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THE OTHER SIDE: The war against smarts

At last, a major institution in America is standing up to the bullying and extortion that seems to characterize every action of the Trump administration.

News Brief: Mill River Post Office relocates

Post office box customers will continue to use their existing Mill River addresses, including Mill River’s ZIP code.

GARY LEVEILLE: Fourth Annual Satirical Holiday House Tour

The Southern Berkshire Hysterical Society has returned with an all-new, online, free frolic of some unusual homes and habitations in our area.

Bits & Bytes: Dog Days of Summer; ‘Particularly in the Heartland; Elihu Burritt Day; Extinction Rebellion talks; Monterey Library grand opening

Extinction Rebellion Massachusetts will hold three talks in the area designed to educate the public about climate change.

News Briefs: GBPD safe exchange zone; motor vehicle homicide arraignment

The GBPD suggests that exchanges occur during the day; however, its parking area is well-lit and under 24/7 video surveillance.

Clyde Clark, 81, of Southfield

Clyde worked for many years as a contractor building homes.

Marking 225 years at the Southfield Church, a k a the United Church of New Marlborough

Olsen’s ministering to his fellow congregants, often as few as six on any given Sunday, hinges on a refreshingly simple approach: He engages in conversation about faith from every angle while remaining open to the evolution that inevitably comes with time.

Sharon Koneazny, 51, of Southfield

After the birth of her first child, she joined her husband in managing Peerless Tree Service. She was the office manager at Peerless and also coordinated all pest control and turf management crews for the company.

Birth announcement

A girl born at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington.

Bits & Bytes: Eagles Trombone Ensemble at Southfield Church; women’s suffrage commemoration; swing dancing at Dewey Hall; ‘Normandie’ at Ventfort Hall

The Northern Berkshire Suffrage Centennial Coalition will hold an event to place a plaque beside a freshly planted serviceberry tree to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Massachusetts’ ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Bits & Bytes: Hudson River Skywalk grand opening; Mariken Palmboom at the Southfield Church; Bread and Roses Strike talk

The new experience connects the homes and studios of major Hudson River School artists Thomas Cole and Frederic Church over the Hudson River and across the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, offering sweeping views of the Hudson River Valley and the Catskill Mountains.

My Road to Sandisfield: How I came to be here

A city girl moved to the Berkshires and, most remarkable of all, built herself a house.

News Brief: Southfield man charged in fatal motor vehicle collision

Police arrested Kristopher H. Laine and took him to the Sheffield Police Department. They filed a criminal complaint charging Laine with motor vehicle homicide while under the influence of alcohol and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Bits & Bytes: ‘The Constitution Under Stress’; classical piano concerts; ‘Time Poetry’ at 250 Long Pond; ‘Pippin’ at BCC; Dewey Hall gala

Pianist YeeJin Yuk will present two concerts featuring the work of Debussy, Ravel, Faure, Chopin and Dutilleux.

Scott Murcray, 56, of Southfield

Scott loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing, panning for gold and even just being outside working around his home or fixing things, but as much as Scott loved the outdoors, his family and friends came first.

Fire destroys home in Southfield but former church next door is saved

The house had been the scene of another fire that had damaged the kitchen in the rear of the house about two weeks earlier.

Southfield Concert postponed

Southfield -- Today’s concert’ “A Musical Bestiary,” planned for 3 p.m. at the Southfield Church has been postponed. Rescheduling information will be announced Monday, March...
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