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Welcome to Real Estate Friday!

Suzann Ward of Housatonic Real Estate offers a stunning post and beam home on beautiful grounds with sensational views in a great location. The biggest challenge for architect Andrew Webster of Graphite Studio was to preserve the charm and character of a two-hundred-year-old building while delivering 21st century performance and comfort. A report on real estate sales in the second quarter of 2025. Plus, recent sales and gardening columns and a home-cooking recipe.

Bits & Bytes: Farmer Olympics; farmstead picnic; Kindergarten Night; Lenox Library book sale; bird language workshop; ‘Halachah, Sex, Lies, and Darwin’

“Song of the Forest,” taught by educators from Mass Audubon and Flying Deer Nature Center, will explore the world of bird language through storytelling, lectures, slideshows, outdoor activities, field exercises, and more.

Business Briefs: HSV restoration grant; emergency food, shelter applications sought; CHP farmers’ market; SomethinsGottaGive gallery opens

In an effort to bring healthy farm produce to South County families, Community Health Programs (CHP) will launch its summer farmers market on Thursday, June 16, from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Bits & Bytes: Memorial Day parade schedule; OLLI’s summer classes; Senate advances budget; Stockbridge Library annual meeting; Pratt scholarship for Alison Lee

The Stockbridge Library's annual meeting will feature remarks by a delegation of representatives from the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation who will share their perspectives on the Stockbridge Indian Town history and discuss the legacy of Mohican veterans.

Berkshire Book Houses: United Way project to encourage childhood literacy

When it comes to raising a community of proficient readers, it takes a village.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Meet the Inventors’; Paul Krugman at Simon’s Rock; GB traffic advisory; Lee Library comic jam; Diana Felber Gallery opening; senior center...

Dr. Krugman was the sole recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on international trade theory.

REVIEW: Susan Merrill’s ‘Colors and Camouflage’

Having grown up on a farm in Maryland, Merrill has a deep and abiding respect for all animals, especially as they have become scarcer on Berkshire farms.

Bits & Bytes: BMS gala concert & perform-a-thon; Sausage Fest; 24-hour Theatre Project; Lakeville gallery crawl; Lenox cottages talk; adult swim lessons; Berkshire Youth...

In Great Barrington The Meat Market will host its fifth annual Sausage Fest on Saturday, April 2, from noon – 6 p.m., featuring 12 housemade sausages simulating an international trip.

NATURE’S TURN: Hot weather garden, sky-high flowers, succulent food

I recommend the marsh mallow, Althaea officinalis, as a trouble free perennial that has been cultivated since ancient times as a culinary and medicinal herb.
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