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NORTH ADAMS -- Local illustrator Jana Christy has always dreamed big.
She just never expected her illustrations to be featured as a 15-foot-high and 20-foot-wide book in Rockefeller Center.
Christy recently illustrated the book, "Dream Big" for Carnival Cruises, which will debut what is being called "the world’s largest book" in Rockefeller Center this
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- With repairs to locker room ceilings pending and aging boilers that need to be replaced, the Mount Greylock Regional School District is asking four Northern Berkshire towns permission to apply for their Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants.
Mount Greylock Superintendent William D.
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BENNINGTON, Vt. -- Southwestern Vermont Health Care announced Wednesday that Thomas A. Dee, a former president and CEO of Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, N.Y., will be the new CEO of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center.
Dee, 53, will officially begin his duties at the hospital operated by the health care corporation on Dec.
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Driver Todd Dupuis and Robert LeBeau of North Adams, both 11, test their homemade vehicle, ‘Susie,’ on West End Terrace in this picture from Aug. 28, 1972. On top, acting as observer is Todd’s poodle ‘Picot.’ The car was built to resemble an old Ford Model T. When the boys found the backseat was too high, they cut a hole in the roof.
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Jennifer Kirby and "Pizza" Jim Montgomery build an A-frame house to scale in Mr. Kove’s class at Drury High School in this picture from Dec. 9, 1978. Thanks for the help from Jennifer Kirby-Hoag, Kris Zieba, Rusty Ransford, Tammy, whose last name we didn’t catch, and Cathy Marshall of Anderson, Ind.
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The Marquis: Inferno by Guy Davis (Dark Horse)
Rendered in a grim and sketchy black-and-white, Guy Davis’ "The Marquis: Inferno" is an old-fashioned horror tale in the best sense of the notion -- evoking the likes of Edgar Allen Poe and Ambrose Bierce, or more recently films like Ken Russell’s "The Devils," as it uncovers its tale of obsessive retribution
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In the interest of full disclosure, I voted for Barack Obama last year.
In context of this review for the new book "Art For Obama" from Abrams -- edited by Shepard Fairey and Jennifer Gross -- this is going to confirm a bias for the lingering mob that no doubt expects it anyhow.
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NORTH ADAMS -- The Sprague Electric Co. has announced the transfer of Henry Goetsch from one of its subsidiary operations located in Grafton, Wis., to its home plant in North Adams. Mr. Goetsch, who was employee relations and personnel manager at Sprague’s of Wisconsin Inc.
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NORTH ADAMS -- Multimedia and performing artist Ryder Cooley doesn’t just focus on dead animals in her work -- she sometimes collaborates with them.
Cooley’s drawings are part of the "Nest" show at MCLA Gallery 51. There also will be a performance of Cooley’s "Animalia" on Wednesday, Nov.
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The move will not result in layoffs, but it will require transferring the company’s 200 employees from Crane’s Personal Design Services facility on Curran Highway in North Adams, and 100 additional workers
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ADAMS -- Police Chief Donald Poirot sent a statement from District Attorney David Capeless’ office to the Selectmen on Wednesday to dispel rumors about the recent arrest of Officer Alan Vigiard, according to Town Administrator Jonathan Butler.
Vigiard, a 23-year veteran of the department, was arrested last Thursday on a charge of possession
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NORTH ADAMS -- As Richard Alcombright gets ready to take the highest seat in the city next year, officials from other North Berkshire towns are anxious to see how the loss of 26-year incumbent Mayor John Barrett III will impact the way the rest of the state views the area.
Cheshire Selectman Paul Astorino said he has known Barrett since the late 1970s, when the man
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NORTH ADAMS -- Union officials presented the North Adams School Committee with documentation Wednesday night that they say proves the city has shortchanged the Health Insurance Trust Fund by $2 million over the last five years.
"This is the information we tried to give to the City Council," Eileen Gloster, union member and Brayton Elementary
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NORTH ADAMS -- Fresh off the euphoria of Tuesday night’s election win, Mayor-elect Richard J. Alcombright took a few moments Wednesday to reflect on the upset while preparing for a more private celebration -- his 20th wedding anniversary with his wife, Michelle.
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