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Sara Teasdale . . . There Will Come Soft Rains

The shape and formatting of Teasdale’s poetry tends to be classic and charmingly unsophisticated. But the subject matter is ever romantic and offers a woman’s perspective on life and love.

Vietnam-era justice versus Trump-era justice

In an interview at his home, local veteran Steve Pullen recalled two significant nights during his service, one in which he lost a significant portion of his hearing, and another when he found himself in a situation that could very well have resulted in his court martial and dishonorable discharge.

‘Lucky Milo’ film to raise awareness of veterans’ lives after war

The filmmakers are embracing the full reality of what happened to Milo Imrie, and very much linking his death to the staggering suicide rate among veterans.

Amplifications: A picture is worth a thousand words

Anyone with a modicum of education can draw a straight line from the white hoods of the KKK to the angry red of a MAGA cap.

Of plastic bottles and ‘marijuana wars’: a Great Barrington year in review

2018 has provided enough Great Barrington news to keep journalists busy and observers of town politics highly amused, signaling that the community dubbed "best small town in America" by Smithsonian Magazine continues to be a place in transition.

PART I: W.E.B. Du Bois and his politics: A complicated and controversial legacy

Undoubtedly the greatest African-American intellectual in U.S. history and an activist who pioneered the modern civil rights movement and worked tirelessly for African peoples’ freedom throughout the world, Du Bois is long overdue for public recognition in Great Barrington and the nation. Yet like Banquo’s ghost, the controversy surrounding Du Bois — and particularly his political ideology and affiliation at the end of his life — will not go down.

Du Bois statue does not belong on library lawn

In a letter to the editor, Andy Moro writes, "The Mason Library's lawn is not the place to honor a communist."

On a bright fall morning, families of fallen soldiers honored with Massachusetts Medal of Liberty

Great Barrington — It's a small but meaningful consolation for having lost a loved one to military service. But it no doubt means a lot...

Community health centers: What’s working in the U.S. health care system

Community health centers, numbering nearly 1,300 in the 50 states and with decades of federal funding support, are the primary medical homes for more than 25 million people in 9,800 rural and urban communities in the U.S.

News Brief: Hinds secures Senate approval of enhanced property tax relief for veterans who volunteer

Hinds’ amendment was adopted unanimously by the Senate by a vote of 39-0 during the course of Friday’s debate and is based on legislation authored by Rep. William “Smitty” Pignatelli, D-Lenox.

News Briefs: Fairview Hospital visitor restrictions; GBPD recruiting officers; Pignatelli files 11 bills in state legislature;

The Great Barrington Police Department is looking to recruit additional full-time officers and the Pittsfield Police Department has extended an invitation to a recruitment expo on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 4 p.m. at Taconic High School in Pittsfield.

News Briefs: State Senate passes veterans’ housing bill

In order to increase housing access for veterans, the bill grants veterans preference in admission for scattered site housing units where no low-income family housing was developed.

Poem: Veterans Day

A poem honoring veterans on this Veterans Day, November 11, 2015. It was written recently by Ursula Setlow Pearson, who was born on November 12, 1911.

EDGE WISE: Waging peace, not war, on Memorial Day

Now, as never before, we have an opportunity to come together as a global society to wage peace in the name of survival…and beyond survival, prosperity. It will take ordinary people like you and me acting each in our own locales.
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