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A potential regional school solution?

Monument Mountain High School is in complete disrepair and needs to be rebuilt from scratch.

PATRICK WHITE: Solving the housing crisis (Part One) — The case for a ‘seasonal community’ designation

I would like to take a few minutes of your time to make the case why all Berkshire County towns should quickly put in place a strategy to be so designated.

SHEELA CLARY: A roomful of gifts

Hope is also all around. In my own house, it is literally all around.

CONNECTIONS: We need the Golden Rule to save the soul of America

Harming others may be loud and instantly impactful, but kindness has a quiet ripple effect that spreads out over time.

Peter Most’s group should be able to negotiate attractive terms for the purchase of the Simon’s Rock campus

No one in Great Barrington is celebrating the loss of Simon‘s Rock. From what I know, Peter Most’s group would like to find a way to utilize the campus in a way that continues to benefit the community.

PETER MOST: School daze

Consider there are three legs to a stool for a thriving community: housing, education, and commerce. Lacking any one leg causes the community to collapse.

LEONARD QUART: Hangin’ out in cafes

I would like to digress, for it is noteworthy to briefly explore the history of coffee shops.

Then & Now: Sauer’s Barber Shop

A tradition of Housatonic hair specialists.

I WITNESS: Goodbye to the Berkshires

I will miss the Berkshires, particularly the home where we have lived for the past 13 years, the longest stretch that I have ever lived in one location.

Simon’s Rock owes Great Barrington nothing

In my opinion, shame on Great Barrington for doing absolutely nothing to help save this wonderful school.

Rectify a historic injustice

More than 3 million public servants and their families across the country have had widow/widower pensions denied to them.

Trump wants to take away birthright citizenship

I have a birth certificate confirming the date/location of my birth in New York City. It is all the confirmation I need of my precious American citizenship. And now Trump plans to take that away from me.

Protect our water

North Adams' most valuable natural resource deserves more than to be used as an experiment by MassAudubon and its new industrial-logging partners

Early Massachusetts statutes guide town acquisition of water rights

It is high time our town took on the serious responsibility of meeting all its townspeople’s needs in a sensible, cost-efficient way.

PETER MOST: Life support

Given our community’s aging population, it is easy to conclude that we should assist SBAS in its quest to have two paramedic-staffed ambulances ready at all times.

I WITNESS: The best celebration of all

All those years ago, Princess Charming threw caution to the wind and decided to kiss the frog, in spite of the social consequences of that act, and in spite of the fact that in the end, the frog remained a frog.

SHEELA CLARY: If I were a dove

A parent's snow-day lament.