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Allowing children to be children again: Monterey’s Kimama Halfmoon camp hosts children of Israeli hostages

"[S]lowly but surely, you could see them dancing on the basketball court, and their smiles eventually came back to them while they enjoyed the summer," Camp Director Yael Skikne recounted about the campers.

Egremont Green News: Historic hurricane season leaves us wanting a better bottle bill

The idea was to collect 5-cent deposit beverage containers from the town transfer station and send the money to victims of a historically destructive month of hurricanes. In the process, we also developed some ideas about how the Massachusetts Bottle Bill, a good thing, could be made even better.

Bits & Bytes: ‘God of Carnage’ hurricane relief performance; ‘Light in the Darkness’ at Kimball Farms; Family Garden Festival; Pittsfield Community Connection seeks mentors

The proceeds from the added performance will be donated to the One America Appeal to support those affected by the devastation of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.

Bits & Bytes: Paula Poundstone at Fairview gala; Hurricane Harvey benefit concert; ‘Growing Up in the 50’s;’ Phil Donahue at Winsted Community Bookstore; ‘Pink...

Paula Poundstone regularly performs standup comedy across the country and recently released the book “The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness.”

Bits & Bytes: Hurricane Harvey relief concert; Williams College professor’s photo in space; Avett Brothers movie screening; Alex Rostotsky at Turn Park

Each spacecraft contains a golden record that contains 115 photographs, greetings in many languages and samples of music. One of the photographs was taken by Williams College astronomer Jay Pasachoff.

News Briefs: Hurricane Harvey relief efforts – bottle collection in Egremont, food drive in Lenox

Visit Lenox will organize the donated items and ship them to vetted relief agencies so they can be distributed to those in need.
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