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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Half Rats—Great Barrington’s friendly neighborhood wine bar

The name, from a Victorian slang term meaning “tipsy," is in keeping with the unpretentious approach to wine and the communal, convivial vibe. (Nibbles provided, or BYOF.)

Pittsfield’s forgotten, ‘underidentified’ community: Children living in poverty

There are more than 900 kids living in poverty in the neighborhoods immediately surrounding the Berkshire Museum where veiled protesters have decried the ‘tremendous loss’ of paintings.

Berkshire Center for Justice goes on the road; mobile office at Fairgrounds event

The Berkshire Center for Justice will offer a free legal clinic from its booth at the 12th annual Pow Wow on the Great Barrington Fairgrounds this weekend, August 12 and 13.

The Self-Taught Gardener: The seed itself, or plant sex education

When it comes to the sexual reproduction of plants, our new Education Secretary may struggle for ways to teach the complexity of sexuality, both botanical and human.
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