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Welcome to Real Estate Friday!

India Ward of COMPASS/The Allain Group offers a move-in-ready, 3-bedroom condo in a perfect location. The architectural design firm of Clark Green + Bek works with new owners to transform Doctor Sax House from a private home to a stunning boutique hotel. A year-end wrap-up of 2024 real estate sales has surprises. Plus, recent sales, a home-cooking recipe, and gardening columns.

Richard Ford, 85, of South Lee

Dick served on the Lee Fire Department from 1956 until 2003 and as deputy chief from 1988 to 2003.

GARY LEVEILLE: Summer Satirical Historic House & Hidden Gardens Tour

The Southern Berkshire Hysterical Society is back with a brand new summer tour.

Bits & Bytes: Ani DiFranco at The Mahaiwe; ‘Hopped Up for Health’; ‘Hidden Gardens’ tour; ‘Portraiture Beyond Portraits’; foster family information session

Big Elm Brewing will host “Hopped Up for Health” Saturday, June 16, beginning at 9 a.m. for all who would like to run, walk or bike in support of Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires.

Bits & Bytes: Daggett to discuss education; The Sea The Sea at the Whit; Writers Read; ‘High Voltage’ at St. Francis Gallery

International Center for Leadership in Education founder Bill Daggett has collaborated with education ministries in several countries, the Council of Chief State School Officers, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Governors Association and other national organizations.

May Collins, 95, of South Lee

She was educated in schools in England and served in the British Army Auxiliary Territorial Services where she worked on the maintenance of tanks.

David Williams, 80, of South Lee

He was caretaker/groundskeeper for the Crosby estate in Tyringham and continued there for the Knowles family, working until this past October.

Margaret Clarke, 97, of Lee

For 14 years she was parish secretary at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Stockbridge.

Heamon Williams, 83, of South Lee

At 25 years of age, he went to work at Mead Specialty Paper for more than 50 years as the receiver.

Francis Clark, 91, of South Lee

Francis enjoyed horse pulling and was the New England Heavy Weight Champion in 1953 at the Northampton Fair.

Leda Dewkett, 90, of Lee

Leda enjoyed being active on the family farm in South Lee, mowing the lawn into her mid-80s.

Janet M. Jongste, 91, of Lee

She enjoyed knitting and made hats for premature babies at Fairview Hospital and Prayer Shawls at Trinity Church.

NEWS BRIEF: ACLU resistance training sessions

The American Civil Liberties Union is organizing mass resistance to President Donald Trump’s threats to civil rights, liberties, and basic constitutional freedoms.

David Allan Hawkins, 75, of Stockbridge

He educated himself and climbed the ladder through Mead Specialty Paper in South Lee, retiring from his position as Environmental Engineer 35 years later.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Selected Shorts’ at the Mahaiwe; ‘Billi’ at St. Francis Gallery; Pete Seeger tribute; letter-writing talk; Artful Hike at Olana; poetry at...

Katherine Grandjean's research explores early English colonization and the encounter with Native peoples, as well as the origins of American violence.

Business Briefs: Glass gallery grand opening; new Sounds and Tones release; nonprofit workshop; former Sheffield resident honored

The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires workshop will cover product development, sourcing, packaging, merchandising, marketing, and distribution.

Bits & Bytes: ‘PASSAGE’’ in Pittsfield; British aristocracy talk; HVA paddle trip; artist talk and wine dinner; ‘Georgia, Justice and Jews’

'PASSAGE' incorporates such elements as sea otters on Razor scooters, a TED talk given by an ill-fated naval commander, several appearances by a prestigious self-help guru, and lots of trudging.
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