Jeromie Whalen realized that the old guard of Democratic leaders were not up to the task of securing our future. He knew that politics as usual was not enough in the face of the right-wing threat that faced all of them.
While overall real estate sales in Berkshire County dipped during the first half of 2019 by $4.4 million when compared to sales transacted in 2018, residential and multifamily markets both showed robust gains.
At Monday's selectboard meeting, member Kate Burke noted that the money cannot be spent yet because it was not budgeted for. The disposition of the funds will be discussed during budget deliberations this fall.
"It's exciting. It's interesting and we'll see where it goes, but I don't see any problems other than maybe traffic for awhile, but I don't really see any downside."
-- Lee Selectwoman Patricia Carlino
Some dialogue seems false, too: Would a Black preacher in 1906 use modern mediaspeak like “optics” when describing the appearance of the clergy’s public position on Ota’s captivity? Where’s the dramaturg?
It's an unusual experience to have WTF open a season with two plays on its stages dealing with Black subject matter. With two excellent productions and two fine casts, that is how 2019 has started.
Human dignity is what is at the core of Hansberry’s work and most vividly brought home by the moving, wrenching second-act speech of Walter, which summons all the pain of generation after generation of injustice to the African-American male.
