Tag: Pittsfield

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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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    Couple’s efforts lead to new arts center for Pittsfield

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    By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass. Over the past two years, a Pittsfield native’s desire to give something back to her hometown has resulted in the creation of a new arts center in a converted mansion in the city center.The Whitney Center for the Arts began hosting performances and exhibitions last summer in a sprawling read more

    Couple’s efforts lead to new arts center for Pittsfield
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    Theater festival goes urban

    Berkshire Fringe finds new home in Pittsfield arts district By STACEY MORRISContributing writer   PITTSFIELD, Mass.After nine years of producing cutting-edge summer theater in Great Barrington, The Berkshire Fringe will celebrate its 10th anniversary in August at a new home in Pittsfield’s Upstreet arts district. From its new urban base at the Shire City Sanctuary, read more

    Theater festival goes urban
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    Take a sip, feel the heat

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    By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer PITTSFIELD, MASS. Dana St. Pierre recalled a recent experience at the Honest Weight Food Co-op Food Fair in Albany. There were dozens of vendors with booths set up along the lake in Washington Park selling edible delights ranging from homemade soups and grass-fed beef sliders to cupcakes and homemade peanut read more

    Take a sip, feel the heat
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    EPA tries to navigate conflicting demands on Housatonic cleanup

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    EPA tries to navigate conflicting demands on Housatonic cleanup By DAVID SCRIBNER Contributing writer   PITTSFIELD, Mass.Twelve years ago this month, General Electric Co. signed a consent decree with state and federal environmental agencies under which it agreed to clean up PCB pollution in the Housatonic River, setting the stage for the dredging of 1.5 read more

    EPA tries to navigate conflicting demands on Housatonic cleanup
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    Bipartisan push on mercury pollution

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    Senate vote keeps tougher emission controls on track By CRAIG IDLEBROOK Contributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.At first glance, Mark Jester doesn’t seem like the right demographic to be calling for tougher rules from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Jester is a registered Republican who ran in a special election for state representative last year, and his read more

    Bipartisan push on mercury pollution
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    A celebration of birds — Audubon prints at Berkshire Museum

    By EVAN LAWRENCE Contributing writer   PITTSFIELD, Mass.Bird lovers, prepare to be delighted. A new show at the Berkshire Museum, “Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds,” pairs original prints from John James Audubon’s groundbreaking “Birds of America” with a dazzling collection of mounted birds and a gallery that introduces the wonder of bird read more

    A celebration of birds — Audubon prints at Berkshire Museum
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    State pushes to limit Housatonic cleanup

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    Mass. backs GE’s call to restrict scope of PCB removal By DAVID SCRIBNER Contributing writer LENOX, Mass.From Canoe Meadows, the 285-acre Audubon wildlife preserve in southeast Pittsfield, the Housatonic River winds its way south in a coil of oxbows through a floodplain flanked by farms and wetlands, creating one of the most diverse wildlife habitats read more

    State pushes to limit Housatonic cleanup
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    Reviving a slice of Pittsfield history

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    Century-old play set to return to Colonial stage By NANCY ROTHMAN Contributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.A little more than 100 years ago, a local playwright and a composer dug into Pittsfield’s past to create a lighthearted look at the events near the end of the War of 1812. The result was a comedic opera, called “The read more

    Reviving a slice of Pittsfield history
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    Study backs restoring trains to Berkshires

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    Service would boost tourism, attract more young adults, economist says By DAVID SCRIBNER Contributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.In 1971, when the last passenger train from New York City creaked into the nearly deserted Pittsfield terminal, the price of gasoline was 36 cents a gallon. For the most part, people at that time who traveled to metropolitan read more

    Study backs restoring trains to Berkshires