Community Profiles
Community Profiles
Community Spotlight Aaron Vega calls them ‘meet and greets.’ And they are, well … just what that name suggests. They’re meetings between city officials and small-business owners, many of them […]
Community Spotlight When it comes to the subject of ghosts at Ventfort Hall, Wendy Healey is … well, decidedly “neutral.” Roughly translated, that means that she’s never seen or otherwise […]
Community Spotlight While Deerfield is home to Yankee Candle Village, Historic Deerfield, the Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory, and other tourist attractions, its economy is broad, covering sectors ranging from agriculture […]
Community Spotlight ‘Historic rehabilitation.’ That’s the phrase Lee Pouliot and others used to describe work at Chicopee’s historic City Hall and the neighboring, long-closed main library. In doing so, […]
Community Spotlight In a region with plenty of dying, dead, or deteriorating shopping centers, Enfield Square stands out — just Target and a few smaller retailers occupying a largely […]
Community Spotlight Chris Johnson called it “an easy fix.” He was referring to his decision early in 2024 to put things back the way they were in City Hall — […]
Community Spotlight At its core, Mount Holyoke College’s $175 million geothermal energy initiative is an infrastructure project. But, by design (in most cases, anyway), it has become much more than […]
Community Spotlight Ralph Santaniello was gushing about the Longmeadow Shops as the location for a restaurant — specifically the one operated by his family, Posto, which features Italian cuisine. […]
Community Spotlight ‘Converge.’ That’s the word you hear probably most often when people talk about Sturbridge. And with good reason. That’s what families, wedding guests, members of trade associations, tourists, […]
Community Spotlight Starting early in his career in financial services at Pittsfield Cooperative Bank, Peter Marchetti, like many of his colleagues, made it a point to get involved in the […]
Community Spotlight When Marc Strange came to Ludlow as town administrator in the spring of 2022, he saw an opportunity to take a leadership position in a bustling community and […]
Community Spotlight For Laurie Lammare, the reopening of North Adams Regional Hospital (NARH) is a story that touches her professionally and personally. Professionally … she is now system vice president […]
Community Spotlight Like many young people who grow up in Western Mass., Mike Trombley left this region to start his professional career and then returned because of the quality of […]
Progress and Promise Rebecca Brien was born and raised in Berkshire County and has lived in Pittsfield for the past 30 years, so she knows something about the ebbs […]
Community Spotlight “Small-town living with an extra dose of culture and sophistication.” That’s how Brook Redpath chose to describe the Southern Berkshires community of Great Barrington, and she’s well-qualified for […]
