Tag: Great Barrington

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    Developers change course, will save old school

    Responding to a public outcry, the developers who wanted to tear down a historic school building in Great Barrington, Mass., have agreed to save it. Vijay and Chrystal Mahida, who already own two motels in Great Barrington and several others around the Berkshires, now plan to renovate the former Searles Middle School as an 88-room read more

    Developers change course, will save old school
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    Celebrating W.E.B. Du Bois

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    Center explores context of a civil rights pioneer’s legacy By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. W.E.B. Du Bois wasn’t born until three years after the Civil War ended, but the war and its aftermath were crucial in shaping the views of one of the nation’s first prominent African-American scholars and civil rights activists. With read more

    Celebrating W.E.B. Du Bois
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    Town green for a localvore era

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    Owners aim to turn old fairgrounds into center for local agriculture By DAVID SCRIBNER Contributing writer   GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.At the town’s southern gateway on U.S. Route 7 lies the derelict Great Barrington Fairgrounds, a complex of ramshackle stables and barns, an overgrown racetrack with vine-shrouded stewards’ towers, a crumbling grandstand, and ticket booths encased read more

    Town green for a localvore era
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    A butcher shop for local meats

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    By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. As the dinner hour approached on a recent Thursday evening, the foot traffic at The Meat Market began to increase. Some customers milled about at the front of the store, peering into glass cases for a closer look at the goods: tasso ham, a loin of roast read more

    A butcher shop for local meats
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    EPA tries to navigate conflicting demands on Housatonic cleanup

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    EPA tries to navigate conflicting demands on Housatonic cleanup By DAVID SCRIBNER Contributing writer   PITTSFIELD, Mass.Twelve years ago this month, General Electric Co. signed a consent decree with state and federal environmental agencies under which it agreed to clean up PCB pollution in the Housatonic River, setting the stage for the dredging of 1.5 read more

    EPA tries to navigate conflicting demands on Housatonic cleanup
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    Celebrating a folk legend

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    Performances around region mark Woody Guthrie centennial By EVAN LAWRENCE Contributing writer Woody Guthrie, one of America’s great voices during the Great Depression and World War II, was a restless soul. Leaving his home in Okemah, Okla., at the age of 18, he spent the next 23 years wandering the nation, moving frequently and traveling read more

    Celebrating a folk legend
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    Markets with a mission

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    Food co-ops expand their reach – and goals – around the region They did far better than that. By the time of its official grand opening on July 23, the co-op, with its old-fashioned barrels of bulk goods and signature 1950s appliances, had signed up 213 members. Those members paid either an annual $20 fee read more

    Markets with a mission
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    The second-home economy

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    Some see double-edged sword in region’s growth as rural getaway By NED OLIVER Contributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. Chris Martin and Anita Hotchkis spent a recent weekday morning tending the ever-evolving garden that surrounds their waterfront home in Great Barrington. The couple finished building their home overlooking Round Pond last year, but they still spend read more

    The second-home economy