Issue: October 2019
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Worker rights arrive at the farm
Farmers, advocates weigh effects of New York’s new labor law Roman Chaidez drives a tractor past the heifer facility he manages for Walker Farms LLC in Fort Ann, N.Y. Joan K. Lentini photo By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer A Guatemalan man who works at a dairy farm in southern Washington County describes himself read more
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Bottling the secret sauces
Chef’s wholesale line of condiments covers aioli to agrodolce Longtime area chef David Britton makes an extensive line of small-batch condiments at Dakine Cuisine, a business he started in Glens Falls in 2004. Joan K. Lentini photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. The kitchen is quiet on a September morning at read more
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Small schools weigh interstate merger
Cross-border district would be first linking Vermont and Mass. The local school in Stamford, Vt., housed in the same complex as the town office and library, has fewer than 100 students in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The Stamford school district is considering merging with a district across the state line in Clarksburg, Mass. Susan read more
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In America, echoes of occupied Europe
At Barrington Stage, thriller depicts a new resistance network Alan H. Green and Natascia Diaz play the roles of Rog and Anna in “American Underground,” a thriller that runs through Oct. 20 at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield. Courtesy photo By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass. It’s a quiet fall evening, and Rog read more
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Northern Berkshires’ blue-collar lament
Professor’s book tracks region’s labor history, industrial decline Maynard Seider, professor emeritus of sociology at the Massachusetts College of Liberals Arts, views the history of northern Berkshires through a labor lens in his new book, “The Gritty Berkshires.” Susan Sabino photo By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. When Maynard Seider arrived in the read more
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Is this the best way to help farm workers?
One of the biggest changes to agriculture in our region over the past couple of decades is the shift to reliance on foreign-born laborers. At most of the large dairy farms that still survive across eastern New York and Vermont, immigrant workers, mainly from Mexico and Central America, now do the vast majority of read more
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In prison baseball, a home-field disadvantage
The Prison Nine baseball team of Great Meadow prison in Comstock, N.Y., had a high turnover of players and always was the home team, even when playing against “the locals.” “Although some of last year’s prison team have left the confines of Great Meadow, it is reported that an excellent team has already been welded read more