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PREVIEW: Berkshire Bach Society to screen ‘In the Key of Bach’ at Linde Center on March 21

Following the screening, filmmaker Hilan Warshaw joins BBS artistic director and violinist Eugene Drucker for a conversation about Bach’s life, music, and the ideas behind the documentary.

Why I oppose the Lake Garfield Preservation District

In her letter to the editor, Carol Edelman of Monterey writes: “This act provides that a small group of citizens, essentially owners of lakefront property, will have rights that townspeople as a whole will not.”

Great Barrington to vote again on regional school budget at June 13 special town meeting

Whether or not the town's school allocation passes this time, Great Barrington will still be obligated to pay a $14.5 million share of the Berkshire Hills Regional School District budget.

We need our schools

In her letter to the editor, Ruby Citrin, a sixth grader at Monument Valley Regional Middle School, writes: "A failed school budget gives the impression that our community does not value education."

State needs to reform ‘dysfunctional’ school funding laws

In his letter to the editor, Chip Elitzer writes: “A Massachusetts Education Finance Reform bill that would fix dysfunctional aspects of current laws and put all of the Commonwealth's regional school districts on a sounder financial footing.”
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