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Sara Teasdale . . . There Will Come Soft Rains

The shape and formatting of Teasdale’s poetry tends to be classic and charmingly unsophisticated. But the subject matter is ever romantic and offers a woman’s perspective on life and love.

News Brief: Plastic bag ban advocates call for passage of statewide bill

In addition to the 80 Massachusetts cities and towns that have acted on bag bans, more than 200 local, state and New England regional organizations have endorsed the action.

News Brief: MASSPIRG ‘Trouble in Toyland’ report; Great Barrington parking ban; MFHC settles housing discrimination cases

In Massachusetts, a landlord cannot refuse to rent to a family to avoid complying with the de-leading requirements.

News Briefs: MASSPIRG foresees a viable clean energy future

According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the United States has the technical potential to meet its current electricity needs more than 100 times over with solar energy and more than 10 times over with wind energy.

News Briefs: MASSPIRG/BCC textbook pricing forum; coffee, conversation with Sen. Downing;

"Libraries, of course, have a long history of making resources freely available to everyone and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do here at BCC”. -- Richard Felver, Director of BCC’s Jonathan Edwards Library

Bits & Bytes: Richard Marx at BTG; bee die-off threatens Valentine’s traditions; Williams faculty reading; United Way car giveaway winner; Ramsdell Library Sundays

A Valentine's Day program of activities at the Ramsdell Library in Housatonic, Mass., the sixth in its series of Winter Sunday Afternoons at the Ramsdell.

News Briefs: MASSPIRG launches clean energy campaign

This semester the student advocacy group is focusing its efforts on climate change.

News Briefs: Dangerous toys; public conflict survey

“We should be able to trust that the toys we buy are safe." -- Michael Basmajian, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' MASSPIRG campus organizer

Bits & Bytes: Spencertown Academy art exhibition; GB holiday decorations; MASSPIRG thanks Subway; Cash for Candy

‘Fur. Fin. Feathers.’ art exhibition at Spencertown Academy Spencertown, N.Y. -- Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents its second annual juried regional art exhibition, entitled “Fur. Fin....

Bits & Bytes: Close Encounters opens season; ‘One Love’ benefit; Simone Dinnerstein with Berkshire Symphony; Victor Borge talk at Ventfort Hall; ‘Read Hebrew America;’...

On October 20, MASSPIRG announced that the campaign to convince Subway to save antibiotics from its meat supply has been successful.

Bits & Bytes: Western MA Film & Media Exchange; Donna Murch at Williams; MASSPIRG’s national day of action; Checking Accounts 101; Berkshire Art Association...

In her presentation Murch will explore the concurrent rise of the prison industrial complex and efforts to quell black liberation and black power movements in the 1960s..

News Briefs: Triplex to host CDC event; Town Hall Forum at Morningside School; Textbook Affordability Bill; BTCF awards; mayoral debate schedule

Donors who give gifts of $1,000 or more to the Community Development Corporation's affordable housing program will receive a 50 percent credit toward their Massachusetts state taxes.

Special interest money endangering democracy

In her letter to the editor, Lynn Posner of Sheffield writes: "Across the country a movement is growing in reaction to the billions of dollars being spent to influence our elections and in turn, have undo influence over the members of our government who receive these enormous amounts cash, often in untraceable super-pacs."

The Bottle Bill: An Ongoing Battle

According to the Massachusetts Sierra Club, the added incentive of a nickel deposit has enabled 35 billion bottles to be recycled in the Commonwealth.
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