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Welcome to Real Estate Friday!

Here’s what we have for you this week in The Edge Real Estate section: Property of the Week -- Jen Harvey of Compass offers a brand new contemporary, distinguished by thoughtfully designed spaces filled with natural light, in a wonderfully central location. Transformations -- The biggest challenge for architect Andrew Webster of Graphite Studio was to preserve the charm and character of a two-hundred-year-old building while delivering 21st century performance and comfort Weekly real estate transactions for Berkshire County, Northern Litchfield County and Columbia County. Market Perspective –...

Nonvoters allowed to attend and speak at Monday’s special town meeting

Town moderator Michael Wise said nonvoters (including minors and nonresidents) are allowed to attend the special town meeting and speak if they obtain permission.

Bits & Bytes: WAM Theatre gala; ‘Curtis on Tour’; ‘Drawing as Mindfulness Practice’ workshops; Young Writers’ Contest winners

Deb Koffman's "Drawing as Mindfulness Practice" workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to watch their minds; stay connected to their hearts; follow their authentic impulses; make mistakes without consequences; tap into their natural, ordinary, unique creativity; and find the essential beauty in anything.

It’s summer. What are you reading? Three students share their choices

I asked some of my friends some questions about their summer reads (and then answered them myself.) These are our thoughts on books for this summer so far.

A student’s perspective on the plastic water bottle  debate

Almost everyone I know already brings a reusable water bottle to school (many in bright colors or covered in fun stickers), and I don’t foresee the ban changing our day-to-day life in any way. In fact, I don’t see this being a major detriment in any way to most citizens of Great Barrington.

Rise: Monument Mountain students organize against racism, sexism and gun violence

RISE joins a growing wave of students and educators bringing social movement action into the classroom and education into social movement action throughout the country.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Miss Labeled’ in Lee; ‘Shakespeare in Song;’ ‘Haunting the Kerouac House;’ balance classes; Rx round-up recap

After screening the 15-minute film, Dayson and Monpierre will discuss the process behind the project and the lessons they learned about each other's respective art, and will invite questions and comments.

Bits & Bytes: Senior center art opening; ‘Mirror, Mirror’; swing dancing; race documentary screening; ‘Two Years of Song;’ landscaping talk

"My hope is that Mirror, Mirror can serve as a model for future student-run productions and can show the community the full power of collaboration between self-motivated and artistically ambitious high school students.” --Caroline Sprague
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