Simple Pleasures

Mount Greylock, Pt. 1: Bascom Lodge

Within the Commonwealth’s 450,000 acres of state and urban parks are a number of unused, historically significant buildings. Over time, these properties have fallen prey to the elements and vandalism. The Historic Curatorship Program was established in 1994 to...

Making It Here: Six Depot Coffee

Flavio Lichtenthal’s love of coffee began at 13 in the pool halls of Buenos Aires, his native city. Years later, coffee roasting became the natural outcome and he and his wife Lisa Landry started Six Depot Roastery and Café in the small Berkshire town of West...

Life with Monte: Bird Counting

Each year tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas brave snow, wind, or rain to take part in a national effort known as the Christmas Bird Count. Running from December 14 – January 5 the count provides valuable data to the Audubon Society,...

Viewpoint with Ron Chimelis: David Ortiz

Ron Chimelis, columnist for The Republican and Masslive, sat down with Jim Madigan for his viewpoint on some of the news stories from the past few weeks, including Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz’s announcement that this upcoming season will be his...

Terry Hall

Drummer Terry a la Berry has been affiliated with folk legend Arlo Guthrie for 40 years, and he recently sat down with producer Keith Clark to discuss his career and his work with...

Making It Here: Berkshire Bark

In 1993, owners, David Renner and Kevin Schmitz began their mission to bring their extensive culinary backgrounds from French kitchens to Berkshire County and opened the Marketplace Kitchen. Since then they have been providing wholesome food that everyone can enjoy...

Making it Here: Disc Golf

Disc Golf was born due to the handy work of “Steady Ed” Headrick, father of the Wham-O Frisbee. Through his involvement in frisbees and all disc activities in the late 1960s, Frisbee Golf was born using “object” courses. It is played very...