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BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of June 18, 2025

Journalists are reporting on the constant chaos, but they are not featuring the Congresspeople who are speaking up. Here are a few; there are many more.

WSBS-AM knocked off the air by parts failure; signal still available via streaming and 94.1 FM

Four separate parts failures have caused WSBS, Great Barrington's sole radio station, to be knocked off the air. The station remains available at 94.1 FM and via streaming on the station's website.

All Berkshire District Attorney’s office staff members are fully vaccinated against COVID-19

The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office encourages all residents to protect themselves and the county’s public health infrastructure by getting vaccinated.

Wear a mask; prevent spreading deadly Covid-19

More than 300 people have died in the Berkshires from Covid-19. It’s very easy to put on a mask to protect others. It isn’t a guarantee, but it most assuredly helps.

World War II and COVID-19 pandemic parallels

The war perhaps made her a stronger person because she knows today that the uncertainties of life are just around the corner and that we cannot nurture complacency as she says many do.

CAPITAL IDEAS: Politics slowing the recovery

Dalton -- We’re entering the third quarter, which has historically been the worst quarter of the year for the stock market. We’re also entering...

News Brief: Great Barrington to launch GB S.A.F.E. program

The brainchild of local business owner Richard Stanley, the project was further developed by @GBLabs to showcase area businesses that are being responsible and responsive during this uncertain time.

CONNECTIONS: Canceling camps, the prudent choice

Baker, Cuomo and every other governor making these hard decisions were doing so to fight a super-contagious virus, a virus whose short-term and long-term effects they were learning about in horror-filled increments. That is all it was about — nothing more and nothing less.

Housatonic’s Peter Pan: Jeanne Bassis and the power of play

Bassis strives to bring a sense of playfulness and “lighthearted curiosity” to the table while encouraging others, regardless of age, “to be more playful from the inside out.”

BSO Musicians in Recital from Tanglewood: Sebring, Overton, Schumann, Dukas and Mozart

Of course, as Sebring warns, the only appropriate recital space for an alphorn is the great outdoors — alps if you have them, the Berkshire hills if you don't.

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.

South County restaurants get creative to survive during COVID-19 pandemic

Despite there being a very short window in which to make changes between now and the end of summer, restaurant owners are eager.

News Brief: Grand Jury sessions return to Berkshire Superior Court

The court delayed all trials throughout the state until at least Tuesday, Sept. 8. Courts operated in limited fashion throughout much of the pandemic, handling mostly emergency matters.

Berkshire theaters make history: Partial summer season approved

It seems that both Berkshire Theatre Group and Barrington Stage Company are on the right track to restoring our sense of what is beautiful and possible in our lives starting in August.

CAPITAL IDEAS: Treading water

The stock market is always going to have corrections. For me to say that we’re going to get a correction isn’t me pretending to say I am Nostradamus. Corrections happen all the time.

Keeping the Berkshires safe from a widespread COVID-19 outbreak

We wear masks, we keep our distance in public, most of our businesses require the same. Although sometimes a nuisance, we are getting used to it.

Alan Chartock: Liar in chief

Is there really anyone out there who would put it past Trump to try to save himself with a coup of one kind or another?
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