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.
The six candidates for Great Barrington Selectboard range from two men and one woman who have been on the scene for a long time to younger office seekers looking for generational change on the board.
In his 37 years at Berkshire School, he taught math, chaired the math department, coached boys’ tennis and worked with students in the outdoor program, among many other activities.
A graduate of Monument Mountain Regional High School, she also graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Springfield Technical Community College.
As you continue to read, I want you to imagine an iceberg. Both Forbes and the New York Times thought they were being told, and telling us, the true story of Cambridge Analytica. But they and we saw only a small portion of what Cambridge Analytica wanted us to see.
Friday, March 23, is the last day nomination papers can be obtained from the town clerk for candidates who want to be on the ballot for the Tuesday, May 15, nonpartisan municipal elections.
In his letter to the editor, Charles Ferris writes: “It was a foregone Conclusion, an undeniable Truth, that we here in New England were better than all the rest.”
In Texas, Taylor helped foster the creation of New Hope Housing, which pioneered the approach in Houston of using single-room occupancy housing coupled with intensive counseling and employment support services to help solve chronic homelessness among city residents.
Snow negates the smaller elements of the landscape – the grasses and perennials that distract us from spring through fall -- and allows us to see the big picture. We see the architecture and poetics of the space itself.
“Trump doesn’t like to lose. If he doesn’t make renewables a priority, he will lose to the countries that are working to be clean energy leaders.”
-- Maya van Rossum, head of Delaware Riverkeeper Network
As reporters for DNN (Dogs' News Network) Lulu and Hershey are working the Republican Convention in Cleveland where there's a sinister back story to the presumptive nominee.
By any number of measures – state accident reports, scholarly studies, in-depth reporting, and filed lawsuits -- hydrofracking operations are endangering the health of people who live in the vicinity, and degrading the air and water.
