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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Uva Pizza e Vino—Serving authentic Neopolitan pies in a wine bar setting

The sister restaurant to The Elm is rounding out the restaurant culture in downtown Great Barrington.

PERSPECTIVES: From the tiny to the mighty: More than 300 Berkshire County organizations receive PPP loans

In Massachusetts, 18,177 small businesses received PPP loans, which the companies say allowed them to retain 738,613 jobs.

Bits & Bytes: Four Freedoms Forum; fermentation workshop; ‘Our Beloved Kin’

With original scholarship and creative narration, Brooks recovers a complex picture of war, captivity and Native resistance during King Philip’s War.

Alan Chartock: I Publius: Uncertain future of newspapers

If they are to stay alive, newspapers will have to meet the needs of the people who read them.

Gerry Francis, former Berkshire Courier editor, remembered

In a letter to the editor, James Harris writes, "So I remember Gerry Francis as my first boss, a man who taught me the value and the necessity of hard work."

The Berkshire Record closes its doors after 31 years

Limestone Communications, the Record's holding company, also published several other revenue-generating publications, including Best of the Berkshires, and a series of guides for the seasons.

Darlene G. White, 66, of Pittsfield, gifted writer and storyteller

She has performed at SpeakEasy in both the Berkshires and Brooklyn, N.Y, locales and at The Moth Grandslam at the Roxy Theatre in New York.

Troubled history of the Housatonic River PCB settlement

The questions I pose are prompted from years working to create strong coalitions to fight General Electric - a rare coalition of former GE workers, sportsmen and women, local Lakewood homeowners whose front- and backyards were contaminated with high levels of PCBs, and environmentalists.

Alan Chartock: I Publius — a bad PCB settlement deal

The settlement worked out by the Environmental Protection Administration is not exactly popular with those who are trying to save our world from catastrophe.

Business Briefs: CCR exhibition designer; Wortis joins Mahaiwe; Berkshire Nonprofit Awards nominations; grant for Jack Miller Contractors

The Berkshire Nonprofit Awards recognize those who work tirelessly in the nonprofit sector to serve the Berkshire community.

‘No Visible Bruises’ presentation to highlight the prevalence of violence against women

The book is ultimately a manifesto that turns a regressive notion about the causes of domestic violence on its head by illustrating domestic violence as a public health problem with solutions.

Alan Chartock: I Publius

If she goes soft on someone who commits a crime by not following the norms of being DA, she leaves herself in a tough spot when it comes to re-election.

Bits & Bytes: ‘We Hear Freedom Calling’; Rock Voices concert; local history lecture; BSO Concerto Competition

Founded by Tony Lechner in Hadley in 2012, Rock Voices has since expanded around New England and New York.

Report: Racist graffiti and attack on Simon’s Rock student likely ‘staged’

According to Simon's Rock administrators, who did not disclose the name of the firm that the college hired, the investigators spent several days on campus, interviewed 29 people, conferred with Great Barrington police, and reviewed documentary evidence.

GB, South County Year in Review: Of mergers, bridges, cannabis and ‘blood money’

In the spirit of reflection and self-examination, herein lies The Edge's second annual Great Barrington year in review. It includes some select stories from other South County towns as well, along with embedded links to Edge stories for more information.

Alan Chartock: I Publius. Times’ critic dead wrong about BSO

The attack by the New York newspaper is an insult to all of us who live equidistant from Boston or New York City but who know down to our shoes and socks that nothing in my hometown New York City can kiss our behinds when it comes to our Tanglewood and the best orchestra in the world.
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