“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.
The agriculture bill provides opportunities and protections to current and prospective farmers throughout Massachusetts, increases access and availability of locally grown food products, and invests in educational and agricultural programs to further grow the industry.
The bill authorizes the Department of Energy Resources to create a new solar incentive program to promote the continued growth of the solar industry, with a particular focus on community shared, government and municipally owned, and low income solar projects.
The organizers of the Speak Out event invite young people ages 12 – 21 who identify as women to attend and tell their stories in order to inspire and impact change in the lives of others.
Will Conklin, executive director of Greenagers, is being honored for his leadership of the organization’s outdoor jobs and environmental education program for youth.
According to the Food Bank Coalition, more than 12 percent of Massachusetts residents are “food insecure,” facing regular uncertainty as to where their next meal will come from.
VIM Berkshires patients with chronic pain are routinely given services such as acupuncture, massage, mental health counseling, nutrition counseling, and support group participation; opioid painkillers are rarely prescribed.
Bridge Street design open house
Great Barrington -- The Town of Great Barrington has received a $2.1 million MassWorks grant to make street, sidewalk, and...
State Sen. Benjamin Downing received 280 submissions from elementary and middle school students from ten different schools across western Massachusetts.
We should not put a limit on clean energy. Instead, we should move as quickly as possible to power our society with 100 percent clean, renewable energy."
-- Ben Hellerstein, State Director for Environment Massachusetts
Donors who give gifts of $1,000 or more to the Community Development Corporation's affordable housing program will receive a 50 percent credit toward their Massachusetts state taxes.
Unclaimed property can take the form of uncashed checks, forgotten checking and savings accounts, stocks, dividends, insurance policy proceeds, and contents of abandoned safe deposit boxes.
A comic book that comes alive on the stage, "Tarzana" is a collaboration with award-winning playwright and screenwriter Jason Grote ("Mad Men") who was commissioned by Radiohole to write text for the work.
The pipeline proposed by Kinder Morgan would add more than 15 times the expected growth rate in natural gas consumption in New England. This pipeline is providing natural gas for export.
