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Many interesting new things in The Edge Real Estate section this week, including Market Perspectives: If you are thinking of buying a second home in the Berkshires, don’t make another move until you’ve read the advice offered by Great Barrington-based designer Jess Cooney.

For your reading pleasure this week, many interesting new things in The Edge Real Estate section:

  • Property of the Week – Welcome to the lake! This week we feature a fabulous Otis Reservoir waterfront home. This is a home where family memories are made and fantasies come true.
  • What’s on the Market – Great buys this week as we look at Berkshire Homes for $350,000 or less.
  • Transformations– In 2014, designer Sue Schwarz of Gallery 351 Home in Sheffield defied all odds to transform a lake house in record time. She documents the process for us. What a spectacular feat!
  • Weekly real estate transactions for Berkshire County and northern Litchfield County
  • Market PerspectivesIf you are thinking of buying a second home in the Berkshires, don’t make another move until you’ve read the advice offered by Great Barrington-based designer Jess Cooney.
  • Home & Garden Lee Buttala, The Self-Taught Gardener, celebrates diversity – on the farm, in your garden and in Charlottesville, Va. Wonder why our food choices have become so much more limited? Find out here.
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What are we doing to prevent the next shooting? Pittsfield Public Health & Safety Committee brings gun violence prevention model to the table

“The cumulative cost of one homicide to a city is around $10 million,” writes Thomas Abt in his book "Bleeding Out." But for the victims, witnesses, and survivors of homicide and gun violence, the cost is incalculable.

BIFF announces $600,000 gift to The Triplex Cinema to support critical capital improvements and long-term partnership

“BIFF is honored to contribute to preserving the future of The Triplex,” said BIFF Board Chair Pat Fili-Krushel. “For two decades, our partnership has been essential to the growth of both organizations, and we’re excited to keep expanding, engaging, and connecting audiences through film.”

Demonstrators nationwide to take to the streets once again March 28 to protest Trump administration

As Berkshire County residents prepare to join the latest in a series of nationwide "No Kings" protests on March 28, co-organizer Robin Oherin says, "the closest thing [to what] we are going through now [was] the American Revolution."

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