
Josh Landes
Berkshire Bureau Chief at WAMC, Northeast Public Radio
Berkshire Bureau Chief @WAMCNews / @WAMCRadio Formerly WFMU, WBGO, WXOJ NFA LFGM B4L
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1 week ago |
wamc.org | Josh Landes
As the morning traffic winds its way around Park Square in the heart of Pittsfield, a cadre of purple-clad and silver haired volunteers kneel in garden beds assiduously weeding. “Once you get your hands in the soil, all your problems just kind of float away for a while and just- Instant gratification,” Dawn O’Brien told WAMC. For 25 years, the retired teacher has been a part of Pittsfield Beautiful.
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1 week ago |
wamc.org | Josh Landes
A coalition of public health groups will lead a countywide effort to continue the fight against fatal overdoses in a region all too familiar with them.
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1 week ago |
wamc.org | Josh Landes
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back are the authors of ‘You Only Get What You Are Organized to Take: Lessons From the Movement to End Poverty.’ Reverend Mike Denton of United Church of Christ Pittsfield on South Street says their work dovetails with both the spiritual and material values of the community. “Jesus talked about poverty a lot. It was, if not his central theme, one of the central themes," Denton explained to WAMC.
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1 week ago |
wamc.org | Josh Landes
Inside Clarksburg Elementary School, voters in the community of around 1,600 on the northern edge of Berkshire County approved a $5.4 million budget for the new fiscal year starting July 1st. “Clarksburg is a wonderful town. We have a great school, we have great people and volunteers. We have a great state park. It's a hidden gem, as far as I'm concerned," said outgoing select board chair Bob Norcross.
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1 week ago |
wamc.org | Josh Landes
“Hear Me” is a 50-minute film directed by Dave Simonds exploring how guns and violence have affected the lives of young people from the rural, westernmost region of Massachusetts.
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