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Helping neighbors in need: Berkshire Bounty raises funds via crowdfunding campaign

“People are worried, and they are scared,” said Berkshire Bounty Director of Development Sara Haimowitz. “Food insecurity was already a growing issue in Berkshire County, and I don’t think that this will change anytime soon. The numbers of people who are in need continue to rise.”

Great Barrington pedals to the future, and learns the Dutch Reach

“I was amazed by the number of bicycles in Holland. Everyone rides. Older people are riding bikes. There are bikes paths everywhere, and I couldn’t get over how quiet it was.” --- Karen Smith, chair of the Great Barrington Parks and Recreation Commission

PROFILE: Kira Payer, a girl and her bike

On Monday morning, when the Class of 2017 returns to Monument Mountain Regional High School following April break for the final push before graduation, senior Kira Payer will be waking up in the Netherlands or possibly driving across Germany representing Team USA in the final installment of the Junior Women’s Nations Cup.

Loet Velmans, 93, of Sheffield, author, journalist, prisoner of war, public relations pioneer

Upon retiring to the Berkshires Velmans wrote Long Way Back to the River Kwai, a war memoir detailing his adventurous escape from the Nazis and his imprisonment by the Japanese.

The Self-Taught Gardener: Inspiration knows no borders

In an age of appropriation, we look at what other gardeners are doing not merely to mimic but to find a way to express ourselves.

Baukje P. Cohen, 87, of Ashley Falls and Manhattan

A wonderful woman, talented artist, a teacher to generations of medical students at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
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