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After over 60 years, John’s Garage and Auto Body in Housatonic closes

“All of our customers were great, and we loved them all,” Michael Pegorari told The Berkshire Edge. “It’s hard to step away, but we wanted to retire."

Truth and COVID consequences

When it comes to COVID-19, there is a compelling need to see what might have gone wrong and how we can make the necessary changes in the present and the days to come - learning on the fly, then expeditiously and with expertise, making the most appropriate course corrections.

CONNECTIONS: Divided we fall

Our forefathers knew that in times of national emergencies, we win against an enemy by a national effort.

Warren is best choice for Democrats

In her letter Sharon Coleman writes: “As Biden’s performance in South Carolina shows, a candidate’s narrative momentum can be reversed in a single day.”

CONNECTIONS: Violence stalks the halls of Congress

It was, in its way, a precursor of the Civil War. The intensity of the fight for one side to preserve its wealth, power and way of life cannot be overstated.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Negroland’ offers the opportunity to appreciate matters of class, race, gender that affect us all

As we once again find our nation splitting apart on the issues of immigration, and of racial bias, we must acknowledge our original sins: the theft of the land from Native Americans; the forced enslavement of Africans brought to enrich the privileged white Colonists, our Founding Fathers.

BOOK REVIEW: Michael Waldman offers a critical lesson about the struggle over the meaning of ‘The Second Amendment’

As increasing numbers of our friends and neighbors and children die at the hands of those who wield weapons of war, Waldman offers a wise and unfortunately essential look at how we got here.

Mass Shootings: The most obvious manifestation of a much larger problem

It would appear to be quite sensible to regulate guns as we regulate autos and their drivers ... and it would seem quite reasonable to require guns to be insured, at least for liabilities.

AMPLIFICATIONS: Road trip

We tried to plan another trip across the country maybe 20 years ago, but it never panned out, though I have seen Betsy on her jaunts back to the States. This time the stars aligned.

Business Briefs: Toppan Printing to acquire Interprint; Good Vibrations Dinner; the Mount named top historic home; grants for Shake & Co.; Salisbury Bank promotions

The Mount has announced its inclusion in Architectural Digest’s recent feature on “12 of America’s Best Historic Homes to Visit.”

YES! You can end the year-end school doldrums — at least at MVRMS

Year End Studies—or YES, for short—is one local district’s answer to the end-of-year stagnation, a perennial phenomenon that often leaves students and teachers inching toward the 180th day of school with little, if any, enthusiasm for the work at hand.

Author Roxana Robinson to discuss new biographical novel in conversation at The Mount

Set in Charleston, South Carolina, and based on the life of her great-grandfather Frank Dawson, Roxana Robinson’s use of published accounts, family journal entries and letters tells a compelling story of one man’s attempts to navigate the country’s new political, social and moral landscape.

Corruption and the ‘commodification of college admissions’

Fifty people in six states were charged earlier this month by the Justice Department with being active participants in perhaps the greatest college admissions scandal in the nation's history.

Lucile Dempsey, 97, of Great Barrington

She enjoyed crocheting, cooking, backgammon, traveling and bird watching, often sending photos of interesting birds to her family. She and Bill traveled across the country many times in their motor home with car in tow.

Amplifications: Q&A with Dining for Women’s Leslye Heilig

The organization formed in 2002 when retired nurse Marsha Wallace, a mother of four from Greenville, North Carolina, read an article about friends who met for potluck dinners and donated the money that would have been spent on restaurant meals.

Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church group hires architects for design and restoration

In a news release, Clinton Church Restoration said the New York City-based firm, headed by architect Mario Gooden, "is one of the few African-American architectural firms in the country."

Artimishel Cherry, 100, of Great Barrington

Artimishel was very active as a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church in Catawba, South Carolina, and was a member of the Eastern Star in Lancaster, South Carolina.
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