Tag: Massachusetts

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    In taut stories, women explore race, grief

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    The Mount to host writer Danielle Evans in virtual discussion The writer Danielle Evans will hold a virtual discussion of her new fiction collection on Nov. 15 at The Mount in Lenox, Mass.   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer LENOX, Mass. On a fall evening in the early dark, a woman is reading her stories aloud. read more

    In taut stories, women explore race, grief
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    A holiday landscape of light and sound

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      The grounds of The Mount, Edith Wharton’s historic home in Lenox, will be transformed by NightWood, a holiday season light and sound show that opens Nov. 19 and runs through Jan. 3. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer LENOX, Mass. The gardens will wake with elf-light and firelight, a drumbeat and a sound read more

    A holiday landscape of light and sound
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    Push for police reform roils Williamstown

    Officials in Williamstown, Mass., say they want to commission an independent review of policies and procedures at the town police department, which in recent months has been rocked by allegations of racial and sexual harassment. But some critics, including members of a town advisory panel, say the Select Board needs to move more swiftly and read more

    Push for police reform roils Williamstown
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    After the campaign: It’s the virus, stupid

    As this issue heads to press on the eve of Election Day, we don’t know yet whether the coming year will bring a change in presidential administration or control of Congress. But it’s becoming clear that no matter who’s in charge in Washington, the next stage of the coronavirus crisis is upon us. We’re facing read more

    After the campaign: It’s the virus, stupid
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    Local role in push for women’s rights

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    Show highlights friendship of Susan B. Anthony, Hubbard Hall founder   David Snider and Kathrine Danforth of Hubbard Hall display a new historical marker commemorating Susan B. Anthony’s 1894 visit to the hall as she campaigned for women’s rights. Hubbard Hall will explore the region’s role in the women’s suffrage movement in a new play, read more

    Local role in push for women’s rights
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    Election 2020 Preview

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    Here are the candidates and referendum questions on ballots for the Nov. 3 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 (*).   MASSACHUSETTS   President and Vice PresidentJoseph R. Biden and read more

    Election 2020 Preview
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    Seeking strength and sanctuary

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    At MCLA artists put college’s focus on immigration Trinh Mai Thach works on a portrait of her husband at her studio in southern California. The work will be shown at Gallery 51 in North Adams as part of a yearlong show related to immigration.courtesy photo By KATE ABBOTT Contributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. In her read more

    Seeking strength and sanctuary
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    In ranked-choice voting, a cure for what ails

    As this issue of the paper goes to press, our ears are still ringing from an event that was billed as the first presidential debate of the campaign season. It was, of course, neither presidential nor debate, and the term harassment seemed more apt as the president repeatedly interrupted and heckled both his opponent and read more

    In ranked-choice voting, a cure for what ails
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    Are we ready to vote?

      A voter casts an early ballot at North Adams City Hall in advance of the Sept. 1 state primary in Massachusetts. photo by Joan K. Lentini   By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer   Elections officials across the region are scrambling to prepare for a surge of mail-in or drop-off ballots this fall against the backdrop read more

    Are we ready to vote?
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    In pandemic’s wake, some see changes for region

    Will urban dwellers who escaped to countryside opt to stay long-term? By CRAIG IDLEBROOKContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. The Berkshires were awfully quiet this summer, with Tanglewood and many other cultural sites shuttered or gone virtual because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but Eric Steuernagle has been a very busy man. Steuernagle, the owner of Fairground read more

    In pandemic’s wake, some see changes for region