Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), the inventor of dynamite, was a chemist, engineer, businessman and, most memorably, philanthropist; he was also a scholar, fluent in Russian, French, English and German. Above all, he loved poetry.
1Berkshire has put out a final call for nominations for its Berkshire Trendsetter Awards. Nominations can be made online and are due by Friday, July 1.
Hotel on North is the recipient of a 2016 Massachusetts Historical Commission Preservation Award in the category of Adaptive Reuse for the rehabilitation and restoration of the Burns Block and New Burns Block as Hotel on North.
Church says that the most rewarding part to her job at the Red Lion Inn has been seeking out local artists to feature in the shop and guiding them through the ins and outs of retail.
The IRS has reported a large uptick in the volume of phishing and malware fraud schemes this year, an increase of about 400 percent in tax scams since 2015.
Cybercriminals don’t just send fraudulent email messages and set up fake websites. They may also reach out to people by phone, either at home or in the office.
The fact that 1Berkshire would take a position on the Kinder-Morgan natural gas pipeline while accepting funds from Kinder-Morgan raises many questions, just as it did when they opposed the Housatonic River cleanup while accepting a large, secret donation from General Electric.
In his letter to the editor, state Rep. William “Smitty” Pignatelli writes: “In the best interest of my family and the district that I call home, it will be an honor for me to run for re-election to the House of Representatives.”
In January 2011, 1Berkshire received $300,000 from General Electric and then proceeded to develop a public relations and social media campaign to oppose dredging GE’s PCB pollution from the Housatonic River. The surreptitious funding and anti-environmental campaign led to the resignation of two 1Berkshire directors, both members of Berkshire Creative.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist David Cay Johnston wrote a prescient story last May about how electricity prices might soar if Wall Street succeeds in its attempts to manipulate power supply. New England will be a “test-case” for “Enron-style price-gouging,” which is “making a comeback. Under the rules of the electricity markets, the best way to earn huge profits is by reducing the supply of power.”
