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THE OTHER SIDE: It doesn’t matter if you won or lost

The Declaration of Independence makes crystal clear that the Founders fought for the proposition “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed …” Having lost the 2020 election, Donald Trump became the first president in our history to oppose the peaceful transfer of power and to try, in...

EYES TO THE SKY: Amateur astronomers soar: The Eagle Nebula

Avid observers, known as amateur astronomers (amateur from amour, love, lovers of) are also very social, gathering together in clubs, at star parties, around observatories and planetariums.

EYES TO THE SKY: All night planets Saturn, Jupiter. Overnight astronomy holiday

All summer, Saturn will be visible at least until midnight, before setting in the southwest as the Sun rises in the northeast.

News Briefs: Hinds staff office hours; Rural School Aid grant funding program restored

The Senate Committee on Ways and Means fiscal year 2020 budget proposal released Wednesday appropriates $1.5 million for the Rural School Aid grant program.

EYES TO THE SKY: My address: Planet Earth, Orion spur, the Perseus arm of the Milky Way Galaxy

We’ve learned the address of our home in the universe: Planet Earth, Orion spur, the Perseus arm of the Milky Way Galaxy.

EYES TO THE SKY: Navigating a summer night

Tonight, the 9th, Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion, is in conjunction with Venus.

Bits & Bytes: Hilltown Open Studio Tour; ‘A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.’ screening; CEWM solstice party; mill history talk; Greenagers to dedicate garden...

Using photos of the 19th-century mills and factories, historian John Dickson will reveal the story of the people who harnessed the power of streams and rivers to make a living for their families.

Gary Phillips, 68, of Great Barrington

Gary Archie Phillips, 68, of Great Barrington died Thursday, May 3, 2018 at his home. He was born Sept. 7, 1949, in Plainfield, Connecticut,...

Bits & Bytes: Maggie Meiners photographs; CATA art show; walk to stop the NED pipeline; Fairview donates to People’s Pantry; BTCF winter grants

Fairview Hospital has donated $1,500 to the People’s Pantry. The gift was made possible by proceeds from the Fairview’s annual Monster Dash 5k walk/run.

Kinder Morgan ramps up pipeline PR pitch

"I’m on our Conservation Commission and we all feel strongly that this is going to have a really negative impact on a wonderful little community where people are there because they value the treasures we have here from an environmental point of view." -- Judy Williams of Plainfield, attending the Kinder Morgan open house at Berkshire Community College
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