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Davis declares victory in 3rd Berkshire District State House race

Davis will be taking over for William “Smitty” Pignatelli who announced in February that, after 22 years in office, he would not be running again.

CONNECTIONS: Cottage industry

It was Austen Riggs who brought the Coonley family to the Berkshires. Riggs founded his therapeutic community in 1919. Mary Lord Coonley was on the first board of trustees.

CONNECTIONS: The Huckleberry King of the Berkshires

In 1902, while attending a conference for the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in Great Barrington, Frederick Stark Pearson purchased the Tuller farm on Seekonk Cross Road.

EYES TO THE SKY: New season, new moon – crescent moon cues the planets

The Autumnal Equinox occurs on Friday the 22nd at 4 p.m. Sunrise and sunset times are close to 12 hours apart for the rest of the month.

Business Briefs: AIER names new president; HVA opens Stockbridge office; new CEO for Boys & Girls Club; grant for Bidwell House Museum; Shred Day...

“HVA is excited about collaborating with Historic New England to offer public programs and displays at Merwin House that connect the river, its ecology and our local history here in the Berkshires.” --Dennis Regan

Bits & Bytes: Berkshire Bike-N-Fly; OLLI University Day; ‘Alternate Gravity;’ MiC documentary screening; art salon at L’Atelier Berkshires; ‘Cupcake War 2016’

"From Madness to Music" illustrates the power of music to bring people, particularly young people and those living in conflict regions, together on common ground.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Music That Shook the World’; ‘Books and Blooms’; GBHS fundraiser; Pittsfield river clean-up; equestrian emergency response training

The 20th century saw a series of cultural earthquakes that shook the music establishment and scandalized audiences.

REVIEW: Ensemble for Romantic Century unlocks mysteries of Van Gogh and Nature  

"Van Gogh's Ear" is a perfect complement to the many examples of artistic genius on display at the Clark.

Christine Silvernail, 97, of Egremont

A graduate of Katherine Gibbs, Christine worked at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City and later for Colonel Harwood at the American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington.

Bits & Bytes: Events and items of note in the Berkshires

Western MA Beer Fest in Dalton; Berkshire Playwrights Lab stages reading of Jim Frangione's new play, "Flight of the Monarch"; Free Fun Friday at Jacob’s Pillow; “Van Gogh’s Ear” at AIER; Housatonic River canoe trip sponsored by Mass Audubon and Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary.
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