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Then & Now: Sauer’s Barber Shop

A tradition of Housatonic hair specialists.

Bits & Bytes: JAMMS cultural immersion program; emergency response classes; Evie Shockley at Bennington College; rabies clinic; adult swim lessons

Music in Common has produced 45 JAMMS projects with diverse communities across the U.S. and Middle East that have brought together people of diverse faiths, ethnicities and cultural backgrounds.

New Monument principal named as sole finalist for Vermont job

Principal Amy Rex sent out an email to the Monument community announcing she was a finalist for a superintendent position in Vermont.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Love Triangles’ at the Mahaiwe; Jacob’s Pillow Fellowship; Berkshire Grown Spring Supper; Morgan Jerkins at Bennington College

Berkshire Grown's Spring Supper features the talents of chefs from around the world who have made their homes in the Berkshire region.

Dr. Rebecca Fiske, 61, of Richmond, professor at Simon’s Rock

She was a mentor to a great number of students, many of whom continued correspondence with her long after graduation.

INTERVIEW: Monument Mountain’s new principal Amy Rex discusses education, school renovation

It’s a tricky business, the building issue, but it’s an opportunity, ultimately, to create the space that would move programming forward. The structure of this building is a real barrier to innovation. -- Amy Rex, principal of Monument Mountain Regional High School

Tensions flare as cable panel drops plans for lawsuit against Charter

There was also considerable grumbling about Berkshire County being included in the Albany, New York, television market, resulting in very few stations from Springfield or Boston in the channel line-up and, therefore, a dearth of news coverage concerning Massachusetts.

Bits & Bytes: ‘The Nutcracker’ at the Colonial; RSYP culinary arts dinner; Ellen Lagemann at Roe Jan Library; disaster relief breakfast fundraiser; holiday art...

Chris Bonniver, executive chef of the Hermitage Inn in West Dover, Vermont, will be the special guest chef at its annual culinary arts celebration dinner, to be held Monday, Dec. 4.

Business Briefs: Holiday farmers’ markets; Audubon Sharon director departs; Dorset Theatre Festival expands leadership team

New this year is the availability of the Healthy Incentives Program, in which Berkshire Grown is one of 40 Massachusetts nonprofits participating.

REVIEW: Oldcastle’s ‘Broadway Bound,’ a fine tribute to Neil Simon

As a season-ender for Oldcastle, this is a winner production of an excellent play.

STEAM Team summer camp: Art, dance, science take flight for elementary school kids

It’s unusual, if not unheard of, for four distinct organizations to join forces on such a long-term, time and manpower-intensive venture, especially on a shoestring budget.

Bits & Bytes: Active shooter training; ‘Awakening Wild;’ Women Artists Writing group presentation; antique furniture talk; ‘Growing Up in the 50’s’

The goal of the ALICE program is to provide individuals with survival-enhancing options for critical moments in the gap between when a violent situation begins and when law enforcement arrives on the scene.

Bits & Bytes: Murray Dewart at Chesterwood; Goldman-Price at Knosh & Knowledge; ‘Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery;’ scarecrow-making clinic

Silly accents and disguises abound as five actors portray over 40 characters in 'Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,' featuring Liz Wisan as Sherlock Holmes.

Vermont education leader, Amy Rex, chosen to be Monument’s new principal

Rex told a panel of Monument educators and community leaders she had become an administrator after years of teaching because "I was frustrated with the decisions administrators were making or the way they interacted with the faculty and the kids."

Bits & Bytes: BIFF wraps up 12th festival; New Play Reading series; advocating for healthy food; Paul Çelebi at the Southfield Church; golf classic...

On June 4, the Berkshire International Film Festival wrapped up its 12th festival with luminaries such as Christopher Plummer, John Carroll Lynch, Karen Allen, Steven Cantor, Sheila Nevins, David Edelstein and Paul Krugman as well as 40 filmmakers in attendance.

THEATRE REVIEW: Shipwrecked! An Entertainment. The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself)

"Shipwrecked!...." is a fine example of how an audience can be given more than it can handle and still come out feeling all right.

Berkshares Business of the Month: Assembly Coffee Roasters

In a world full of commodity coffee, Assembly Coffee Roasters buys from small-scale farmers.
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