SPORTS: Panthers golf team repeats star performance Nov 9, 2009
The Panthers headed to Monday s Division 3 State Tournament in Great Barrington with high expectations, led by a lineup featuring three individual state qualifiers. They last won the state title in 2006, finished a close third a year later, and were seventh last fall. (Holliston Tab, MA)
Hopkinton Notebook: Hiller boys earn TVL soccer title Nov 6, 2009
Hopkinton's Jace McCarron shot a 73 to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place in the State Division 3 Tournament Monday at the Wyantenuk Country Club in Great Barrington. As a team, Hopkinton finished tied for eighth with Hopedale with a 320 total. (Hopkinton Town Crier, MA)
Cabot hopes customers are drawn to quality Oct 31, 2009
Cabot is hosting open houses tomorrow between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at 29 farms in New England, including at Massachusetts farms in Carlisle, Hadley, New Braintree, Great Barrington, and Granville. Details can be found at. (Boston Globe)
Hiller golfers 2nd in South Sectional Oct 30, 2009
Pembroke, which was the lone non-TVL team among the top five, won a tiebreaker to earn the fourth and final spot in the state tournament Monday at the Wyantenuck Golf Club in Great Barrington. Hopkinton senior co-captain Sebastian Gutierrez led the Hillers by shooting a 77. (Hopkinton Town Crier, MA)
Div. 3 South golf: Panthers rise again in South Oct 29, 2009
Pembroke won a tiebreaker to earn the fourth and final qualifying spot for the Division 3 state championship to be held Monday in Great Barrington at Wyantenuck Golf Club. "That 309 is just very, very good," said Hopkinton's longtime coach Dick Bliss of the Panthers. (Holliston Tab, MA)
Thomas Glen Hollingsworth Oct 28, 2009
Deerfield from March 1956 to December 1972 as Mapping Department and Project Supervisor with experience in highway design practices; general surveying and surveying computations; deed research and analysis; Geodetic survey practices as applied to the Colorado-New Mexico Boundary dispute; Town and state cadastral mapping; Photogrametic interpretation, control, radial-line mapping and bridging procedures; Construction inspection; and worked the Tax Maps of Rowe, Dalton, Brewster, Pepperell, Great... (Camden Chronicle, TN)
Dentists begin kid correspondence contest Oct 4, 2009
The first-place winner was Jesse Goodman of Lexington, who wrote from his camp in Great Barrington. He let the Coppes know that he values his teeth and brushes them even when he is away from home. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Emphasis on health state, not police state Sep 25, 2009
Paul Mange Johansen Great Barrington. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Braves’ Cox to retire after ’10 season Sep 24, 2009
Robert Linn of Berkshire Hills Country Club fired an even-par 70 to win the New England Senior Amateur Championship at Wyantenuck CC in Great Barrington by three strokes. Conor Casey converted a penalty kick in second-half injury time as the Rapids salvaged a 1-all draw with the San Jose Earthquakes in a Major League Soccer game at Commerce City, Colo. (Boston Globe)
Garden program means fresh veggies in school cafeteria Sep 16, 2009
GREAT BARRINGTON - On a late August day, Monument Mountain Regional High School student Ben Fish is one of a dozen students working in the school garden, training cucumbers up a fence ... The student enterprise in Great Barrington seems unusual, but urban and rural schools through the country are planting gardens. (Boston Globe)
Peak Foliage in Southern New Englan... Sep 2, 2009
Look for the trailhead pull-out on Route 7 north of Great Barrington. Cape Cod and the Islands (Martha s Vineyard and Nantucket) don't boast the foliage of the mountains inland and to the north, but an autumn trip here is a great escape for East Coast urbanites. (Suite101.com)
* US farmers warm to the community agriculture model Aug 30, 2009
there are so many other things that are available, said Elizabeth Keen of Indian Line Farm in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Having a backup plan X multiple varieties of greens, for instance X is critical since members share the farmers risk. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
FEATURE - U.S. farmers warm to community agriculture model Aug 27, 2009
"It allows us to be extremely diverse. I can grow lots of different things, and if one thing doesn't work out ... there are so many other things that are available," said Elizabeth Keen of Indian Line Farm in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Having a backup plan -- multiple varieties of greens, for instance -- is critical since members share the farmer's risk. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Matching locally grown food from here and some from abroad Aug 26, 2009
We cleanse our palates with Berkshire Mountain Distillers Ice Glen Vodka from Great Barrington and Grey Goose from France. I gamely take a full shot of each. (Boston Globe)
Paul Francis Hackett Aug 19, 2009
He was also the Headmaster at the Dewey School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, a Principal at Queensbury Elementary School, in Queensbury, NY and finished his career as the Director of Student Teaching at Plattsburgh State University College, where he worked for 37 years. An educator for over half a century, Paul took great pride in the profession and was always honest with his students. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Governor finds support, solace in Western Mass. Aug 17, 2009
He got 80 percent of the vote in North Adams, 76 percent in Pittsfield, 80 percent in Great Barrington, and 84 percent in Amherst (his most lopsided victory in the state). Western Massachusetts, with about 13 percent of the state s population, is rarely pivotal in statewide elections. (Boston Globe)
State fines Peabody firm over wage violations. The company did work in Watertown. Jul 3, 2009
Bellingham Boston (Brighton, Mattapan, Roxbury) Cambridge Chicopee Clinton Danvers Everett Fitchburg Freetown Great Barrington Lawrence Leominster Malden Melrose Milford Newburyport Newton Peabody Quincy Somerville Stoneham Swampscott Topsfield Watertown West Boylston Weymouth Winchendon. Loading commenting interface. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
National Theatre in London to broadcast a live play, just like the Metropolitan Opera Jun 21, 2009
Massachusetts theaters screening the play are: Cape Cinema in Dennis (June 25); Mahaiwe Theater in Great Barrington (June 25); Memorial Hall in Shelburne Falls (June 28); Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater in Wellfleet (June 28); and Amherst Cinema in Amherst (July 22 and 25. There is no Boston-area venue. (Boston Globe)
Historic Harvard Graduates 1741-174... Jun 21, 2009
Bass, Bishop Edward (1744) of Newbury, died 1803; Bayley, Capt. Enoch (1742) of Newbury, died 1757; Bird, Rev. Samuel (1744) of New Haven, CT, d. 1784; Bourne, Nathaniel (1744) of Marshfield, died before 1748; Bourne, Shearjashhub (1743) of Bristol, died 1771; Bourne, Judge William (1743) of Marblehead, died 1770; Bowdoin, Gov. James (1745) of Boston, died 1790; Bowles, Isaac (1744) of Marshfield, died 1806; Brandon, Benjamin (1742) of Boston and St. Eustatia, died 1755; Breck, Dr. Samuel (1742)... (Suite101.com)
Massachusetts WorldFest Returns to Celebrate Diverse Festivals and Events Jun 17, 2009
Berkshire Summer Arts Festival, Great Barrington July 3-5 Latin American Festival, Worcester August 15-16 Bread & Roses Festival, Lawrence September 4-7 Sorrento Cheese Fishermans Feast, Boston August 13-16 Great New England Feast of the Holy Ghost, Fall River August 27-30. About The MCC. (PR Newswire)
Advice & Dissent May 30, 2009
"If public transit existed," this reader wrote, "that could guarantee one could get from Great Barrington to Pittsfield or North Adams in a timely way for an 8 a.m. reporting time. (Yes, there are lots of people in Western Massachusetts who do not have cars and rely on public transport.) Unfortunately, this is not the case.". Others dismissed such complaints. (Boston Globe)
Milton grad walking for 3-year-old niece May 22, 2009
By Sunday, around noon or so, his goal is to have walked 130 miles from Great Barrington at Belcher s Square to the Children s Hospital in Boston. Yes, his legs and body will take a beating, but this is all for his 3-year-old niece, Chaislynn Hauck of Mifflinburg, and to raise awareness for a condition she was diagnosed with after her birth. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
Building communities May 20, 2009
Massachusetts now has more than 60 CDCs working in communities from Provincetown to Great Barrington. Since 2003, these locally-run, grassroots organizations have engaged thousands of community residents to build or preserve 7,811 homes, created 11,609 job opportunities, supported 6,211 local entrepreneurs, served 123,556 families, and attracted $1. (Boston Globe)
Towns Sometimes Can't Avoid Troubled Contractor May 18, 2009
Barr temporarily has been disqualified while a revocation case proceeds, triggered by three failing evaluations for work on libraries in Dracut, Great Barrington and Middleton, Mass. The company's problems have sparked two other probes: The Connecticut department that maintains a roster of companies qualified to do work on public buildings has begun an inquiry, and the agency that regulates highway and bridge work in Massachusetts is reviewing Barr's certification to do transportation projects. (FOX61, CT)
Summer events listings May 17, 2009
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle St., Great Barrington ... Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle St., Great Barrington. (Boston Globe)
#12 GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS May 15, 2009
12 GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS - New York Post ... 12 GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS ... HOT TIP Great Barrington is hiking country, and every great hike needs a picnic. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Patrick's calendar shows many empty days May 12, 2009
After a busy day at the State House, he traveled 2 1/2 hours on the Massachusetts Turnpike to an early evening, town-hall-style meeting at the bandstand on Main Street in Great Barrington, two towns away from Richmond, site of the Patrick vacation manse. For the next 28 days, however, Patrick maintained an extremely light schedule and did not set foot in the State House, according to his daily calendars. (Boston Globe)
Junketing around the Junction, April 9 Apr 10, 2009
Among the many interesting items you ll find are jewelry made of recycled New England sea glass by Alyssa Brayshaw of Worcester, nightlights using recycled lamp parts by Lydia Harris of Haverhill, pins made of recycled metal scraps by Jufith Klein of Beverly, pencil jewelry by Jen Maestre of Concord (as recently featured in this paper), cheese plates made of slumped recycled wine bottles by Penny Faich of Woonsocket, R.I., a wide barn board coat rack by Ian Ferguson of Great Barrington, and... (Concord Journal, MA)
Communities Print Currency to Keep Money Local Apr 10, 2009
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. It looks like Monopoly money, but the colorful currency created by collaborators in the western Massachusetts town of Great Barrington is legal tender ... "It's kind of like a Great Barrington pride moment. I'm a citizen of Great Barrington. Here's my BerkShare.". (Fox News)
UMass to put W.E.B. Du Bois papers online Apr 4, 2009
W.E.B. Du Bois was born in nearby Great Barrington in 1868. He died in Ghana in 1963. (North County Times)
Men allegedly got cocaine from Hudson Mar 12, 2009
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA. Two brothers from Massachusetts who were arrested in Great Barrington Thursday night for possession of cocaine allegedly purchased the drugs in Columbia County, according to Great Barrington Police. Members of the Great Barrington Police Department and the Berkshire Drug Task Force arrested Benjamin Murphy, 24, of Monterey and his brother Jesse Murphy, 29, of Great Barrington, when they crossed back into Massachusetts at around 11 p.m. Thursday after allegedly buying... (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Volunteers In Medicine: Helping one uninsured at a time Feb 20, 2009
The only VIM clinic in Massachusetts is in Great Barrington, about 20 minutes south of Lenox, near New York State. VIM Berkshires is a two and a half hour drive from Boston. (Malden Observer, MA)
