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A reflection on loss: On his new album, Mark Schwaber looks back on the death of his mother
Guitarist and singer-songwriter Mark Schwaber has an introspective new album out, “Everything Around Me,” that he composed in the wake of his mother’s death. Image courtesy Mark Schwaber
Mark Schwaber, the former Easthampton guitarist and singer-songwriter now living in Greenfield, has a new album out that he composed mostly before the pandemic. CONTRIBUTED/MARK SCHWABER
On his new album, guitarist and singer-songwriter Mark Schwaber’s reflects on the loss of his mother. CONTRIBUTED/MARK SCHWABER
Published: 5/20/2021 1:06:14 PM
A good number of musicians, hunkered down at home for much of the past year during the pandemic, have used that enforced isolation to write and record new music, with some of the songs reflecting the strange turn life has taken since early 2020.
A Great Barrington man claims a national addiction treatment program with offices in Pittsfield and Cummington failed to take steps to safeguard him and fellow staff members, as well as
Ex-workers file suit against Cummington rehab facility over COVID response CREATAS
The addiction treatment center then known as Swift River, now named the Cummington Inpatient Rehab Center, is shown in 2017. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 5/6/2021 8:22:35 PM
CUMMINGTON Management at a hilltown addiction treatment center is accused in a lawsuit of firing employees for taking time off after exposure to COVID-19.
The four-count lawsuit, filed April 28 in Hampshire Superior Court, alleges that Vertava Health LLC failed to adequately respond to COVID-19 in its Cummington/Plainfield facility and retaliated against those who took issue with its response.
It also alleges wage theft, claiming that time was deducted from workers’ pay for breaks that were not taken, a count that is open to all current and former workers at the facility similarly situated not just the plaintiffs.