Issue: July 2019
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A downtown makeover begins
Bennington sees landmark buildings as key to reviving its urban core The former Putnam Hotel and two neighboring buildings in the center of downtown Bennington are the focus of a redevelopment effort that started construction in June. photo by Joan K. Lentini By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. After two years of delays and read more
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Mozzarella from the mountains
Bennington cheesemaker grows with Vermont’s artisanal food movement Corey Gilliland, an apprentice cheesemaker at Maplebrook Farm in Bennington, hand pulls stracciatella, a kind of fresh mozzarella that is stretched by hand and then soaked in cream. Joan K. Lentini photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. Come the second weekend in August, local cheesemaker read more
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College aims to strengthen creative ties
New MCLA institute builds links to Berkshires arts organizations The poet and essayist Nikki Giovanni spoke in June at a conference organized by the new Institute for Arts and Humanities at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Courtesy photo By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. The bowls lay on the paths under the read more
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Flights of fancy – Hot-air balloon travels as a show
Traveling exhibit, in form of hot-air balloon, to touch down locally An artist’s rendering shows “New Horizon,” which will visit the Berkshires in late July, stopping in Williamstown and Stockbridge. Courtesy photo By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. It will gleam like lake water and drift in a clear sky. In late July, the read more
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How the 1960s recast Vermont, from politics to art
Two shows explore how the 1960s reshaped Vermont’s politics and art In 1960, demonstrators in downtown Bennington joined nationwide protests that pushed the Woolworth’s chain to end segregation of its lunch counters in the South. This photo, from the May 1960 Bennington College Bulletin, was credited to Jon L. Allen and is included in the read more
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A vote of confidence in Bennington’s future
Finally the dream is starting to become real.It’s been more than four years since community leaders began formulating a plan to redevelop nearly a full square block in the center of downtown Bennington. Its backers say the Putnam Block project, formally unveiled in 2017, will restore three historic multi-story buildings along Main and South streets read more
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After world war, new roles for Hudson Valley military base
It was the Hudson Valley equivalent of turning swords into plowshares.“Camp Whitman, in the town of Beekman, Dutchess County, is no longer a military establishment,” The Post-Star of Glens Falls reported on May 7, 1920. “It is being transformed into a vegetable farm, its use being given to the Hudson River State Hospital Commission,” which read more