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Howard Trombley, 77, formerly of Great Barrington

The family will receive friends on Thursday, June 26 from 4 to 7:00 p.m. at Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home in Great Barrington.  A funeral service will be held on Friday, June 27 at 10 a.m. at The First Congregational Church, 251 Main St., Great Barrington. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Great Barrington.

Illuminating the Hidden Forest, Chapter 24: Hunting season

Here in the Berkshires, my neighbors’ ancestors have been hunting on these lands for generations. So I need to examine my preconceptions about hunting.

Nick Diller weather summary: November 2019 coldest of this century

Who would have thought that the month would go like it did when the high hit 71 on the 1st?

EYES TO THE SKY: Planet Mercury crosses Sun today, Venus and Jupiter meet on the 24th

The next Transit of Mercury visible in its entirety from our location will be in 2049.

CAPITAL IDEAS: Ladies Business Group

Although going through the value growth process takes one to five years, the most common question I get from business owners is “What can I do now to improve my business today?”

Nick Diller weather summary: December 2018 warmer and wetter than average

That humidity translated into a very wet year with the most precipitation seen in this young century of 63.72 inches, which was nearly 20 inches more than last year and 24 inches more that the drought year of 2016.

EYES TO THE SKY: Reach for extraterrestrial holiday lights on darkest, latest mornings

Below and left of Jupiter, relatively faint planet Mercury twinkles close above the skyline while, to the right of Mercury, red star Antares, also pale in the dawn light, rises into the winter morning sky.

EYES TO THE SKY: Moon softens edges between day and night

By Friday, the 29th, a half moon, last quarter, rises close to midnight, accompanying springtime’s quintessential all-night constellation, Leo the Lion, visible now during the hours after midnight.

EYES TO THE SKY: Majestic Summer Triangle tilting west

At this time of year, midway between the autumn equinox and winter solstice, the stars Vega, Altair and Deneb are positioned high in the south at twilight.

Nick Diller weather summary: December 2017 was warmest, then coldest

The mean temperature for the month was 25.5, three degrees below average. It turned to be the 8th coldest since 1965.

Coldest day this century

The high temperature of 9 degrees represents the coldest high reading since December 22, 1989.

EYES TO THE SKY: Bedazzling line-up of planets, stars; New Year’s Day supermoon

The year’s darkest days, the last of the shortest days of the year, end tomorrow, the 26th, with 9 hours, 6 minutes of daylight.

Nick Diller weather summary: November 2017, drier with near-normal temperatures; early December snowfall

It's interesting to note that the daily high temps in November 2017 were warmer than average while the lows were colder.

BOB GRAY: Volunteers

The squash had “volunteered,” and in their term of enlistment had evaded the damned, destructive woodchucks.

Nick Diller’s year-end weather summary: An average December, a very dry 2016

Precipitation was not average. Even factoring in melted snow and adding that to rainfall totals did not equal the nearly 6-decade average.

EYES TO THE SKY: Late afternoon – early evening planets, moon and Fomalhaut

Cinching evening darkness, new moon falls on the 29th, followed by evenings enhanced by a waxing crescent moon that sets early leading to long, dark, moonless nights.

NATURE”S TURN: Winter’s waffle, rustic tasks and pastimes

I’ve awoken to the realization that this is a different kind of December. What are the consequences of the abnormally warm temperatures?
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