Former Pittsfield Mayor to appear at Boston meeting with state education commissioner
PITTSFIELD- Westfield University President Evan Samuel Dobelle and his board of trustees have been summoned to Boston Friday to answer questions about reports of Dobelle using university-related credit cards for…
Update on fiber-optic broadband connectivity to the Lenox Library
Sharon Hawkes, Executive Director of the Lenox Library, recently offered a status report on the Massachusetts Broadband 123 initiative. MBI is building over 1,200 miles of fiber-optic cable to connect…
HRI embraces alternative method for Housatonic cleanup
GREAT BARRINGTON — The ongoing issue of cleaning up PCBs from the Housatonic River could soon reach a breakthrough, that is, if a pilot test of a new alternative technology…
NATIONAL GRID OFFERS TIPS FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Western MA has experienced unprecedented severe weather events over the last several years. National Grid (NG) reminds customers to plan ahead, be prepared, and stay safe in the event of…
New cancer center at Hillcrest built to be green
PITTSFIELD — Construction is currently underway at the Hillcrest campus of Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) in Pittsfield for a state-of-the-art new cancer center, to be operated by BMC with the…
Massachusetts Broadband 123 Director’s Corner
Massachusetts Broadband 123 Director’s Corner By Judith Dumont As summer winds down and we enter the beautiful fall in New England, we are very excited that several towns are…
Mass Gov. kills computer tax
Gov. Deval L. Patrick said he no longer supports a controversial new computer software services tax that has raised issues of opposition from the state’s technology community and spawned numerous…
Botstein address celebrates OLLI 20th anniversary
GREAT BARRINGTON — “Growing old, especially in this culture, is a dismal thing,” said Dr. Leon Botstein during a lecture held last Sunday at Bard College at Simon’s Rock to…
State divestment bill gains momentum
BOSTON — Massachusetts is one of the leading states in the U.S. in building a clean energy economy and number one in the nation in energy efficiency. Now the Bay…
Medical marijuana dispensaries coming to Western MA?
Former Democratic Pittsfield state Sen. Andrea F. Nuciforo is one of two former state senators to file applications for nonprofit groups to operate medical marijuana dispensaries in Western Mass, according…