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Take yourself out to the ballgame

Get ready for “Eephus.”

A cook bakes

There are chefs who excel in both baking and cooking just as there are musicians, such as Yo-Yo Ma and Peter Serkin, who excel at interpreting classical music scores and improvising over a jazz chart.

CONNECTIONS: Dinner with the Kennedys

Jean was a joy one on one — immediately recognizable as the kind of friend wonderful to have; a woman who was interested, interesting and accepting.

Who isn’t related to William Cullen Bryant?

What a lineage! This is only part of the extended family.

Alan Chartock: I Publius

I have been delighted to see him all around the Berkshires and I have heard from many people about his accessibility when they need help.

Illustrating the passage of time is a family affair

The product, now surpassing 2,000 each year, is something individuals from far and wide have come to look forward to not only hanging on their wall but also connecting with throughout the year.

AMPLIFICATIONS: Safe travels

I am sure my daughter thinks I am a nut. I know she thinks I fuss too much over these things, but I have travelled all over the country and to many parts of the world alone.

CONNECTIONS: Women of ‘The Buccaneers’

Oscar Wilde defined it as “A time when single women seek husbands and married women hide from their husbands.”

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Uninhabitable Earth,’ a grisly, sobering look at climate change

“It is worse, much worse, than you think. The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn’t happening at all …”

May Flanagan, 87, of Great Barrington

She enjoyed her retirement very much, reading to the blind, taking art lessons, learning to play the piano, traveling and going out to lunch with her many friends.

Patricia Alden, 83, of Lee

Mrs. Alden worked in administration at the Eagleton School for 25 years, retiring in 2007.

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.”

Anne Iemolini, 95, of Stockbridge

Anne worked for many years as a secretary for the Marian Fathers in Stockbridge.

Gail Whitehead, 55, of Great Barrington

Gail later transitioned to teaching dance full-time and became head of dance at the Elliot School in Putney, West London, where she taught dance and physical education.

Simon’s Rock professor Brendan Matthews debuts novel, ‘The World of Tomorrow’

Mathews has been teaching at Simon’s Rock since 2007 and also serves as head of its division of language and literature. His book was named an editor's choice by The New York Times Book Review.

Daniel Toomey, 91, of Lee, MassDOT surveyor

While Toomey saw action at both the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, it was the fact that the peace treaty was signed in Tokyo Bay in 1945 aboard the very ship on which he was serving that he was most proud.

REVIEW: ‘The Weir’ at Ghent Playhouse

This is certainly a worthwhile production of a play. Let your curiosity get the best of you and step out to the local for a dose of late 20th century Irish reality.
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