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
On the outskirts of Pittsfield, workers crafting printed sheets of laminate operate vast machinery on the floor of a stark white 225,000 square-foot facility tucked into a marsh off the shores of Richmond Pond. Built in 2006, the Interprint plant employs around 200 people in Berkshire County, a rare remnant of the region’s manufacturing golden era of the mid-20th century. The company – now owned by the Japanese global printing titan Toppan Holdings Inc.
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1 week ago |
wamc.org | Josh Landes
In 2021, Jennifer Macksey made history when she became the first woman to be elected mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts. In a hard-fought race, the former city treasurer won by just a few hundred votes. Two years later, Macksey cruised to a second term. This week, the mayor pulled papers to seek a third two-year term in November.
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2 weeks ago |
wamc.org | Josh Landes
After weeks of condemnation from activists and community members, Mayor Peter Marchetti’s bid to effectively ban panhandling at key Pittsfield locations officially died Tuesday night. His claim that the ordinance was in the name of public safety fizzled against arguments that it amounted to an unconstitutional attack on First Amendment rights and class warfare against the city’s poorest.
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2 weeks ago |
wamc.org | Josh Landes
When it comes to pomp and circumstance, the Massachusetts General Court – originally founded in 1629 and formalized as a modern state legislature in 1780 – has been in the game longer than most. “The Massachusetts Senate chamber is directly under the golden dome of the State House.
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2 weeks ago |
wamc.org | Josh Landes
Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio was in Berkshire County this week. The first-term Democrat stopped at the Windsor town hall Monday afternoon to discuss a report on the Massachusetts payment-in-lieu-of-taxes — or PILOT — program. DiZoglio says data shows the system disproportionately favors the comparatively urban eastern portion of the commonwealth, leaving smaller rural communities in Western Massachusetts unfairly shorted.
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