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Then & Now: Sauer’s Barber Shop

A tradition of Housatonic hair specialists.

Spirit of giving: Warm the Children

This year the Sheffield Kiwanis has 40 percent more eligible children for the Warm the Children program than last year.

Bits & Bytes: Beaver Moon hike; #OptOutside on Black Friday; BHRSD Fund for Excellence; Stockbridge photo contest; Muddy Brook online auction

The online auction is the Muddy Brook PTA’s main fundraiser and supports a wide range of enrichment programming including artist residency programs and field trips.

Bits & Bytes: New SoCo ice cream flavor; Justin Hillman at the Whit; WBCR fundraiser; Eagle Fund phoneathon; musical Shabbat in GB

SoCo will unveil the ice cream in partnership with the Triplex Cinema on Thursday, November 19, at the same time that “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2” is released nationwide.

Bits & Bytes: BTCF new president; sex trafficking survivor summit; deer hunting in Hopkins Forest; South County flu clinics; BHRSD seeks committee members

he Berkshire Hills Regional School District School Committee is seeking residents from its three member towns to serve on a Regional Agreement Amendment Committee.

Jennifer Dowley, leader of community-focused philanthropy, retiring from Berkshire Taconic Foundation

The easiest way to describe Berkshire Taconic’s activities is that they build stronger communities by inspiring charitable giving.

News Briefs: Triplex to host CDC event; Town Hall Forum at Morningside School; Textbook Affordability Bill; BTCF awards; mayoral debate schedule

Donors who give gifts of $1,000 or more to the Community Development Corporation's affordable housing program will receive a 50 percent credit toward their Massachusetts state taxes.

Bits & Bytes: Kari Giordano wins Kapteyn Prize; GB cultural council deadline; Project eLEVate show; Stockbridge cemetery walk

Giordano’s accomplishments include creating a “Foundations of Design” curriculum described by colleagues as one of “the finest examples of a teacher-developed, student-centered project” they have ever seen.

Bits & Bytes: Mass Live Arts Festival at Simon’s Rock; Live on the Lake; BTCF scholarship awards

Highlights of the Mass Live Arts festival include Tarzana, the MLA commission/world premiere from experimental theater group Radiohole and a return engagement for Andrew Schneider’s hi-tech-infused theater/performance piece YOUARENOWHERE.

Great Barrington Selectboard candidates: Bill Cooke

“I think we can turn around a declining young population.”

Bits & Bytes: Race against time; Texas writer headin’ north

Duchenne muscular dystrophy affects approximately 30,000 people in the United States, and several hundred thousand children worldwide. Berkshire Waldorf High School announces first writer-in-resident, DJ Thielke.

How Share the Bounty got started

I was struck by the notion that every dollar donated — in serving three goals —would effectively triple in value: supporting a local farmer, preserving our rural landscapes, and providing fresh, healthy food to community members in need. -- Jonathan Hankin, founder of Share the Bounty
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