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Great Barrington Town Manager Pruhenski announces his departure

Pruhenski has served over five years as Great Barrington's town manager.

POEM: White man in blue suit in White House

There is something truly Biblical about this fellow -- a Hoosier saint in-waiting,

Edward Peters, 76, of Lenox

A research chemist, Dr. Peters was employed by General Electric (later SABIC) for many years.

Choosing the next president: Local pediatrician prefers Mayor Pete

“I feel as if I’ve done a Ph.D. in Pete Buttigieg in the past year.” -- Dr. Claudia Gold of Egremont, Mass.

POEM: Mike & Matthew: Showdown at the Border

...if turned from meek-and-mild front to back, reveals himself to be the “whited sepulcher”...

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Shortest Way Home’: The making of a presidential candidate

“There is no going back … This is the deepest lie of our recent national politics, the core falsehood encoded in “Make America Great Again.” Beneath the impossible promises—that coal alone will fuel our future, that a big wall can be built around our status quo, that climate change isn’t even real—is the deeper fantasy that time itself can be reversed, all losses restored, and thus no new ways of life required." --Mayor Pete Buttigieg

Caroline Paton, 86, of Sharon, Conn., founder with Sandy Paton and Lee Haggerty of Folk-Legacy Records, now a part of the Smithsonian Institution in...

Over the next 50 years, Caroline and Sandy brought music and joy to thousands through performances, special gatherings, and sales of the traditional and contemporary folk recordings they produced.

Shirley Bittiner Olds, 94, of Monterey

She helped with the creation of the Monterey Community Center and was a founding member of the Southern Berkshire Friends Meeting (Quakers).

Amplifications: Women’s rights are human rights

Women are still not protected by the Constitution. The Equal Rights Amendment has never passed.

Allan Bredenfoerder, 73, of Ashley Falls, acclaimed teacher at Berkshire School

In his 37 years at Berkshire School, he taught math, chaired the math department, coached boys’ tennis and worked with students in the outdoor program, among many other activities.

American Legion aims to bring Sammy Lee Davis to BHRSD

In his letter to the editor, Harold French writes, 'Davis will talk to the students in The Berkshire Hills Region School District about his exploits, but more importantly about his message to youth that “You don’t lose, until you quit trying”.'

The Self-Taught Gardener: Once more to the lake

This simplicity of spirit is at the heart of what I love about country living and what I occasionally fear is lacking in our present-day approach to rural life.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

As reporters for DNN (Dogs' News Network) Lulu and Hershey are working the Republican Convention in Cleveland where there's a sinister back story to the presumptive nominee.

KALCHEIM: Misplaced fervor over religious freedom law

The Old Left, had at least the right priorities: they fought against injustice and often won important reforms, many of which become, with the passage of time, accepted by people of all political stripes.

CONNECTIONS: Discrimination, time-honored American practice

Here’s the thing: we have always been prejudiced. What we are prejudiced against does change, but man’s disapproval of man (and equally woman) is omnipresent. The church has always been the arbiter, and the consequences of disapproval have been more severe than being denied a slice with pepperoni.
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