image description — Norman Rockwell Museum President Anne Morgan, left, President Barack Obama, Ruby Bridges Hall and museum Director Laurie Norton Moffatt view Rockwell's 'The Problem We All Live With' in a West Wing hallway near the Oval Office on Friday.

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Bridges Hall, Morgan and Norton Moffatt sent us this picture of them waiting outside the west entrance of the White House to see the president.

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — A contingent from the Norman Rockwell Museum was greeted at the White House on Friday to mark the museum's loan of the iconic American illutrator's piece "The Problem We All Live With" to the "nation's house."

President Barack Obama greeted the museum's Director Laurie Norton Moffatt, President Anne Morgan and Trustee Ruby Bridges Hall, the focus of the painting.

Rockwell's 1963 painting was inspired by Bridges Hall's history-changing walk integrating William Frantz Public School in New Orleans on Nov. 14, 1960. The president requested the loaning of the painting from the permanent collection of Norman Rockwell Museum to honor the 50th anniversary of her childhood experience.

"It was deeply moving to hear President Obama speak with Ruby Bridges about her school experience and Norman Rockwell's painting," said Norton Moffatt. "He acknowledged Ruby's walk to school and her mother's courage as the direct heritage that made it possible for him to serve in the White House."

Bridges Hall replied, "we all stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before us."

"The Problem We All Live With" is hanging in a West Wing hallway near the Oval Office.

This isn't Norton Moffatt's first visit to the White House. In 2008, she represented the museum when it was awarded a National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush.

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Dalton Redevelopment Authority Seeks to Attract Veterinarian

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
02:04PM / Monday, March 02, 2026

DALTON, Mass. — The Dalton Redevelopment Authority is looking at revamping zoning to make it easier for a veterinarian to open an office.

This was prompted by resident Kevin Herkelman, an animal nutritionist who worked with veterinarians before retiring and moving to the area about a year ago.

He and his wife have many animals and found that area vet offices weren't accepting new patients or were booked out for a long time.

"When we moved here, we were looking for a vet. We have five dogs and a cat. I used to show dogs and things like that. When we tried to find a vet, we had a hard time even finding people taking new clients. So we ended up going over to Northampton. That's where we still are," he told a recent meeting of the authority.

He said it's more difficult to have to travel far, and even if residents have a veterinarian, it's likely in Pittsfield so they have to leave town.

Currently a veterinary office is only allowed in a B1, R1, or I1 zone and must be 100 feet from a boundary.

Herkelman and Chair John Boyle have been looking for a suitable location to entice a vet to come to the area but zoning has been an issue as it is very restrictive.

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