Tag: Pittsfield

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    Berkshire Museum raises howls with plan to sell off art

    Art lovers in the Berkshires and beyond are in an uproar after the Berkshire Museum revealed plans last month to auction off 40 works from its collection and use the proceeds to stabilize its endowment and renovate its building. The museum’s leaders say the sale is part of a $60 million “reinvention plan” in which read more

    Berkshire Museum raises howls with plan to sell off art
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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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    At this cafe, repairs are on the menu

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    Pittsfield group counters throwaway society by fixing household items By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.   A volunteer helps to repair a broken picture frame at the Pittsfield Repair Cafe. Every month from March through October, the group gathers to fix household items that might otherwise wind up in landfills or remain stashed unused in read more

    At this cafe, repairs are on the menu
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    Foam-free zone expands to Pittsfield

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    By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.   Polystyrene foam cups like these will be prohibited in Pittsfield, Mass., beginning in July under a local law adopted in October. The city joins Great Barrington, Williamstown and six other Massachusetts towns in restricting the use of foam coffee cups and clamshell takeout containers. Susan Sabino photo There read more

    Foam-free zone expands to Pittsfield
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    Amid virtual shopping, real stores find a way

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    Region’s downtowns tap into growth of buy-local movement By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer   In the shadow of ever-expanding online and big-box commerce, locally owned businesses are still finding ways to draw customers downtown this year as the holidays draw near. The attractions vary widely: scrabble lights or Haiku poetry games, fresh arugula in midwinter, the read more

    Amid virtual shopping, real stores find a way
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    X-Files of the Berkshires

    Writer documents local tales of the macabre and mysterious By JOHN SEVENContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.   Among the sites writer Joe Durwin investigated in “These Mysterious Hills” is the former main house at Camp Windigo, a former summer camp in the Berkshires hill town of Windsor. Courtesy Joe Durwin Berkshire County may not have an read more

    X-Files of the Berkshires
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    Two mayors face uphill races in the Berkshires

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    Mayoral races top ballot in Mass., N.Y. By FRED DALEY Editor The mayors of Pittsfield and North Adams both appear to face uphill climbs for re-election on Nov. 3 after they each posted distant second-place finishes in preliminary elections held last month. The two races in the Berkshires, along with mayoral races in Hudson and read more

    Two mayors face uphill races in the Berkshires
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    Downtown hotel raises hopes

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    $14M project hailed as symbol of change for Pittsfield By HEATHER BELLOWThe Berkshire Edge PITTSFIELD, Mass.   Hotel on North, which opened last month in downtown Pittsfield, is managed by Main Street Hospitality Group, which also runs The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, the Williams Inn in Williamstown and The Porches Inn in North Adams. read more

    Downtown hotel raises hopes
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    Keeping a city’s past intact

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    In Pittsfield, campaign to save church leads to wider preservation effort By JOHN TOWNES Contributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.       The former St. Mary the Morning Star Church in Pittsfield has helped to spawn a new preservation drive in the city after a developer proposed this fall to raze it to make way for read more

    Keeping a city’s past intact
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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