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Lenox’s Arcadian Shop awaits path forward to continue its Stockbridge Bowl kayak launch program

“All [kayak rental] transactions occur at the Arcadian Shop,” Arcadian Shop co-owner Chris Calvert told The Berkshire Edge during a July 9 phone interview.

Business Briefs: Berkshire Nonprofit Awards announce finalists; free museum admission for foster families; internet security seminar; grants for American Mural Project; Eagle Fund awards...

Created in 1998 to provide educational opportunities for Southern Berkshire Regional School District students, the Eagle Fund received more than 20 applications and awarded grants to students, teachers and community members.

Bits & Bytes: RISK! live podcast; Krakauer/Tagg Duo at Club Helsinki Hudson; GoldenOak at DCSC; New York border wars talk

Hosted by Kevin Allison, RISK! is a live show and podcast during which people tell true, uncensored stories 'they never thought they’d dare to share.'

Veterans’ graves book now available for viewing at Mason Library

The Great Barrington book includes fascinating details about many of the veterans, from the Revolutionary War through 1938, along with illustrations of each gravestone, and a locator map for each grave.

Bits & Bytes: Berkshire Botanical Garden Harvest Festival; ‘Earth Dialogue;’ GB Cultural Council applications; ‘The 39 Steps;’ Newsboy monument rededication; Berkshire Human Rights Speaker...

The rededication event will celebrate the recent conservation treatment that restored the physical and historical integrity of Great Barrington's Newsboy Statue and will include a public viewing of the monument and working fountain.

Bits & Bytes: John Mayall at the Colonial; Outstanding in the Field dinner; Ramsdell Winter Sundays; Writers Read series; BTCF grant deadlines

The architecture and history of Housatonic will be highlighted during the final Ramsdell Public Library Winter Sunday Afternoon on March 20 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Bits & Bytes: The Orchestra Now at Simon’s Rock; Relay For Life; newsboy statue & cemetery walk; ‘Spaces and Moments’ in Spencertown; family nature...

The Orchestra Now prepares a new generation of musicians to break down barriers between modern audiences and noteworthy orchestral music of the past and present.

Gary Leveille’s ‘Legendary Locals’: Who we’ve been, who we are

In its 127 pages containing 150 profiles, and references to many more South Berkshire residents, past and present, the answers to who we are may surprise you.

Notes, footnotes and queries

Would it surprise you to learn that the last president of the Republic of Texas was a Great Barrington native?
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