Saturday, February 8, 2025

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Fighting a hate with no boundaries: Jewish Federation of the Berkshires looking for support in its ‘Hate has no home here’ campaign

"We also know that hate never travels alone," Jewish Federation of the Berkshires Executive Director Dara Kaufman told The Berkshire Edge. "We’re in a community where if you stand up for one, you stand up for all."

I WITNESS: Erasing democracy is easier than you think

Donald Trump is a zero-sum kind of a guy. He only feels that he has won if everyone else loses, and in order for everyone to lose, they have to be destroyed.

THEN & NOW: The North Egremont Country Store — once a ‘mom and pop’ gas station

This stretch of Route 71 heading north was sometimes referred to as “Gasoline Alley.”

MassDOT Advisory: Construction operations on I-90 east- and westbound in Becket, West Stockbridge

Lane closures will be in effect during daytime hours.

INTERVIEW: Jumaane Smith Quintet celebrates the Romance of Nat King Cole Feb. 14, at Linde Center

The appetite for high-quality jazz in the Berkshires seems to be insatiable, judging by the response it has gotten at Tanglewood lately.

Welcome to Real Estate Friday!

Sharyn Richards Marks of TKG Real Estate offers a custom-built home on nearly 100 acres for family living and with development possibilities. Luca Shapiro and Rosalind Wright of Pryor & Peacock bring us “furniture re-imagined.” A year-end wrap-up of 2024 real estate sales has surprises. Plus, recent sales, a home-cooking recipe, and gardening columns.

LEONARD QUART: Trying to survive Trump

Trump took office and brought a regime set on revenge and retribution and committed to the destruction of institutional norms. It is an administration much more nihilistic than conservative.

Great Barrington town manager search consultant: Filling position will be challenging

“If anybody [does a Google search] on Great Barrington, they come up with bridges, water, and things like that,” a town-hired consultant said during the Feb. 4 meeting. “How do those things balance in a candidate’s mind when they think, ‘Hey, if I come into this job, will there be a support system for me?'"

Baba Louie’s restaurant in Great Barrington to close

The restaurant is closing after 25 years in business.

Stockbridge files complaint against Housatonic Water Works, asks DPU to roll back rate increases and investigate company

“There is no question that the company’s customers are not receiving reasonable quality service,” attorney Bryan Bertram of Wellesley law firm Harrington Heep LLP wrote on behalf of the Town of Stockbridge in his filing.

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Margaret Nora Hawley, 79, of Lenox

A memorial service will be held on Feb. 15, 2025, at 11 a.m., at the Roche Funeral Home. There will be no calling hours. Burial will be held at a later date in Otis Town Cemetery.

Jesse W. Hankey, 76, of Great Barrington

The family of Jesse W. Hankey will receive friends on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m., and on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, from 9 to 11 a.m., followed by the funeral service at Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home.

Linda Charlene Hebert, 90, of Monterey

A celebration of life for Linda and Bob will be planned for later this year.

Dolores Kaufmann, 99, of Stockbridge

In lieu of flowers, it is Dolores' wish that donations be made to The Eurythmy Association Of North America.