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BY LARRY PARNASS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2018 THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE PITTSFIELD — As snow approached Thursday, those who manage the Barton’s Crossing shelter prepared for a busy night of [...]

BY LINDA ENERSON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, 2018 COMMONWEALTH MAGAZINE MADELYNN MALLOY and Bob Morin, a homeless couple frustrated by the lack of affordable housing in rural Franklin County, [...]

BY DUSTY CHRISTENSEN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2018 DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE NORTHAMPTON — Voters will be faced with several ballot questions when they head to the polls on Nov. 6, but […]

BY TIFFANY TAN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, 2018 MASSLIVE Berkshire County’s first peer-led addiction recovery center opened in Pittsfield Friday afternoon, the state’s only recovery [...]

BY LARRY PARNASS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 2018 THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE PITTSFIELD — Each month, more than 700 people find their way to a building in the city’s Westside neighborhood. They […]

BY MELINA BOURDEAU SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 2018 THE RECORDER GREENFIELD — Residents will have a chance to consider and discuss the use of the Community Development Block Grant at a […]

BY ELIZABETH DONOGHUE DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE OCTOBER 8TH, 2018   Ear year on Shelter Sunday, community members and volunteers raise money for the homeless and hungry in Amherst and [...]

BY MELINA BOURDEAU THE RECORDER SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2018   GREENFIELD — The tape and sawhorses will be removed and the benches will be put back on the Common on Monday, according to […]

BY SUSAN STUBBS THE RECORDER SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2018   Homelessness is a complex issue, and it’s becoming more so. The opioid epidemic, plus funding cuts to vital support programs, and […]

THE RECORDER SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2018   Homelessness has bedeviled Greenfield and the region for years. An overnight “emergency” shelter was established with state money decades ago, yet the [...]