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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.

WHAT’S COOKIN’: In the kitchen with Oskar Hallig

While living in Germany in the early 2000s, Hallig became addicted to cooking shows, and gradually came to realize that entertaining was what he really liked.

Raymond W. Alexander, 76, of South Egremont, retired New York City firefighter, victim of World Trade Center-linked cancer

During his career he was cited numerous times for conspicuous duties and once for personal bravery in which he slid on a life-saving rope down the rear of a burning tenement to search for trapped occupants.

Robert A. ‘Bob’ Rush, 75, of South Egremont, co-founder of Church Street Trading Company

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from the Wharton School of Business in 1962.

The Rev. David B. Rogers, 71, of North Egremont

David joined the Navy in the fall of 1963. He was based out of Long Beach, Calif., and served in Vietnam as a radar technician aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Yorktown.

Thomas M. Potash, 54, of New York City and South Egremont

Tom passed on his love of hockey to his children who faithfully joined him on rinks too numerous to count and, over two decades, coached dozens of school and travel soccer and hockey teams.

WHAT’S COOKIN’: Alice Maggio, piemaker

After graduating from Wesleyan, she worked as a baker for Four & Twenty Blackbirds, the well-regarded bakery that had just opened on Third Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn.

Bits & Bytes: ‘BEDFELLOWS’ at LABspace; Will Allen at Williams; Linda Purl at the Egremont Barn; Otis Arts Festival; Downtown Pittsfield Farmers Market season...

A former professional basketball player, Will Allen is now a practitioner of urban agriculture whose methods of composting, vermicomposting, and aquaponics result in remarkable yields of food in small growing areas.

Bits & Bytes: Albert Cummings to record live album; ‘A Christmas Carol’ auditions; ‘Clay Politics’ discussion; Egremont FD steak dinner; ‘The Effects of Music”...

During her talk, Crescendo founder Christine Gevert will present an overview of the latest scientific findings about music and choral singing.

SUSTAINABLE BERKSHIRES: Turner dairy farming marries tradition and innovation

To battle the volatility of milk pricing, the Turners have turned to a number of strategies. Carla and Paul have the sugaring operation, which provides an additional livelihood for them.

Bits & Bytes: Woofstock 2016; ‘Out of the Darkness;’ ‘A Sense of Place;’ nature immersion program; solar eclipse talk; ‘Overdose’ poem performance; Multicultural BRIDGE...

On August 31, 2017, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the continental United States from coast to coast for the first time in 99 years. The partially eclipsed sun will be visible from all of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with 72 percent coverage in the Berkshires.

Bits & Bytes: Farley-Bouvier named Massachusetts floor whip; interfaith talk at Ahavath Sholom; Lynne Koplitz and friends; Deborah Kain exhibit; Williamstown Commons picnic: Blue...

In her role as whip, Rep. Farley-Bouvier will serve as the primary conduit of information between the national campaign and the Massachusetts delegates pledged to Clinton at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Music That Shook the World’; ‘Books and Blooms’; GBHS fundraiser; Pittsfield river clean-up; equestrian emergency response training

The 20th century saw a series of cultural earthquakes that shook the music establishment and scandalized audiences.

Stephen Farnum, 66, formerly of South Egremont

Stephen received four awards during his stay in Vietnam: the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Fiddler OFF the Roof;’ Williams interfaith conference; Monument Girls Write On; Matt Tannenbaum book talk; Robert Kopelson in Egremont; Hotchkiss one-acts;...

Bishop Gene Robinson is an advocate for full rights and marriage equality for gay, bisexual, and transgender people at the state, national and international levels.

Celebrating the life of Beverly Almond of Egremont

Beverly Almond was posted at a secret location called Station X outside London which, today, is acknowledged as Bletchley Park, the code-cracking operation that intercepted numerous key communications from the Axis powers.

Business Briefs: Salisbury Bank scholarship program; Dan Smith at James Beard Foundation; Greylock donates to United Way

In addition to long-term partnerships with regional farms and food producers, Dan Smith, chef at John Andrews Farmhouse Restaurant, created his own garden on the property, which supplies additional produce for the restaurant.
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