John Dolan Photography At Berkshire Museum

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PITTSFIELD – Photographs by John Dolan will be on view at Berkshire Museum’s “Berkshirebase” gallery from September 12 through November 2, 2008. The exhibition includes a selection of images from Dolan’s year-long survey of the people and places of the Berkshires. According to Dolan, his intended goal was to record life as it actually was in the year 2007.

“To accomplish this,” he says, “I was forced to consider our collective expectation of what images of the bucolic New England rural life look like. These photographs show what happened when I stopped and looked at what was right before my eyes”. The project was funded by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation in honor of its 20th anniversary.

John Dolan lives in nearby Columbia County, New York, and is as a regular contributor to Real Simple, Self, Martha Stewart, Brides, and Cookie. He has woven a career of fine art, editorial, and advertising photography and gained national recognition as a leader in the movement to revitalize the fine art of wedding photography. His wedding clients included celebrity couples Will and Jada Smith, Matt and Annette Lauer, and Ben and Christine Stiller.

The Berkshire Museum is located at 39 South Street on Route 7 in Downtown Pittsfield. It is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. For more information, the public is invited to contact the Berkshire Museum at (413) 499-7171, or online at www.berkshiremuseum.org.
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Multiple Departments Respond to Lanesborough Structure Fire

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Multiple fire departments responded to a structure fire off Narragansett Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. 

The Fire Department received a call from the owner of 6 Bangor St. reporting a smoke and flames at around 1:44 p.m.

Firefighters arriving on scene reported heavy smoke emanating from the the 1940s single-family ranch home in the thickly settle neighborhood.

The blaze was brought under control in less than an hour and there were no civilian or firefighter injuries. 

"The homeowner was outside doing some work, evidently, opened the door when she came back in the house, and there were flames and smoke, so she backed out and called us, and that's all we know right now," Deputy Fire Chief Glen Storie said around 2:35 p.m. 

The fire was out at that time, and first responders observed "quite a bit of damage" to the home. The cause is still under investigation. 

Lanesborough, Cheshire, and Pittsfield departments responded to the scene, and Hancock covered the station during the call. 

"The first crew in knocked the fire right down with the first engine," Storie said. 

Smoke could be seen coming from the back of the home. Part of Narragansett Avenue and Bangor Avenue were blocked off while firefighters battled the blaze. 

 

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