Tag: Great Barrington

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    Rekindling a community radio spirit

    New studio, fund-raising drive set for nonprofit community station By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. After several years without a home, the nonprofit community radio station of the southern Berkshires is setting up a new studio and preparing to resume a full schedule of locally produced programming. On Feb. 1, WBCR-LP began leasing a read more

    Rekindling a community radio spirit
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    Honoring black history in the Berkshires

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    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

    Honoring black history in the Berkshires
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    In the Berkshires, preparing for legal marijuana sales

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    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

    In the Berkshires, preparing for legal marijuana sales
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    In green gesture, town bans plastic water bottles

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    Great Barrington voters pass new law easily; critics push for new vote Retailers in Great Barrington would be prohibited from selling plastic water bottles like these starting in May 2019 under a local law approved by voters at last month’s annual town meeting. Susan Sabino photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. Supporters read more

    In green gesture, town bans plastic water bottles
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    Filling a need for film

    Founder celebrates successes as Berkshire festival marks 13th year Kelley Vickery organized the first Berkshire International Film Festival in 2006 on a hunch that the region had enough film buffs to sustain it. This year’s festival, the 13th annual, will offer 80 films from 28 countries, with screenings and events scheduled May 31- June 3 read more

    Filling a need for film
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    Plan for Berkshires train falls far short of need

    By next summer, the dream of direct train service from New York City to the Berkshires could finally be realized — but only barely. Over the past dozen years or more, we’ve reported periodically on efforts to restore southern Berkshire County’s long-lost rail link to New York. For most of that time, the goal of read more

    Plan for Berkshires train falls far short of need
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    Community radio aims to rise again

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    Backers seek ‘reboot’ for low-power FM Berkshires station After closing its studio in 2015, WBCR-LP consolidated its remaining equipment near its transmitter atop Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Its backers now hope to revitalize the local radio station.  John Townes photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. For much of the first decade read more

    Community radio aims to rise again
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    Juice bar puts healthy, sinful under one roof

    SoCo Creamery partners with juice enthusiasts in retail showcase By STACEY MORRISContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. Leigh Duffin pours a concoction of freshly squeezed juice at the SoCo Oasis juice bar in Great Barrington. The year-old operation is a collaboration between local ice cream maker SoCo Creamery and juice makers Noah and Ari Meyerowitz, also read more

    Juice bar puts healthy, sinful under one roof
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    ‘Art you can eat’

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    By STACEY MORRISContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.   Customers examine the offerings at Rubiner’s Cheesemongers & Grocers in Great Barrington. The store’s owner, Matthew Rubiner, center, has been a serious student of cheese for more than two decades.Scott Langley photo Matthew Rubiner stands deep in concentration, illuminated by morning sunlight that spills across the wooden read more

    ‘Art you can eat’
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    A cultural exchange you can taste — Fermentation festivals

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    Mass., Vermont festivals celebrate the variety of fermented foods By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.   Real Pickles, a worker-owned cooperative based in Greenfield, Mass., was among the vendors at last month’s Berkshire Fermentation Festival in Great Barrington. A similar event is planned this month in Poultney, Vt.Courtesy photo/Chris Gauthier When many people hear read more

    A cultural exchange you can taste — Fermentation festivals