Saturday, June 14, 2025

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HomeLife In the BerkshiresCONNECTIONS: Temporarily disconnected

CONNECTIONS: Temporarily disconnected

It is unbelievable to me, but this year I wrote my 500th column.

I am taking leave to work on a new project. It is unbelievable to me, but this year I wrote my 500th column. The Berkshire Edge’s editor in chief, David Scribner, has suggested a wonderful way to mark the occasion: The best of the 500 will be collected into what folks always call “a slim volume.” I will be working on that and, if you would like to be part of the process, let me know your choices. What column did you like reading the first time, and which might you like reading again? No worries: “You know, the one about…” is good enough. Have a warm and wonderful holiday season, and we will reconnect in 2019.

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THEN & NOW: The Truman Wheeler House (AKA the Great Barrington Historical Society)

With the expensive “help” of a bank mortgage, the Great Barrington Historical Society saved the 1.4-acre property for use as their headquarters and town museum.

BITS & BYTES: Christine Bilé at Dottie’s; Clyde Criner tribute at ’62 Center for Theater and Dance; NAACP Berkshire County Branch Juneteenth celebration; Lee Juneteenth workshop...

Berkshire-based Christine Bilé is a singer-songwriter playing acoustic pop-folk music on guitar and ukelele — her music will empower you, make you smile, laugh, groove, and maybe even cry.

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