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BerkshireSpeaks: Seven pioneering speakers will present their visions of what it will take for the Berkshires to thrive and prosper in the coming decades.

Shred Day

Are you concerned about identity theft, for either you, your family, or your business? Have documents you need to shred? Do you know which documents you have hanging around that should be shredded?

Salisbury Bank wants to help stop identify theft by offering a free document shredding service at their Dover Plains branch this Saturday, October 18, from 9 to noon.

The branch office is located at 5 Dover Village Plaza, Dover Plains, N.Y. All shredded papers will be recycled.

Record Storage Solutions of Rhinebeck, N.Y., will be on hand to destroy your confidential papers.

Click here for more information, or call Salisbury Bank’s Dover Plain’s branch at 845-877-9850

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BerkshireSpeaks: An afternoon with trend-setters

In case you harbor any doubts that the Berkshires boasts a dazzling array of interesting people, BerkshireSpeaks will dispel them.

Billed as “an enriching afternoon of inspirational presentations by Berkshire trend-setters,” this forum launches its inaugural event at Hevreh of South Berkshire, 270 State Rd., in Great Barrington on Sunday, October 19, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Seven pioneering speakers will present their visions of what it will take for the Berkshires to thrive and prosper in the coming decades. Their experience and perspectives are diverse, which should make the afternoon all the more engaging.

You’ll hear presentations from:

  • Becky Damgaard, Autism Treatment Center of America
    Autism: Tragedy or Opportunity? Seeing Our Children through the Eyes of Hope
  • Nathaniel Karns, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
    Sustainable Berkshires: Achieving a Sustainable Future for the People, Land and Communities of the Berkshires
  • Elizabeth Keen, Indian Line Farm
    Farming, Family and Faith
  • George McGurn, Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Management, Entrepreneur
    Preserving and Moving Forward in an Age of Disruption
  • Laura Qualliotine, The Literacy Network
    Making a Living, Making a Life
  • Arthur Peisner, Volunteers in Medicine
    Caring Freely for the Uninsured
  • Matthew Syrett, Award-winning documentary filmmaker and marketer
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