Tag: Massachusetts

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    Meditation for the masses

    Yoga center’s program offers ‘mindfulness’ as a tool for social change By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   Children in the early education program at Sunrise Family Resource Center in Bennington try “breathing like lions” as part of their daily mindfulness exercises. Nicole Bushika photo At the Sunrise Family Resource Center in Bennington, toddlers in read more

    Meditation for the masses
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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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    Vote creates fund for preservation in Pittsfield

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    Pittsfield backs property-tax surcharge that could help save landmarks By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.   The Masonic Temple building on South Street in Pittsfield is for sale, and preservationists say it is among several landmark structures in the city that face an uncertain future. Concern about the demolition or threatened loss of familiar structures read more

    Vote creates fund for preservation in Pittsfield
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    Election 2016 results

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    Here are the results of the Nov. 6 election for federal and state offices across the region. Winning candidates are in boldface type if the outcome is not in dispute. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*).Statewide results for the presidential race are listed in the main table; a separate county-by-county tally of presidential returns read more

    Election 2016 results
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    Looking racism in the eye

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    In new book, Williams professor confronts his roots in the Jim Crow era By JOHN SEVENContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.   Charles Dew, an American history professor at Williams College, is known for his expertise on the Civil War and the era of Reconstruction. His new memoir details his experiences growing up in the segregated South read more

    Looking racism in the eye
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    Historic house for lease; bring own tools

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    Live-in curator sought for childhood home of Susan B. Anthony By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer GREENWICH, N.Y.   New York state acquired the former Susan B. Anthony home in Battenville in 2006 for preservation as a historic site, but the property has stood empty and deteriorating for the past decade. Now, under a recent legal change, read more

    Historic house for lease; bring own tools
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    Berkshires’ path to the future? A network of walking trails

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    Group aims for 200-mile network of walking trails across county By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.   Olivia’s Overlook, which offers a sweeping view of Stockbridge Bowl from Richmond Mountain Road in Lenox, is among many properties conserved by the Berkshire Natural Resources Council. The group recently unveiled an ambitious effort to link these sites read more

    Berkshires’ path to the future? A network of walking trails
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    Research center set to reopen at the Clark

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    New gallery space features exhibit of early photography By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.   Graduate students and scholars-in-residence are already using the newly renovated Manton Research Center at the Clark Art Institute, but the center will have its grand reopening to the public on the weekend of Nov. 12-13, with exhibits, lectures and a read more

    Research center set to reopen at the Clark
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    To heal our democracy, change how we vote

    As November dawns, voters across our region are headed to the polls, inspired by a particularly high-minded campaign and impressed by the choice of so many fine candidates for public offices from the presidency on down. Well, we can dream, can’t we? The reality, of course, is that we’ve just endured a presidential campaign that read more

    To heal our democracy, change how we vote
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    Marijuana legalization debate heats up as vote nears

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    Marijuana legalization debate heats up as vote nears in Mass. By CRAIG IDLEBROOKContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.   Judy Harris thinks marijuana would help with pain from her childhood case of polio, but trying to navigate the state’s medical marijuana system proved too frustrating. Now she favors outright legalization. Emily Walsh photo Judy Harris wants pot, read more

    Marijuana legalization debate heats up as vote nears