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PREVIEW: Boston Early Music Festival presents Telemann’s ‘Pimpinone’ and ‘Ino’ on June 27 and 28 at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

"From the canny cast to the crack chamber ensemble backing the action, the double bill offered a feast for eyes, ears, and mind." ~ A.Z. Madonna, Boston Globe

Business Briefs: New BNRC trail; New Marlborough Land Trust gift; Pittsfield Cultural Council grant workshop; Greylock donates to Lee High School; Berkshire Business Confidence...

The New Marlborough Land Trust has announced that Edward “Ned” Goodnow has given it 300 acres of land along the Konkapot River.

Charles Joseph Liston, 95, of Lenox Dale

He was a member of the Lenox Conservation Commission and the Lenox Land Trust, having a long-held interest in conservation and wildlife.

Business Briefs: Lenox trunk show; grant for CDCSB; Nature Matters launch; land trusts celebrate success; Berkshire Co-op Market board nominations

The Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire has received a $16,235 grant to to build low-to-moderate income housing.

CONNECTIONS: A sense of place

It is interesting that what draws many to Berkshire today is no different than what drew people in the 18th century: land. If we value our unique Berkshire communities, how do we protect and maintain them in this modern world?

Wood misses her old job, squares off against Petersen for Sheffield selectboard

Incumbent Andrew Petersen replaced Rene Wood, who, in 2015, opted not to run for re-election. Now Wood has decided to try to get back on the Selectboard again.

Egremont Green News: Gearing up for Earth Day and honoring the memory of Rachel Carson

By the end of our annual Earth Day event in Egremont, we will have diverted as much as 800 pounds of material away from our delicate land and waterways into trash or recycling streams.

Business Briefs: New Lenox hiking trail; Jacob’s Pillow, Old Inn on the Green to partner; Bruun attends Fresh Air Fund conference; Burke receives mortgage...

Jacob’s Pillow will partner with the Old Inn on the Green and its sister property, the Southfield Store, of New Marlborough for on-site dining options as part of its 2018 dance festival.

Bits & Bytes: 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival; Community Voices Collection; immigration workshop; Sue Morse wildlife presentations; Berkshire South Swim-a-thon

'We believe that our immigrant population is an essential and rich part of our Berkshire community...' -- Berkshire Immigrant Center Executive Director Brooke Mead

Bits & Bytes: Gardening in climate change; ‘Is the Moon Still There When Nobody Looks?’; CHP Walking Loop Trail guided hike; NMVA winter house...

Bard College physics professor Matthew Deady’s talk will provide a historical survey of quantum mechanics leading up to current experiments and theories that weigh on the questions that beset Einstein, Bohr and others.

Business Briefs: Hansell named BNRC president; Wynn joins BTCF board; Hillary Clinton visits Oblong Books; new director for the Whit

Michael Wynn has been serving Pittsfield for more than 20 years and has led the Pittsfield Police Department as its chief of police since December 2007.

News Brief: Lenox conservation measure to protect public water supply

H.3833 authorizes Lenox to place a conservation restriction on municipally owned land where the town’s public water supply and watershed are located.

Business Briefs: BNRC conserves Parsons Marsh; new manager for Eat on North; BMM gains compliance officer; new board members for Berkshire Children & Families;...

According to BNRC, the next step in the project is permitting and planning for a universally accessible trail and boardwalk from the west side of the valley on Undermountain Road into Parsons Marsh.

Bits & Bytes: Berkshire BioBlitz; Berkshire Fermentation Festival; Neal at Williams College; CATA poetry reading

Berkshire BioBlitz is an opportunity for biologists, naturalists and environmentalists to work in collaboration with the general public to survey the Thomas and Palmer Brook.

Bits & Bytes: Citizenship naturalization ceremony; Baseball Day at Berkshire Mall; Woofstock; GBLC Hullabaloo; BNRC community celebration

Berkshire County residents who immigrated to the U.S. from around the world will be sworn in as new naturalized citizens against the backdrop of Norman Rockwell’s iconic “Four Freedoms” paintings.

News Brief: Great Barrington Land Conservancy’s National Trails Day celebration

After the first expedition departed, 12 more explorers including Rep. William “Smitty” Pignatelli, joined Bernie Drew for an informative loop walk to learn about the Great Barrington history along the eastern bank of the Housatonic River.

Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; Berkshire Dance Party & Cabaret; ‘Dance!!! For Dogs and Cats;’ beginners’ birding workshop; ‘Jerusalem in the Woods’

Berkshire Dance Party and Cabaret attendees will be able to walk the pink carpet, sing along in the piano bar, send and receive messages at Berkshire Flirt’s post office, dance to music spun by DJ BFG, and enjoy visual projections by Joe Wheaton.
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