Tag: Massachusetts

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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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    Judge clears the way for museum to sell art

    The Berkshire Museum has cleared the last legal hurdle in its quest to sell off $55 million worth of artwork from its collection. A justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court signed off April 5 on a deal reached in February by the museum and the state attorney general’s office allowing the sales to proceed. read more

    Judge clears the way for museum to sell art
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    A springtime bouquet of the arts

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    Author’s visit to The Mount is among 30 Berkshires events in ArtWeek The author Julia Pierpont, above, will visit The Mount in Lenox to discuss her new work, “The Little Book of Feminist Saints,” in one of 30 ArtWeek events planned around Berkshire County between April 27 and May 6. Courtesy photos   By KATE read more

    A springtime bouquet of the arts
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    Landscapes that bear witness to life

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    MoCA show draws on artist’s experiences of rural South Allison Janae Hamilton’s “When the Wind Has Teeth” (2015) is among the works featured in her new show, “Pitch,” which opened March 24 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. courtesy Mass MoCA   By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. A new read more

    Landscapes that bear witness to life
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    A new model of care

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    Region’s peer-respite homes offer alternative approach to mental health The weekly staff meeting at Alyssum, a peer-respite house in Rochester, Vt., is unlike any other gathering of its kind. The focus is on team building through an approach called “co-supervision.”Courtesy photo   By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer   For many people in the grip of a read more

    A new model of care
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    Local malls wither as shoppers go online

    From the Berkshires to Rutland, indoor shopping malls are seeking a new purpose as major retail chains abandon them in the face of online competition. At the Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough, four anchor stores – Best Buy, Macy’s, JCPenney and Sears — have pulled out since 2015, and one of the largest remaining retailers, American read more

    Local malls wither as shoppers go online
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    Election 2017

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    Here are the results from major local races and ballot issues in the Nov. 7 general elecction in New York and Massachusetts. Winning candidates are in bold type. A brief summary follows the results for each county. The results shown are final, official tallies certified by local election officials, except in the case of the read more

    Election 2017
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    Court halts art sale as Berkshire Museum faces scrutiny

    A Massachusetts Appeals Court justice has put the brakes on the Berkshire Museum’s plan to auction off as many as 40 works of art from its collection. The judge’s ruling on Nov. 10 — three days before an initial round of art was scheduled for auction at Sotheby’s in New York City – grants a read more

    Court halts art sale as Berkshire Museum faces scrutiny
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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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    Election 2017

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    Here are ballot questions and candidates for major local races in the Nov. 7 general election in New York and Massachusetts. A brief summary follows the candidate list for each county.   MASSACHUSETTS BERKSHIRE COUNTY State representative — First Berkshire DistrictJohn Barrett III (D)Christine M. Canning (R) North Adams mayorThomas BernardRobert Moulton Jr. The state read more

    Election 2017