By Bill Densmore, Citizen Media Inc. An award-winning author of a groundbreaking book on Lyme Diseases joined a medical expert and an outspoken Lyme patient in an evening of “tick talk” on Wed., Oct. 2, at Williamstown’s Milne Public Library, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The talk was attended by about 40 people. “This was an […]
TUESDAY: Public invited to ask questions in three-way debate for District Attorney job
Berkshire County District Attorney Candidates’ Forum WILLIAMSTOWN — On Tuesday, July 31st, the League of Women Voters of Williamstown is sponsoring a forum for the three candidates running for the Democratic nomination for Berkshire District Attorney. As there is no Republican candidate, the race will be decided at the state primary on Sept. 4. The […]
TUESDAY: Public invited to ask questions at “debate” in Williamstown for district-attorney race
Berkshire County District Attorney Candidates’ Forum WILLIAMSTOWN — On Tuesday, July 31st, the League of Women Voters of Williamstown is sponsoring a forum for the three candidates running for the Democratic nomination for Berkshire District Attorney. As there is no Republican candidate, the race will be decided at the state primary on Sept. 4. The […]
Hudson Valley journalist’s book about Lyme disease treatment controversy debuts — as landmark class-action suit gets underway
Could infected ticks disrupt the Berkshires environmental economy? BOOK REVIEW: “Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change” By Mary Beth Pfeiffer Copyright, Island Press-Center for Resource Economics, Washington, D.C., 304 pages, Publication Date: April 17, 2018. ISBN: 9781610918459 READ FULL TEXT OF INTERVIEW Interview/Review by Bill Densmore / wpdensmore@gmail.com Mary Beth Pfeiffer is a free-lance journalist […]
VERBATIM: Howard Dean on the failure of the American media to call out Donald Trump’s campaign untruths
Here is a transcript of recorded remarks by former Vermont governor and Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean to a public audience of about 150 people at Williams College on Thurs., Jan. 12, 2017, at Williamstown, Mass. These remarks about the media were part of question-and-answer period which followed a lecture by Dean on recent presidential […]
Vermont Community Foundation offers NGOs a chance to improve digital/print storytelling skills
In nearby Vermont, North Bennington artist Amy Anselmo has sent along the post below about one in a series of statewide workshops hosted by the Vermont Story Lab, formed in 2016. She says the aim is “to draw together the expertise of many nonprofit professionals across the state to build a robust network of storytelling […]
Cat Cartoon by Anna Moriarty Lev
My favorite economic development idea for Williamstown. . .
By Ben Greenfield . . .is to improve the quality and lower the cost of internet access. Our town population is over 50% knowledge workers, and knowledge can be easily imported and exported using this communication media. The great thing about internet access is that it can be buried underground or hung on the […]
“No Thanks” to Pharmaceutical Prices
By Michael Bedford Cost decisions on our nation’s medical industry are made by the major pharmaceutical corporations, with little or no regulation by the U.S. government. In contrast, across Europe and Canada, medicine prices are controlled by government oversight, limiting what companies can charge. This lack of U.S. government oversight allows the medical […]
GAIL SEZ. WHAT TO DO IN JUNE 2016
GAIL SEZ. WHAT TO DO IN JUNE 2016 You don’t need me to tell you that EVERYTHING is open and running full-tilt in the Berkshires for the next three months! So I am going to try to focus on some out-of-the-way opportunities you might enjoy. An Ounce of Prevention: You know that you and […]