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School district looking to eliminate jobs in proposed fiscal 2026 budget, staff members express anger and frustration

“I worry about what happens to our students when their leaders lose sight of whom they serve," said Du Bois Middle School Spanish teacher Mercedes Girona. “I understand that there are budget cuts, but I feel like there needs to be a little bit more humanity."

Bits & Bytes: Wynonna Judd at the Mahaiwe; education forum; Michelle Cuevas at The Bookloft; winter clothing collection; Red Cross blood drives

Participants in the public education forum will include Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, United Educators of Pittsfield, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, NAACP Berkshire County Branch, Berkshire Democratic Brigades and the Four Freedoms Coalition.

Entire Berkshire legislative delegation joins healthcare protest at Park Square

Attendees are encouraged to wear black, dress as zombies, and bring headstone shaped signs to emphasize the danger the proposed healthcare bill embodies.

As strike looms BMC nurses tell alarming stories about patient care

One BMC nurse said the situation has deteriorated to the point that many Berkshire County pediatricians are sending patients to Bay State Medical in Springfield out of frustration.

Local protesters join nationwide Tax March, demanding Trump’s tax returns

"I can't begin to tell you. I get up in the morning and I groan about all the idiocy." -- Joyce Sheffey of Great Barrington

Tax Day rally and protest to be held in Park Square

Along with hundreds of thousands of people all over the United States and elsewhere in the world, local protestors will be demanding that Donald Trump release his tax returns once and for all.
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