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PETER MOST: The school funding formula that defies logic

Times have changed, but the formula remains stuck in 1949. The wealth disparities between neighboring towns simply did not exist at anything like their current scale. The founders of the regional school system could not have foreseen the inequity their formula has imposed on most towns today.

Bits & Bytes: Festive Frolic; ‘Marzipan and the Trout’; Berkshire Waldorf High School art show; invasive fish talk; 100 Cats for Christmas

A landmark of classical music, Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet weaves a net of enchantment with its catchy melodies and fresh exuberance.

Bits & Bytes: Blues Traveler at the Mahaiwe; Berkshire Theatre Group in New York City; ‘Rumble’ at Mason Library; fur reclamation drive

Berkshire Humane Society plans to work with local rehabilitators who will use the donated fur pieces to line beds and handmade nests, and swaddle infant animals during bottle feeding.

Bits & Bytes: 100 Cats for Christmas; gingerbread house competition; Bobby Houston at Geoffrey Young Gallery; Hawthorne Valley teacher pens memoir

The theme for the gingerbread house competition is “Lenox Through the Years” and will include edible entries by professional chefs, adult amateurs and children.

Berkshire-based writer’s script to come to BIFF this week

Both screenwriter Maria Nation and BIFF executive director Kelley Vickery saw the timeliness and relevance of the film here in the Berkshires, where opioid addiction rates are skyrocketing.

Bits & Bytes: Immigrant talk at Simon’s Rock; Article 97 funeral; ‘A Street Cat Named Bob;’ ‘Talking With Teens: A User’s Guide for Parent;’...

Over the years, Laurel Scott has emerged as one of the nation's leading experts in immigrant waivers, publishing articles on the subject and speaking at events for immigration lawyers.

Guilt-free shopping at Catwalk

Catwalk grossed more than $110,000, all of which, minus minimal expenses, went to Berkshire Humane Society for the care and feeding of dogs and cats in Berkshire County.

Ronald J. Sturles, 71, of Pittsfield

with his five children and wife Patricia, Ron moved to the Berkshires in 1995.

Bits & Bytes: Lee Food Pantry benefit; Food First activist address; CATWALK reopens; Michael Beck at Lenox Library; puppet shows at Matrushka

Benefit for Lee Food Pantry, FCC Youth Mission LEE — New York City Cabaret singer and pianist Ron Ramsay and vocalist Samantha Talora present “Ron...
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