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Fiber Connect's Adam Chait, left, with crew members Van Forsman and Ken Love installing high-speed broadband fibre optic equipment behind the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center last December in downtown Great Barrington. Photo courtesy McGurn Media

Fiber expanding in downtown Great Barrington; officials tout economic impact

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By Terry Cowgill Wednesday, May 22 News 3

By the end of the summer, service is expected to be extended to the Mason Library and the town water department, known as the Great Barrington Fire District, on East Street. Read More

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BerkShares Business of the Month: Rolling Rock Farm

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Business Briefs: Berkshire Boxing Club grand opening; Herrington’s donates to Greenagers; VIM Berkshires volunteer tea...

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CAPITAL IDEAS: A Lannister always spays his pets

Allen Harris | Dalton — First off, there are no spoilers ahead for the season finale of Game of Thrones. I wrote this before it was aired. There are minor spoilers for the first season, but you should be fine. On Saturday evening (May 18),,I had the distinct pleasure of hosting a fundraiser at the Model Farm (a former […] Read More

Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: ‘The Hospital on Main Street’; Chris Herren at the Mahaiwe; Hancock Shaker Village exhibits

Emily Edelman | From growing up in Fall River to playing basketball in Division 1 and the NBA, Chris Herren will take the audience on his journey from addiction to sobriety. Read More

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Downtown Great Barrington construction ‘moving along pretty swiftly’

Terry Cowgill | The town expects to have the north side of Railroad Street "buttoned up," including the installation of bases for decorative light poles, by the end of this week. Read More

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Amplifications: Navigating Berkshire health care options

Rochelle O'Gorman | Physical therapy at Hillcrest was, and still is, top-notch. Read More

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CONNECTIONS: Stockbridge, a model of democracy

Carole Owens | From 1739 to 2019, Stockbridge residents have stepped forward, taken the rough with the smooth and done the work. Read More

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Alan Chartock: Decriminalizing ‘sex work’

Alan Chartock | At a time when Democrats are likely to continue to control the U.S. House of Representatives and maintain control of the New York State Legislature, there is an opportunity to proceed with at least the decriminalization of sex work. Read More

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If voters approve a new Monument Mountain Regional High School, students seek input in its design

Terry Cowgill | Led by senior Lucy Doren, about 20 Monument students created a survey to distribute to fellow students, broke up into small groups and began imagining a design crafted around a core schedule, natural lighting, an enclosed courtyard, break-out spaces and more space for the school's growing career and vocational technical education program. Read More

Life In the Berkshires

Trinity Church Lenox to host architecture lecture

Ann St. Clair | St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Manhattan sold its 1905 gothic edifice in 1970, and consecrated a new church designed and built in 1977 in the international style. Read More

Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: Berkshire Pulse performance; school violence talk; Jackson Whalan at Egremont Barn; West Stockbridge Chamber Players concert

Emily Edelman | Now a consultant and speaker on recovery after a school tragedy, former Columbine High School principal Frank DeAngelis will share his story of the events through the aftermath, sharing leadership lessons he learned in the focus of an international firestorm. Read More

Obituaries

David Germain, 81, of Lenox, former Alford fire chief, selectman

Edge Staff | Over the years he served in Alford as fire chief, road superintendent, tree warden, a member of the board of health and as a selectman. Read More