about 1.5 days worth of cardboard recyclables that have been delivered and are awaiting processing at the facility. Joan K. Lentini photo By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer POWNAL, Vt. read more
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Honoring black history in the Berkshires
Group aims to transform former church into visitor, cultural center Beth Carlson and Wray Gunn Sr. stand in front of the former Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church in Great Barrington. Carlson and Gunn both serve on the board of a 2-year-old nonprofit group that hopes to transform the building into a visitor and cultural center celebrating read more
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Blue wave moves north as Delgado wins
After defeat of Faso and others, Stefanik urges GOP changes By FRED DALEYEditor When Antonio Delgado flipped a Hudson Valley congressional district from red to blue on Nov. 6, he set the stage for another likely battle in two years that will test how much the region’s politics really are shifting. Delgado, a Harvard-educated read more
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Election 2018: Results from three states
MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR* Charles Baker and Karyn E. Polito (R) 1,781,341 (66.8%) Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey (D) ….. 885,770 (33.2%) U.S. SENATORShiva Ayyadurai (i) …………………………………… 91,710 (3.4%)Geoff Diehl (R) ……………………………………. 979,210 (36.2%)* Elizabeth A. Warren (D)…………………. 1,633,371 (60.4%) ATTORNEY GENERAL * Maura Healey (D) …………………………. 1,874,209 (70.0%)James R. read more
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Celebrating light in a season of darkness
Exhibit explores traditions through artwork from children’s holiday books “Cultural Traditions: A Holiday Celebration,” now on exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum, includes Uri Shulevitz’s illustation from “Dusk” (2013), above, and Brian Pinkney’s images for the book “Seven Candles for Kwanzaa,” right. Courtesy Norman Rockwell Museum/Copyright Uri Shulevitz By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.People read more
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Recycling’s turmoil: A time to reassess
When state and local governments got into the recycling business 30 years ago amid the 1980s solid waste crisis, supporters said the economics of this new endeavor would sort themselves out over time. The theory was that, by getting the public to separate cans, glass, paper and plastics from disposable trash, we’d create a steady read more
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Father and son reunited at war’s end
It could almost be a New Testament parable, but for the specific reference to “Bronco Charlie” Miller, a colorful historical figure who was buried in Bay Street Cemetery in Glens Falls.A parable would identify the main character as “a certain father.” And Charles Miller, better known as “Bronco Charlie,” definitely was a character. Harold “Bud” read more