MSNBC anchor to talk at Williams on Tuesday evening

MSNBC anchor to talk at college
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LINK: Presentations from Williams College panel on Pownal, Vt., biomass plant proposal

Http://blogs.williams.edu/sustainability/2010/10/29/biomass-pros-and-cons-panel/

Williams sets meetings on biomass issue - Bennington Banner

Williams sets meetings on biomass issue - Bennington Banner

Williams sets meetings on biomass issue Bennington Banner WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Two scientists, an engineer, and a lawyer spoke to a large crowd gathered at Griffin Hall at Williams College Thursday about aspects ... and more »

News from Cricket Creek Farm

News from Cricket Creek Farm What's News... Bakery Buzz A Boy for PJ Beef! Planning for the Future For Your Calendar Visit our website! www.cricketcreekfarm.com Bakery Buzz Jamie's Choice for Monday November 1st is Golden Flaxseed.   Breakfast Buns on Friday November 5th will be Apricot Ginger. Muffins this week will be... Monday: Bran with Raisin Thursday: Pumpkin Walnut Friday: Black & Blue Saturday: Hopper Sunrise Buttermilk Currant Scones will be on Wednesday and Saturday. It's Whole Oat's turn on Monday November 1st (Whole Oat and Seven Grain trade weeks) A Boy for PJ Our cow Dragon PJ had a boy calf overnight Wednesday which was right on her due date! Beef! Beef has been restocked. We got more roasts this time - Sirloin Tip, Chuck Roast & Rib Roasts - how perfect for these cold nights! Planning for the Future We have started to plant blueberry and raspberry plants in the beds in front of the barn/store/office. It's so important to have your flowers and lawn ornament match! For Your Calendar... NEXT WEEK! November 8 -- "Getting to Know Berkshire Grown: Celebrate NoCo" at Mezze, 5:30 to 7:30. Call Berkshire Grown (413-528-0041) for tickets and more information. --- November 20 -- Holiday Farmer's Markets in Williamstown & Great Barrington. Get local products for your Thanksgiving table (or just any day of the week's table!) December 18 -- Holiday Farmer's Markets in Williamstown & Great Barrington. Last year's markets for Thanksgiving were so well received another has been added for Christmas. Cricket Creek Farm Store is open seven days a week from 7AM to 8PM

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Schools seeing savings after staff merger

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The Mount Greylock Regional, Williamstown and Lanesborough school districts collectively saved about $195,000 in their fiscal 2011 budgets from merging their senior administration positions.

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Dear Members, With the election just days away, it is essential to understand the issues and policies that will come before us on November 2nd. Mass Audubon has received numerous inquiries regarding our position on Ballot Question 3: the Massachusetts State Sales Tax Rollback. This proposed law would reduce the state sales and use tax rates (presently at 6.25%) to 3% as of January 1, 2011. Along with many other nonprofits across the state, we urge you to Vote No on Question 3. If passed, implementation of Question 3 would result in devastating cuts to all parts of state government including environmental agencies and programs already hit with significant budget cuts. Environmental agencies account for less than 1% of the state budget. According to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, passage of Question 3 would result in across-the-board cuts of approximately 30 percent in virtually all state programs, including local aid, higher education, human services, prisons, courts, environmental protection, state parks, and beaches. Many programs and agencies would be drastically reduced if not eliminated with just a handful of core staff monitoring state compliance with federal health and environmental standards for things such as air and water quality. Mass Audubon's legislative priorities including the environmental bond, oceans act, and renewable energy legislation would be limited in their implementation. Parks' infrastructure would not only continue to crumble from years of deferred maintenance, but would more quickly degrade as the Department of Conservation and Recreation would not have the funding to provide even basic maintenance or to keep parks open and appropriately staffed. This decision will impact our environment – for this and future generations. Vote No on Question 3 and help Protect the Nature of Massachusetts. Thank you, Laura Johnson President Mass Audubon Mass Audubon 208 South Great Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781-259-9500 / 800-AUDUBON http://www.massaudubon.org/

Northern Berkshire Local Food Meeting planned Nov. 3 at Images Cinema

This announcement was written by Jay Walsh.

Time: November 3, 2010 from 10am to 2pm
Location: Images Cinema
Organized By: Northern Berkshire Transition:

Event Description:
Northern Berkshire* Local Food Security Study
The first phase of this project is a local food security study, leading to a comprehensive report profiling our community’s food needs and the local resources available to meet them.

The second phase is a community food planning process, during which we will use our assessment to identify projects, partnerships, and policy changes which will use local resources to meet the food needs of the citizens populating the Northern Berkshire region (population roughly 35,000) and provide expanded economic opportunities for community residents.

Day: Wednesday November 3rd, 2010
Time: Presentation 10 AM - Noon, Followed by lunch/breakout discussion and feedback Noon-2:00PM
Venue: Images Cinema, Spring Street Williamstown, MA. Lunch next door at The Red Herring

Should you like to attend this event please RSVP to nbtransition@gmail.com

Presentation: A representative from the Conway School of Landscape Design will review the details of their recent “Feed Northampton” study. Their services are being considered by Northern Berkshire Transition for conducting a similar study of our region. The purpose of the stakeholder meeting is to get addition feedback on what other important information should be collected that would be useful as part of this study as well as for stakeholders in seeking future funding grants for their respective organizations to expand our local food production.

This process will create greater understanding of our local food resources and organizational capacity to influence local policies including outreach to, and education of, the population served by local foods, zoning for urban gardens, and economic support for new and existing food-related businesses including farmers markets, CSA's, Community Gardens and School Garden Projects. Meeting the goals of this project will provide a solid framework to evaluate current local efforts to meet the food needs of Northern Berkshire* residents and will provide a model for future efforts to address further need.

The process will broaden the coalition of individuals and organizations addressing these needs and enable us to move forward with future projects in a strategic way.

In addition, we are looking to involve students from both MCLA and Williams Colleges to conduct specific independent research to feed into the larger study by the Conway School. This final report will present pertinent baseline data on nutrition and crop-growing requirements; analyzes town and city development and social patterns; evaluates natural conditions that affect food-producing potential; offer case studies and existing models of localized food production; and create conceptual designs for food production in the Northern Berkshire region.
You can review similar studies recently conducted by the Conway School below.

Feed Northamptonhttp://issuu.com/conwaydesign/docs/feed_northampton_april2010
Cultivating Resilience -Shelburne Falls, MAhttp://issuu.com/conwaydesign/docs/foodsecurity

*Northern Berkshire Consisting of the towns of Adams, Clarksburg, Florida, North Adams, Savoy and Williamstown. The study may include some bordering communities in New York and Southern Vermont.

CONTACT:
Jay Walsh
Northern Berkshire Transition
northernberkshiretransition.ning.com/
nbtransition@gmail.com

See more details and RSVP on Northern Berkshire Transition:
http://northernberkshiretransition.ning.com/events/event/show?id=6027471%3AEvent%3A806&xgi=2wOPVkwiTnxJlR&xg_source=msg_invite_event

Work on locker rooms at Greylock nears completion

Work on locker rooms a MGRHS nears completion

Wednesday October 27, 2010 North Adams Transcript

WILLIAMSTOWN -- The boys' and girls' locker rooms at Mount Greylock Regional High School are expected to reopen in about two weeks.

Robert E. Ericson, vice chairman of the School Committee, said Monday that repairs to the locker rooms should be substantially completed by then and ready to be used by students.

Health, nutrition workshop slated

Health, nutrition workshop slated

Wednesday October 27, 2010
WILLIAMSTOWN -- Wild Oats Market, a cooperatively owned market specializing in local and organic foods, will host an evening workshop on "Optimizing Health & Nutrition Through Food" on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m., in the Wild Oats café.

Five are running for Mount Greylock School Committee posts

Five are running for Mount Greylock School Committee posts

While the Nov. 2 election is for state offices, local voters will also have the opportunity to elect candidates to the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee.

WRLF announces Oct. 23 Pie Contest winners

Press Release

For Immediate Release

 

WRLF announces pie contest winners

 

More than 20 delectable pies were entered in the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation's 7^th annual Williamstown Pie Contest held on Saturday October 23. The pie contest brings the community together in celebration of the harvest season and our many locally produced ingredients.

 

Six local food aficionados; Paul Lovegreen, Danielle Steinman, Sandra Thomas, Norm Burdick, Jenna Fernander and Stephanie Santore; judged pies submitted in three categories: Youth (under 16), Adult Fruit/Produce, and Adult Nut/Cream. Judging was based on the overall look of each pie, the quality and taste of the crust and the filling, and the number of local ingredients used. During the judging, Amy Wood demonstrated her perfect pie crust recipe and gave samples of cookies and tarts made from leftover dough.

 

 The highlight of the evening was the sampling of the pies by more than 80 attendees, and the choosing of the public's favorite pie for the People's Choice Award, won this year by first-time entrants Amanda Chilson and Justin Rice for their Butternut Apple Maple Pecan Pie. Amanda and Justin were also the top winners in the Adult Fruit/Produce category.   Lisa LaRoque's Apple Cranberry pie was the second prize winner.  Venetia Greenhalgh's smooth French Silk pie won first prize in the Adult Cream/Nut category and second prize was a Chocolate Cream pie baked by Rose Mangun.  Pie eating was followed by a guided full-moon hike on the slopes of Sheep Hill.

 

In the Youth division, Cate Cangelosi was the winner among 10 youth entries, the highest number in the event's history.  Cate received the most points of all entrants with her rich Chocolate-Banana Cream pie.  Second place winner for her Zesty Apple Crumble was Amalia Leamon.  Leslie Reed-Evans, WRLF Executive Director, stated "we are excited to see the interest among our local youth in baking, and feel that the Pie Contest is a wonderful way to excite them about home baking and cooking and interest them in learning about local products."

 

The WRLF is a member-supported non-profit land conservation trust dedicated to preserving the rural New England character of Williamstown.  Its headquarters are located at Sheep Hill, a conservation property and former historic dairy farm.  For more information on the WRLF and upcoming events, visit www.wrlf.org.

 

 

 

 

Leslie Reed-Evans
Executive Director
Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation
Sheep Hill
671 Cold Spring Road
Williamstown, MA  01267

 

lre@wrlf.org  www.wrlf.org
413-458-2494

VNA of Northern Berkshire schedules flu clinics

VNA of Northern Berkshire schedules flu clinics

The Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of Northern Berkshire has scheduled three seasonal flu vaccination clinics.

Truck makes emergency stop on Williamstown ramp

Truck makes emergency stop on Williamstown ramp

Tuesday October 26, 2010 North Adams Transcript

WILLIAMSTOWN -- Police are thankful the driver of a tractor-trailer utilized the runaway-truck ramp on the Taconic Trail (Route 2) Monday morning after the trailer's brakes overheated.

News from Cricket Creek Farm

News from Cricket Creek Farm What's News... Bakery Buzz Are You Missing Cricket Creek? Where's the Pork? Back to Kindergarten Visit our website! www.cricketcreekfarm.com Bakery Buzz Jamie's Choice for Monday October 25th is Cricket Creek Olive Bread. --  Breakfast Buns on Friday October 29th will be Cinnamon Buns. --- Muffins this week will be... Monday: Bran with Raisin Wednesday: Oatmeal Raspberry Friday: Chocolate Chip Saturday: Pumpkin Walnut --- Buttermilk Currant Scones will be on Thursday and Saturday. -- It's Seven Grain's turn on Monday October 25th (Whole Oat and Seven Grain trade weeks) Are You Missing Cricket Creek? Do you enjoy products from Cricket Creek but not live near-by all year round? We are happy to ship cheese, cookies and granola to you! We'd love to send bread but it doesn't weather the travel well. If you wish your local cheese shop carried our cheeses customer requests are our best advertising and foot-in-the-door! Just have them give us a call. Where's the Pork? Lots of folks have been looking for pork. We won't have more until the start of February. We do have a limited number of smoked hams left - perfect for these colder days! Back to Kindergarten Thursday, I (Lesley), visited Mrs. Beattie's Kindergarten class as part of Williamstown Elementary's annual Words are Wonderful!  community readers program. I shared one of my favorite, farmyard books "Dumpy LaRue". For Your Calendar... November 8 -- "Getting to Know Berkshire Grown: Celebrate NoCo" at Mezze, 5:30 to 7:30. Call Berkshire Grown (413-528-0041) for tickets and more information. November 20 -- Holiday Farmer's Markets in Williamstown & Great Barrington. Get local products for your Thanksgiving table (or just any day of the week's table!) December 18 -- Holiday Farmer's Markets in Williamstown & Great Barrington. Last year's markets for Thanksgiving were so well received another has been added for Christmas. Cricket Creek Farm Store is open seven days a week from 7AM to 8PM

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Williams ready to build again

Williams ready to build again

Saturday October 23, 2010 New England Newspapers

WILLIAMSTOWN -- The freeze put on major construction projects at Williams College two years is over......

New chief, large grant

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New chief, large grant

Saturday October 23, 2010

NORTH ADAMS -- The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art named a new chairman of the Board of Trustees on Friday. And in a double-barreled announcement that remained positive, the venue also announced that an $850,000 grant had been received.

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Getting reacquainted

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Getting reacquainted

Jenny Gersten has been on the Williamstown Theatre Festival payroll 21 days. She's hit the ground running.

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Williams Professor Honored for Contribution to Family Systems... - iBerkshires.com

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Williams Professor Honored for Contribution to Family Systems... - iBerkshires.com

Williams Professor Honored for Contribution to Family Systems... iBerkshires.com WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Laurie Heatherington, the Edward Dorr Griffin Professor of Psychology at Williams College, was awarded the Distinguished Contribution ...

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Getting To Know Berkshire Grown: Celebrate NoCo - iBerkshires.com

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Getting To Know Berkshire Grown: Celebrate NoCo iBerkshires.com WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - To increase support for local farms and raise awareness of the non-profit organization, Berkshire Grown will present Getting to Know ...

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Williams College slates Oct. 28 public forum on Pownal, Vt., biomass project

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Williams College announced it has organized a panel discussion titled "The Pros and Cons of Burning Biomass for Electricity" to take place Thursday, Oct. 28, at 8 p.m. in Room 3 of Griffin Hall on the Williams campus. The event, free and open to the public, will be the first in a series at Williams to focus on these issues.

"The proposal to build a biomass plant in nearby Pownal has made many of us in the region wish we knew more about the issues involved in burning biomass to produce electricity," said panel moderator Jim Kolesar, assistant to the president for public affairs. "We've assembled panelists who aren't, or at least aren't yet, proponents or opponents of the Pownal project to help us think through the broader issues, drawing, as applicable, on some of the few facts known so far about this particular project."

The discussion will explore some of the complex issues surrounding biomass in the context of our national energy systems and alternatives; the implications for water use, the carbon cycle, and air quality; and the permitting process. The event is sponsored by the college's Center for Environmental Studies, Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives, and Office of Public Affairs.

The panelists will be Henry Art, the Rosenburg Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology; David Dethier, the Edward Brust Professor of Geology and Mineralogy; Geoff Hand, partner in the law firm of Shems Dunkiel Raubvogel & Saunders PLLC; and Richard Ney, head of the Eco-Management Services Division of the environmental consulting firm Sebesta Blomberg & Associates.

Art has taught at Williams since 1970 and played key roles in many local environmental organizations, including the Williamstown Conservation Committee, Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, and Williamstown Recycling Committee. Nationally, he has served as an evaluator of the National Park Service's Natural Landmarks Program and has received several grants from the National Science Foundation. At Williams he teaches courses in environmental biology and environmental studies.

Dethier has served as chair of the geosciences department and as director of the college's Science Center and its Hopkins Memorial Forest. His research interests include the geochemistry and hydrology of surface and ground water systems, and sustainable sources of energy and their environmental impacts. Before coming to Williams in 1982, he worked as a geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

As a lawyer, Hand has worked both for and against biomass projects. His practice focuses primarily on state and federal environmental litigation, renewable energy development, and land-use law. He has handled a range of permitting issues for numerous commercial-scale renewable energy projects in Vermont and has litigated cases before Vermont's Environmental Court, Public Service Board, and Supreme Court, as well as in federal courts across the United States.

Ney provides environmental consulting services to industrial clients on matters that include air quality permitting, the modeling of air pollutant dispersion, and the determination of best available and maximum achievable control technologies. He has evaluated control options for standard-criteria pollutants and toxic air pollutants, and has worked extensively on the quantification of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration.

SOURCE: Williams College News Office
http://www.williams.edu/messages/show.php?id=14683

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Are you going to be in Washington, D.C., next week during the Online News
Association annual convention?

If so, please join J-Lab, the Reynolds Journalism Institute and
National Public Radio -- for a FREE "Community News Caucus" networking
session for local online news community entrepreneurs. That's Thurs., Oct.
28, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at NPR headquarters, 635 Massachusetts
Ave. NW

LEARN MORE:
http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Community-news-caucus-mgp

The two-day ONA conference (Friday/Saturday) is sold out. But if you can get to
DC for the full day on Thursday, there may still be room at J-Lab's day-long
set of two workshops, "Fund My Media 2.0" and "Plugging in to Networked
Journalism." Together only $90:

J-LAB WORKSHOPS:
http://www.j-lab.org/workshops/page/2010_ona_workshops

And the Community News Caucus networking event is a time bridge -- with hors
d'oeuvres and refreshments -- between the end of J-Lab's workshops at 5 p.m.
and the ONA opening-night reception at 8 p.m.

So join us -- but you have to register so we have a head count.

Thanks!

-- bill

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News from Cricket Creek Farm

News from Cricket Creek Farm What's News... Bakery Buzz Berkshire Grown in "NoCo" In Greenfield November 1? New in Store For Your Calendar Visit our website! www.cricketcreekfarm.com Bakery Buzz Jamie's Choice for Monday October 18th is Cheese & Dill bread. --  Breakfast Buns on Friday October 22nd will be Orange Blossom. --- Muffins this week will be... Monday: Bran with Raisin Wednesday: Orange Cranberry Friday: Pumpkin Walnut Saturday: Blueberry --- Buttermilk Currant Scones will be on Thursday and Saturday. -- It's Whole Oat's turn on Monday October 18th (Whole Oat and Seven Grain trade weeks) Berkshire Grown in "NoCo" Please join us for "Getting to Know Berkshire Grown: Celebrate NoCo" on Monday, November 8 from 5:30-7:30 pm at Mezze Bistro+Bar. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks by Berkshire Grown chefs and farmers including Baby Cakes, The Clark Café, Gala Restaurant, Gramercy Bistro, Mezze Bistro + Bar, The Red Lion Inn, Wild Oats Market, Williams College, The Williams Inn, The Berry Patch, Black Queen Angus Farm, Cricket Creek Farm, East Mountain Farm, Elmartin Farm, Hidden Pasture Farm, Ioka Valley Farm, Mighty Food Farm, Peace Valley Farm, Square Roots Farm and Sweet Brook Farm. Berkshire Grown members: $25 per person. Non-members can join for $40 per person, which will include admission to the event. RSVP by 11/1 by calling 413.528.0041 In Greenfield November 1? If so, be sure to visit Hope & Olive Restaurant between 5:00 and 8:00pm and support the NOFA/MA Raw Milk Network! Enjoy free food, sample local cheeses and play board games. For more inforation on the network click here. New in Store We have a new book, "The Legend of Mt. Greylock" A History of a Mountain" by local author Kristen Demeo. Kristen says, "The Legend attempts to make a connection between the May 1990 landslide on the eastern face of Mt. Greylock and the mountain's name and its origin." For Your Calendar... November 8 -- "Getting to Know Berkshire Grown: Celebrate NoCo" at Mezze, 5:30 to 7:30. Call Berkshire Grown (413-528-0041) for tickets and more information. November 20 -- Holiday Farmer's Markets in Williamstown & Great Barrington. Get local products for your Thanksgiving table (or just any day of the week's table!) December 18 -- Holiday Farmer's Markets in Williamstown & Great Barrington. Last year's markets for Thanksgiving were so well received another has been added for Christmas. Cricket Creek Farm Store is open seven days a week from 7AM to 8PM

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NEWS RELEASE: Getting to Know Berkshire Group, Nov. 8

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:42:00 -0400
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For additional information contact:
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GETTING TO KNOW BERKSHIRE GROWN: CELEBRATE NoCo

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (October 15, 2010) – To increase support for local farms and raise awareness of the non-profit organization, Berkshire Grown will present Getting to Know Berkshire Grown: Celebrate NoCo on Monday, November 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hosted by member restaurant Mezze Bistro + Bar in their new location at 777 Cold Spring Road (Route 7) in Williamstown, the event will feature talented Berkshire Grown member chefs and dedicated farmers from the Berkshire region and foods grown and crafted right here in the Berkshires.

"Berkshire Grown supports and promotes local farmers as important players in a healthy Berkshire economy and landscape," says Barbara Zheutlin, director of Berkshire Grown. "Berkshire Grown's Farm-to-Table Network links farmers and local food producers with buyers – chefs, restaurant owners, grocers, inns, schools and all of us who like to eat delicious locally grown food."

Guests will enjoy hors d'oeuvres and drinks featuring local ingredients prepared by Baby Cakes, The Clark Café, Gala Restaurant, Gramercy Bistro, Mezze Bistro + Bar, The Red Lion Inn, Wild Oats Market, Williams College and The Williams Inn.

Farmers and representatives of The Berry Patch, Black Queen Angus Farm, Cricket Creek Farm, East Mountain Farm, Elmartin Farm, Hidden Pasture Farm, Ioka Valley Farm, Mighty Food Farm, Peace Valley Farm, Square Roots Farm and Sweet Brook Farm will be present at the event to talk about their farms and products.

The cost to Berkshire Grown members is $25 per person. Non-members can support local farms by joining Berkshire Grown for $40 per person, which will include admission to the evening's event. Guests should R.S.V.P. by November 1 by calling 413.528.0041.
Berkshire Grown is a non-profit organization that envisions a community where healthy farms define the open landscape, where a wide diversity of fresh, seasonal food and flowers continue to be readily available to everyone, and where we celebrate our agricultural bounty by buying from our neighboring family farms and savoring their distinctive Berkshire harvest. For more information, visit www.berkshiregrown.org or call 413.528.0041.