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THE OTHER SIDE: The cost of war

Trump and Hegseth and their supporters will do everything in their power to hide the cost of war. But like it or not, this is our war. These are our leaders. It is our tax money that has bought the bombs.

Bits & Bytes: Clinton Church restoration kickoff; ‘Kohelet’ at the Mahaiwe; ‘Creative Aging’ on Beacon Hill; STEAM Challenge Night; Red Cross blood drives

Close Encounters With Music will kick off its 2019-20 season Sunday, Oct. 27, with the American premiere of Andre Hajdu’s ‘Kohelet’ for four cellos narrated by film, stage and television actor Sam Waterston.

Business Briefs: Entry to Entrepreneurship applications; disaster relief donations; nonprofit workshop for women; fraud prevention seminar; Berkshire Taconic grant deadlines

Big Y World Class Markets are partnering with the American Red Cross to raise donations for those affected by Hurricane Dorian.

America’s new policy toward immigrants: Kids in cages, families imprisoned

This time, thankfully, the free press that our president mocks day after day as fake gave us the chance to hear firsthand from these mothers and fathers and their children, to see for ourselves the cages the children were sent to and to hear their cries.

Alice Wilmot, 91, of West Stockbridge, trustee, deacon, Sunday School teacher

Alice was a great believer in the collective power of people to work together to make the world a better place.

Alice Horonzy Guidi, 97, formerly of Great Barrington

She was employed at Searles Middle School as a secretary until her retirement in 1982. Alice also volunteered at the Fairview Hospital gift shop and the Red Cross blood bank.

Bits & Bytes: Wynonna Judd at the Mahaiwe; education forum; Michelle Cuevas at The Bookloft; winter clothing collection; Red Cross blood drives

Participants in the public education forum will include Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, United Educators of Pittsfield, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, NAACP Berkshire County Branch, Berkshire Democratic Brigades and the Four Freedoms Coalition.

NPR’s Cokie Roberts addresses women’s unacknowledged role in American history

“It’s important to understand that this country was founded by both sexes.” -- NPR commentator Cokie Roberts
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