In his professional life, Bob spent nearly 50 years as an insurance broker, first with William Fleisch & Co. in New York City.
Tag: Berkshires
Etta Dugan, 94, of Monterey
Etta was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She especially loved her role as “Grandma.” Her children and grandchildren were her pride and joy.
Berkshire Grown: Where to find local food and farms
The Berkshire Edge Magazine is happy to present Berkshire Grown’s annual guide to food and farms. Keep Farmers Farming! Find their products in this guide.
Let’s Wander! Hitting the trails to stay (mostly) sane
We’re lucky here in the Berkshires. We’ve got nature ⎯ that secret sauce that revives under nearly all circumstances and is there, free, for the vibing.
Kitchen Love: Berkshire chefs want to comfort you
How long must we wait to get back into these Berkshire restaurants ? To be nourished and loved?
Jeananne Sullivan, 85, of Lenox
Jeananne was a homemaker until her kids were in school when she took a job as a secretary and assistant to Norman Simpson in Stockbridge. His firm developed the book “Country Inn’s and Back Roads”
Nick Diller weather summary: July 2020, humid and hot
The high humidity and temperatures, according to a Washington Post, are caused by the rising temperatures of the Atlantic Ocean.
Ronald G. ‘Ronnie’ Leonard, 84, of Hartsville
Ronnie, with Ida by his side, started a business venture and created Mount Everett Landscaping and Construction.
Democracy demands openness to various points of view
The democratic principles that I espouse are egalitarian and pluralistic,such as those undertaken in 1789 and again in 1791 at the ratification of the Bill of Rights.
EDGECAST: Ben Downing on why winning the White House isn’t enough
Former State Sen. Ben Downing spoke via Zoom to the Town of Sheffield Democratic Committee.
Boarding school students are not a danger
I am sure the schools are taking all kinds of steps to protect their students and teachers and the communities they’re in.
Gary James Pease, 58, of Sandisfield, Mass.
Gary was a graduate of Monument Mountain Regional High School class of 1979. He owned and worked for G.J. Pease Land Clearing & Logging.
Discolored water of Housatonic Water Co. is unacceptable
The customers of Housatonic Water Company are paying for water they can’t drink, and still the state allows this.
Berkshire region real estate sales June 28 – July 4, 2020
The latest weekly report of real estate sales in the Berkshire region of Western Massachusetts and Northwest Connecticut: June 28 – July 4, 2020
Michelle Barrier Nightt, 51, of Brockton, formerly of Sheffield
She will be remembered by friends and family for her courage, loyalty and enthusiasm.
Bits & Bytes: SculptureNow video tours; ‘Old Country Barns’; ‘The Founding Fortunes’; National Moth Week workshop
Two large, lit screens will be set up in different locations and participants will collect data to document and identify as many species of moths as they can.
News Brief: Great Barrington sets special town meeting for Sept. 15
The deadline for citizen petition articles to be included on the special town meeting warrant is Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 4 p.m.
Sharon L. Keefner, 73, of Great Barrington
Sharon was an avid reader and shared many good times with their wide circle of friends.
CAPITAL IDEAS: Politics slowing the recovery
Dalton — We’re entering the third quarter, which has historically been the worst quarter of the year for the stock market. We’re also entering the final four months of an election season, which tends to experience some stock market weakness somewhere in the middle of that stretch. As an investor, I’m not excited about the
Bits & Bytes: Mahaiwe drive-in movies; Howardena Pindell at Art Omi; online theater workshop; screenplay submissions
During the workshop, guest choreographers Becky and Jamal Ahamad, Community Works alums and creators of the dance troupe dysFUNK, will show how movement tells a story.
News Brief: Great Barrington to launch GB S.A.F.E. program
The brainchild of local business owner Richard Stanley, the project was further developed by @GBLabs to showcase area businesses that are being responsible and responsive during this uncertain time.
The Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival schedule in a nutshell
Navigating one’s way from the bso.org home page to all the relevant schedule pages is probably a bit easier than driving a semi truck through downtown Boston during rush hour, but it is still not exactly straightforward, especially when it comes to seeing lists of paid content.
Great Barrington Selectboard denounces racism, initiates review of police practices
The goal of the reexamination of the role of the police is to “transform the police into a force for justice. We are not painting our Police Department with the same brush as other departments in other cities.”
— Selectboard member Leigh Davis
Housatonic’s Peter Pan: Jeanne Bassis and the power of play
Bassis strives to bring a sense of playfulness and “lighthearted curiosity” to the table while encouraging others, regardless of age, “to be more playful from the inside out.”
BSO Musicians in Recital from Tanglewood: Sebring, Overton, Schumann, Dukas and Mozart
Of course, as Sebring warns, the only appropriate recital space for an alphorn is the great outdoors — alps if you have them, the Berkshire hills if you don’t.
Birth announcement
A girl born at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington
EYES TO THE SKY: Act for dark skies. See Jupiter and Saturn with Swan and Scorpion
Returning to Jupiter and Saturn in the nighttime sky, we find the planets in the neighborhood of summer’s most iconic star patterns.
Alan Chartock: I Publius, A farewell to Carl Reiner
I have quoted liberally from “The 2000 Year Old Man” for years. Many of my friends and I have committed a good deal of his work to memory and it has become a short hand for almost every political situation.
Berkshires-centric ‘farm-to-label’ cannabis shop to open next week in Sheffield
The Pass has a large retail building, and behind it are two facilities: one for growing and another for processing. In addition, the Pass has a grow facility in Ashley Falls.
Business Briefs: Greylock expands to Hudson; Downtown Pittsfield ambassadors; Villages of the Berkshires grant; Jacob’s Pillow commission; new Mezze co-cowners
Villages of the Berkshires is launching an effort to provide volunteer services such as friendly visitors or companionship, local transportation, technology support, and basic household repairs and assistance to seniors in the Berkshires.
From Tanglewood, Great Performers in Recital: Gil Shaham
It takes, in addition to garden-variety virtuosity, some kind of rare mojo to do what Mr. Shaham does, and that is exactly why it is so rewarding to watch him do it.
Berkshire region real estate sales June 21-27, 2020
The latest weekly report of real estate sales in the Berkshire region of Western Massachusetts and Northwest Connecticut: June 21-27, 2020