Tag: Massachusetts

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    Election 2014: The pendulum swings to red

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    Here are the detailed results of federal and state elections held Nov. 4 across the region. A guide to politcal party abbreviations is at right. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*). Winners are marked in bold. Figures for Massachusetts and Vermont are the final, certified results from the secretary of state’s office in each read more

    Election 2014: The pendulum swings to red
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    Modern landscapes, digitally refracted

    Exhibit showcases a pioneer of using computers in visual art By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Works by Anne Morgan Spalter, who wrote a widely used textbook on the use of computers in the visual arts, are the focus of a new exhibit at the Independent Art Projects gallery in North Adams. In Anne read more

    Modern landscapes, digitally refracted
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    Two cities, two tales of managing growth

    By coincidence we have two stories in this issue about small cities in the region that are grappling with how best to preserve their character and shape their future development.Pittsfield and Saratoga Springs are separated by a state line and have quite different economic and political traditions, so it may not be entirely fair to read more

    Two cities, two tales of managing growth
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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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    Election 2014 Preview: Who’s on your ballot

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    Here are the candidates and referendum questions on ballots for the Nov. 4 federal and state elections across the region. Because of space limitations, uncontested races are not included. A guide to political party abbreviations is at right. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*). Polls are open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to read more

    Election 2014 Preview: Who’s on your ballot
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    Fast-food chain yields to outrage, spares church

    When a major operator of Dunkin’ Donuts stores revealed plans last month to buy and demolish a landmark former Catholic church in Pittsfield, Mass., the public reaction was swift and negative.Over the next couple of weeks, some 1,400 people signed an online petition to save the former St. Mary the Morning Star Church on Tyler read more

    Fast-food chain yields to outrage, spares church
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    Buzz of the back yard

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    By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. When Alethea Morrison started her journey into the world of beekeeping five years ago, she and her husband kept a journal to document the experience.Last year, the journal became a book – “Homegrown Honey Bees: Beekeeping Your First Year, from Hiving to Honey Harvest” – put out by Storey read more

    Buzz of the back yard
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    Gas pipeline plan set to advance

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    Company prepares for federal review of route through Berkshires By JOHN TOWNES Contributing writer   Protesters gathered in early July at Hilltop Orchard in Richmond, Mass., for the first in a series of demonstrations across the state against a proposed natural gas pipeline. The pipeline would enter the state at Richmond and run through Lenox read more

    Gas pipeline plan set to advance
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    Rhiannon Giddens and Carolina Chocolate Drops play FreshGrass

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    Arts & Culture Sept. 2014 Carolina Chocolate Drops to perform at Fresh Grass Festival By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass.   When the Carolina Chocolate Drops perform at the opening night of this year’s FreshGrass festival in North Adams, Rhiannon Giddens, left, will be the only one of the founding members still in the read more

    Rhiannon Giddens and Carolina Chocolate Drops play FreshGrass
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    Worlds apart, under one roof

    Exhibit links artist’s life experiences, Egypt’s upheaval By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Julia Morgan-Leamon’s “Split/Level” takes a suburban housing style from the 1970s and reshuffles it into a metaphorical zone that’s part personal history and part global reality. The exhibition, which opened July 31 and remains on view through Aug. 24 in Gallery read more

    Worlds apart, under one roof