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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Shaker Mill Books—a haven for bibliophiles in West Stockbridge

The independent bookstore is known for offering an eclectic collection of new, used, rare, antiquarian, and out-of-print books, complemented by clever displays.

FilmColumbia: Gorgeous, inspiring ‘Varda by Agnes’ highlights Varda’s joie de vivre

This autobiographical film is the best cinema studies course imaginable.

CAPITAL IDEAS: Maybe you’ll get Social Security after all

Without changes, the Social Security Administration projects that its trust fund will be insolvent by 2035.

Lost: My Eurasian Lynx

Louise took my hand and kissed it. It was a gesture that always melted my heart. She was so very appreciative that I had seemingly transcended my cynicism and given her the lynx family she had always craved.

CAPITAL IDEAS: Interest rate whiplash

Last week the Fed pivoted so quickly that all of us watching the press conference got whiplash. The Fed went from expecting two hikes in 2019 to zero. (It did maintain its estimate of one hike in 2020.)

Vive Bizalion’s! Specialty fine food market turns 15

In the summer of 2003, the Bizalions made a dozen trips to the Berkshires before settling on Great Barrington, where they decided their concept was “doable.”

As young as one

Recently, our attention has been split by the plight of the Thai boys trapped in the cave, and the bizarre behavior of President Trump in Brussels, the United Kingdom and Helsinki. And yet there are thousands of parents and children trapped in a kind of hell, waiting to find each other.

Could ‘complete streets’ make Great Barrington more user-friendly?

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation defines a complete street as "one that provides safe and accessible options for all travel modes - walking, biking, transit and vehicles – for people of all ages and abilities."

Letter from Barcelona: We are not afraid

It was especially discouraging to listen to the State of the Union from here in Spain, a place where they’re not buying into Trump’s message of fear – fear of immigrants, fear of falling, fear of each other.

CONNECTIONS: Nostalgia for trappings of royalty

Genuine or ersatz, the desire for a coat of arms was rampant in this country. A hundred years after ejecting the king, apparently, we wanted it back.

PROFILE: Kira Payer, a girl and her bike

On Monday morning, when the Class of 2017 returns to Monument Mountain Regional High School following April break for the final push before graduation, senior Kira Payer will be waking up in the Netherlands or possibly driving across Germany representing Team USA in the final installment of the Junior Women’s Nations Cup.

The Self-Taught Gardener: The art of subtraction

“Once you've dressed, and before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.” -- Coco Chanel

EDGEWISE: On this Thanksgiving generosity for refugees — past and present

Let us remember the real roots of this holiday: The generous spirit of the indigenous ancestors of America, who welcomed the first European refugees.

CONNECTIONS: America to the world: Keep out

Immigration laws are by definition exclusionary. There is no need for a “come one come all” immigration law.

EDGEWISE: Late-night thoughts on the Syrian refugee crisis

I wonder, would we in the Berkshires respond to a sudden influx of several thousand newcomers from a faraway war-torn land?
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