Issue: May 2023
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Creating a downtown food hub
Nonprofit market aims to nourish Bennington’s ‘food desert’ Head baker Shayne Williams holds a tray of freshly baked loaves of bread at the new Bennington Community Market. Joan K. Lentini photo By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. A new nonprofit market in downtown Bennington aims to bring fresh, healthy food to a town read more
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Bigger tax credit could redevelop historic structures
Assemblywoman pushes bigger tax credit to redevelop historic structures Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner stands outside a long-vacant mill complex in the village of Victory, N.Y. It’s the kind of structure she says could be redeveloped to ease the state’s housing shortage — with help from an expanded tax credit for large historic buildings.Joan K. Lentini read more
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WAM Theatre ponders ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’
WAM Theatre presents ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ The cast and crew meet in late April for the first rehearsal of WAM Theatre’s production of “What the Constitution Means to Me,” which opens May 18 at the Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre. Courtesy photo By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. As a read more
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A newspaperman who toiled till his last breath
Even on the day of his death, Editor W.A. Wilkins of The Whitehall Times did not miss deadline, although he worked from home instead of the newspaper office. “He complained of mental lassitude during the day and did not engage in his work with his usual zest and satisfaction,” the newspaper reported in its Aug. read more
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Local ‘wrong house’ killing adds to national outcry
The shooting death last month of a 20-year-old Schuylerville woman who turned up the wrong driveway stunned people across Washington and Saratoga counties and quickly became part of a national outcry over gun violence. Kaylin Gillis was killed after she and several friends were searching for another friend’s house about 10 p.m. Saturday, April 15, read more