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Under pressure from teachers, Berkshire Hills will start year with remote learning

Parents had questions about households in the district and in the choice-in towns that lack sufficient internet connectivity. Still others asked about the efficacy of distance learning for special education students and those for whom English is a second language.

by Terry Cowgill

Trade and Commerce

A dream is born: Make ‘Great Barrington the outdoor dining capital of Berkshire County’

In an age where indoor dining is impractical or discouraged, downtown restaurants have been hard-pressed to come up with the space needed to get their businesses going again. Enter Richard Stanley and his culinary tenants in the Barrington House.

by Terry Cowgill

Life In the Berkshires

Resilience Collective amplifies the voices and perspectives of women of color

The collective strives to celebrate the strength and resilience of Black and Brown women everywhere, placing them unapologetically at the center.

by Hannah Van Sickle

Life In the Berkshires

Voices of parents: What local parents think about their schooling options for the fall

Over the past weeks, I’ve been asking South Berkshire County parents of children aged 5 to 16 their thoughts about returning to school in the fall.

by Sheela Clary

Obituaries

Sheron Chenail, 74, of Sheffield

Sheron worked for many years as a station assigner for New England Telephone, now Verizon, retiring in 1995.

by Edge Staff

Viewpoints

LEONARD QUART: A return home

The few people not wearing masks are often bare-chested homeless people, whose numbers are growing, as the army of unemployed and evicted expands.

by Leonard Quart

Life In the Berkshires

A salute to moms and dads in the time of COVID

As parents, we did not sign up for this. We knew having kids would bring any number of challenges, but was COVID-19 in anyone’s imagination?

by Susan Winston

Obituaries

Jeananne Sullivan, 85, of Lenox

Jeananne was a homemaker until her kids were in school when she took a job as a secretary and assistant to Norman Simpson in Stockbridge. His firm developed the book “Country Inn’s and Back Roads”

by Edge Staff

Trade and Commerce

CAPITAL IDEAS: Column uncertainty

If a fiscal stimulus plan is passed after this column comes out, I’ll address it later. If not, I guess I’ll be talking about the next recession.

by Allen Harris

News

COVID-19 spurs real estate buying ‘frenzy’ in the Berkshires

While the Berkshire County Board of Realtors doesn’t track where the buyers are coming from or whether they intend to use the property as a primary or secondary residence, many local real estate agents have noted that buyers are coming from New York, specifically Brooklyn.

by Emily Thurlow

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