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State Drops Criminal Charges But Pipeline Protesters Demand TrialBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
02:05PM / Thursday, May 11, 2017 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Sixteen of the 24 protesters arrested fighting a natural gas pipeline being built on state forest land in Sandisfield showed up in court Thursday morning ready to proudly say they are not criminals. The state agreed their actions didn't warrant criminal charges and entered a motion to convert those charges to civil citations. Those who were arrested and charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct then left the courtroom without an arraignment. But the protesters say they were already treated like criminals through the arrests and being brought up on criminal charges in the first place. They want a trial on those original charges because 0 Comments
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Pipeline Demonstrators Arrested for Blocking Forest Access RoadsStaff Reports,
02:49PM / Tuesday, May 02, 2017 | |
 SANDISFIELD, Mass. — State police they have arrested 18 demonstrators for trespassing at two separate locations at the Sandisfield pipeline extension project on Tuesday morning. The protesters apparently ran chains and caution tape with "resist" on it across two access roads in an attempt to stop Kinder Morgan from felling trees in Otis State Forest to make way for a natural gas pipeline. According to police, they "indicated that they wanted to be arrested. They notified State Police beforehand that they would not comply with requests to disperse from the roads." The Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. was given permission by U.S. Federal Energy 0 Comments
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Lanesborough Couple Fighting to Save Historic, Family FarmBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
06:39AM / Sunday, April 30, 2017 | |
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Thomas Olsen grew up on a farm in Norway. In 1923, he and his wife, Randi, immigrated to the United States, landing in New York. But the city life wasn't for him. He told his wife, "it's no way for a man to live" and every week he'd stash money aside in hopes to move to the country. The Depression or some other factor would hit and he'd lose the savings and build it back up. And every week he'd stop at the bank and browse the real estate listings. In 1938, one of those listings intrigued him. He hopped a train to Pittsfield and soon found himself in love with 95 acres in the town of Lanesborough. Without 0 Comments
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Local Environmentalists Oppose Policies Supporting Natural GasBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:00PM / Tuesday, March 21, 2017 | |
DALTON, Mass. — Dicken Crane has a large solar array on his Holiday Brook Farm. He has a forest management program to harvest timber to burn in a wood furnaces. He doesn't need more natural gas. Crane is one of some 500 businesses that have signed onto a petition against Gov. Charlie Baker's push for access to more natural gas. Baker has been supportive of new natural-gas infrastructure and had previously introduced a proposal to allow electric utilities to levy a tax on users to pay for infrastructure, particularly the price to build new pipelines, but that was rejected by the Supreme Judicial Court. Proponents of natural gas have long said it 0 Comments
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Downing's Next Step Is Solar Energy Firm| 04:43PM / Monday, November 14, 2016 | |
BOSTON — Benjamin B. Downing, who has championed renewable energies during his 10 years in the state Senate, will join a solar energy company at the end of his term.
Nexamp Inc. announced on Monday that the Pittsfield Democrat, who did not stand for a sixth term, would be the solar contractor's new vice president of new market development.
"Ben's long history of public service will complement Nexamp's expert team of local development professionals," said Zaid Ashai, chief executive officer of Nexamp, in a statement. "He joins us at the most exciting juncture in our company's young history, and his ability to effectively communicate promising
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BNRC Releases Plan For Countywide Hiking Trail NetworkBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
02:29AM / Tuesday, October 04, 2016 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Natural Resources Council envisions a day when one can walk through a network of trails to each and every town in the Berkshires. The organization has been working for the last couple years to do just that. The organization has raised $4.25 million toward the creation and maintenance of such a network. "It is sort of a counterpart to the Appalachian Trail," President Tad Ames said, explaining that the network will allow someone to travel on foot the length of Berkshire County, stopping in at towns, staying a local hotels, while not having to carry food for a long trip. The concept is something that's been done 0 Comments
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Some Berkshire Farms to Receive Aerial Crop PlantingBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
03:53AM / Tuesday, August 09, 2016 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Farms in Adams, Cheshire, Lanesborough, North Adams, Sheffield, West Stockbridge and Williamstown will be seeding a little differently this August. Instead of establishing a cover crop by hand, a helicopter will plant winter rye grass seed from above. The airborne cover-crop planting is being done through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation program. Farms through the state applied to the NRC's Environmental Quality Incentives Program to take advantage of financial and technical assistance for a conservation practice that allows farmers to take full advantage of a cover crop. Chenail Brothers Dairy Farm's Wallace 0 Comments
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Guest Column: Bans on Plastic Bags Gaining GroundBy Rinaldo Del Gallo, Guest Columnist
09:24PM / Wednesday, June 22, 2016 | |
 I am pleased to announce that at last night's town meeting (Monday, June 20), Adams banned single-use plastic bags. (Article 25). It was a remarkable unanimous vote by the members of the town meeting.
Recently, there have been a series of single-use plastic bag bans. There has been a ban in Lee, a ban in Lenox, and last night a ban in Adams. Lenox was done by the Board of Health. In Lee, the ban on single-use plastic bags was done by town meeting — where it won by a considerable margin. In a similar manner, Lee and Lenox banned the use of Styrofoam.
What is less commonly known is my role in these bans. The ban on Styrofoam and single-use plastic bags in Lee and
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