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Sara Teasdale . . . There Will Come Soft Rains

The shape and formatting of Teasdale’s poetry tends to be classic and charmingly unsophisticated. But the subject matter is ever romantic and offers a woman’s perspective on life and love.

Richard Prout, 92, graduate of Pittsfield High School

A licensed funeral director, he owned and operated Douglass Funeral Service in Amherst for many years until his retirement in 1995.

PREVIEW: Berkshire hummingbirds

If you haven't already deployed your hummingbird feeders, it's time to hustle!

Samya Rose Stumo, 24, of Sheffield, Mass., global health visionary

En route to Kenya for her first assignment with ThinkWell, Samya perished in the March 10 Ethiopian Airlines plane crash.

Business Briefs: CDCSB grant; participation designation for Berkshire Theatre Group; NPC Berkshires receives grant; grant for Berkshire Workforce Board; BCArc rebrand

Mass Cultural Council's UP Initiative seeks to break down barriers that prevent civic participation in the cultural sector of Massachusetts.

A NOVEL: Over the Edge, Chapter 2

Peter had known this Sergey for many years. They met first in Berlin, became reacquainted in Managua, ran into each other in Zurich and then under orders from Putin, Sergey had him escorted from his apartment under guard to the Moscow airport.

Welcome to Real Estate Friday!

A great selection of articles in this week's Real Estate Friday! Properties from a private lakefront to the center of bustling Great Barrington. And the first installment of a serialized guidebook to everything you need and want to know if you're interested in Berkshire real estate.

Welcome to Real Estate Friday

Property of the Week –- The perfect Berkshires house in the perfect location is this week’s featured property.

NATURE’S TURN: August sun lights flowering, fruiting gardens and NOFA’s celebration of growers

Master Ruby Throat then flies to a neighboring structure with more scarlet blossoms, alights and, in a blink of an eye, is whisked away by another hummingbird.

NATURE’S TURN: Succession sowing; gentler, greener growing practices

As you prepare for succession planting and look ahead to new growing spaces, please consider that creating and maintaining permanent planting beds is the starting point for recognizing soil as an ecosystem of micro- and macro-organisms.

NATURE’S TURN: No-till, polyculture, permaculture pleasures

Solarizing kills the grass without having to pull it out; the soil structure is not disturbed and all the organic matter is left in the ground.

Resistance movement against Trump agenda mobilizes in the Berkshires

Motivated by a strong distaste for the Trump administration, progressives in Berkshire County and across the state and nation moved quickly after the November election to mobilize and form a resistance movement rooted in policy and protest.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Little Terrarium,’ poems by Hannah Fries, clear-eyed and gleaming

Hannah Fries, former poetry editor of Orion magazine in Great Barrington, is the first Berkshire author to be published by Hedgerow Books, an imprint of Levellers Press in Amherst. She will be reading at The Bookstore in Lenox at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9.

TRANSFORMATIONS: An energy-smart retrofit

This project on Cottage Street in Amherst, Mass. brought an 1880’s house into the 21st century.
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The Edge Is Free To Read.

But Not To Produce.