Weekends of protests continue. This weekend (April 29), a nationwide People's Climate March; last weekend (April 22), the March for Science. Here is Ben Hillman's video report on the Science March.
The news behind the news with Edge Managing Editor Heather Bellow: lynching threat at Monument Mountain Regional High School; drinking and driving by Great Barrington Police officer; the BNRC's High Road trail network; and the lack of treatment options for the opioid epidemic in South Berkshire County.
Interviewed by Jim Frangione, Berkshire Edge Managing Editor Heather Bellow discusses the issues she's been covering: proposed PCB dump in Housatonic; the new Jane Iredale/Louisa Ellis store in Great Barrington; the redevelopment of the top of Railroad Street; access to broadband Internet in the rural Berkshires; and the Democratic primary election.
Edgecast videographers Jason Brown and Jim Frangione interview Susan Wissler, executive director of The Mount, who explains how The Mount has restored the legacy of author Edith Wharton.
An Edgecast video report on the May 7 march against General Electric's proposal to create a toxic PCB waste dump in the village of Housatonic, along the banks of the Housatonic River at Rising Pond.
An EdgeCast exclusive: Actors David Adkins and Corrina May, husband and wife, both appearing in Berkshire theatre productions this season, talk about their relationship and their careers.
An EdgeCast profile of Berkshire multimedia entrepreneur John Whalan of Black Ice Entertainment, who uses his craft to support local institutions such as Community Access to the Arts (CATA) and Berkshire Playwrights Lab. Narrated by Jim Frangione.
