
Tax Dollars at Work
What has the police and mental health millage accomplished so far-and what else will it do?
County officials feared their eight-year, 1-mill tax, meant to support police and mental health services, might be too big and complicated to pass. But in November 2017, 64 percent of voters said yes. The

Pittsfield's Historian
When Ed Wall lost his sight, he found a new calling.
Cynthia Furlong Reynolds
"Macular degeneration was a terrible diagnosis for a librarian, writer, reader, publisher, historian, and art lover," says Ed Wall. He was fifty-five years old when he was diagnosed; twenty-two years later, he is

The Vindication of Roger Newton
He changed the city's history with Lipitor. Now he's scored again with a drug Pfizer rejected.
Ken Garber
Roger Newton never claimed to be the smartest person in the room. "These guys are obviously a lot smarter in their specific areas than I am," he told the Observer in 1998, referring to his scientific colleagues at

Community Resource Guide
for Covid-19
James M. Manheim, Cynthia Furlong Reynolds, Jan Schlain, Chuck Warpehoski
ISSUU versionWhere to Turn
Among the most difficult aspects of the Covid-19 outbreak has been that many families and individuals are facing problems on multiple fronts. This guide brings together as
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