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Out & About with The Berkshire Edge! The summer and fall issue includes: History Lives Here: Centuries-old inns and restaurants that keep on keeping on, and much more!

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Notes from Southern Berkshire Ambulance: November 2025
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Notes from Southern Berkshire Ambulance: November 2025 - The Berkshire Edge
This is going to be an especially challenging budget season for Southern Berkshire Ambulance Squad (SBAS). Here's why.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Where We Are: Gordy Soule, a true local
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WHERE WE ARE: Gordy Soule, a true local - The Berkshire Edge
Long-time Monument Mountain Regional High School social studies teacher Gordy Soule is one of those locals whose ancestors have been settled in southern Berkshire County so long that no living family ...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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BITS & BYTES: Deborah Carter and Aidan Mac at Kimball Farms; The Bookstore presents Alice Brock; Baye & Asa at MOSAIC; ‘Dear Edwina JR.’ at Chatham Middle School; Transgender Day of Remembrance at Wan...
A Lenox resident who shares her work internationally, Deborah Carter creates sophisticated glamour using “upcycled” everyday objects like neckties, plastic bags, and cutlery.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Toby Casey wins West Stockbridge Select Board seat:
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Tobias 'Toby' Casey takes open West Stockbridge Select Board seat - The Berkshire Edge
The election saw nearly 23 percent of registered voters casting ballots.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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West Stockbridge arrests, safety calls increase -- as police force expands:
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West Stockbridge arrests, safety calls increase as the size of its police force expands - The Berkshire Edge
The town may soon have a full-sized police department, with a candidate for a new officer recently interviewed.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Review: "On Golden Pond" at Bridge Street Theatre
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THEATER REVIEW: 'On Golden Pond' plays at Bridge Street Theatre through Nov. 23 - The Berkshire Edge
I have seen multiple productions of this play, and this is the one that will survive in my memory.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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The White House is not a stage set for self-promotion — it belongs to the American people - The Berkshire Edge
Donald Trump insists that the new gilded décor is meant to project “power” and “status” to foreign leaders, but real power is quiet. Real authority does not have to shout. The White House has always e...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Business Briefs:
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BUSINESS BRIEFS: Berkshire Theatre Group helps Pittsfield’s South Community Food Pantry; Considine Leary & Arnold LLP welcomes partners; Co-op Bank welcomes Victoria LePrevost; BRPC appoints Anna Youn...
The event brought together local musicians and community members for an evening of live music and generosity, with all proceeds supporting the South Community Food Pantry’s mission to provide food and...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Business Monday Spotlight: Indie Readery & Records
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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Indie Readery & Records—a brand new shop in downtown Pittsfield - The Berkshire Edge
"Our store serves as a community space for like-minded individuals to engage with new ideas, music, and humor, while providing a space for cultural and community events."
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November 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Capital Ideas: Is artificial intelligence taking your grandkids' jobs?
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CAPITAL IDEAS: Is artificial intelligence taking your grandkids’ jobs? - The Berkshire Edge
Layoffs happen every year—that is nothing new. However, citing AI as a reason for layoffs is a relatively new development.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Tech & Innovation: A way to sustain cultural creativity
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TECH & INNOVATION: Seeking a model way to sustain cultural creativity - The Berkshire Edge
What makes culture valuable is precisely what makes it difficult to support.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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The Other Side: Forgettance -- forgetting January 6
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THE OTHER SIDE: 'Forgettance' — Forgetting January 6 - The Berkshire Edge
Yes, forgettance obliterates accountability.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Anyone for Tennyson: Arrowhead and Herman Melville
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Arrowhead and Herman Melville - The Berkshire Edge
Herman Melville (1819 – 1891) is best-known as a novelist, but he wrote a great deal of poetry, especially in his later years. And perhaps not well known, he wrote the longest poem in American literat...
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November 16, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Berkshire Grown's indoor winter farmers' market begins:
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Berkshire Grown's indoor Winter Farmers' Market season begins - The Berkshire Edge
Berkshire Grown’s Winter Farmers' Markets host farmers and producers from Berkshire County and the surrounding region, proving that the season to buy locally grown food never ends for farmers and food...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Johanna Janssen, 86, longtime Great Barrington resident
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Johanna Janssen, 86, longtime Great Barrington resident - The Berkshire Edge
Johanna’s hobbies— entertaining; playing golf, bridge, and canasta; and attending concerts at Tanglewood—made for a very happy life.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Woman on the Verge: Shutdown showdown
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Shutdown showdown - The Berkshire Edge
That time POTUS started an epic food fight.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Business Monday Spotlight: Windy Hill Farm, celebrating 45 years
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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Windy Hill Farm—celebrating nearly 45 years - The Berkshire Edge
This Great Barrington destination is known for U-pick apples and blueberries, fresh-cut Christmas trees and wintergreen, nursery stock shrubs and trees, and a seasonally stocked farm store—now a holid...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Tech & Innovation:
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TECH & INNOVATION: The breath behind the story - The Berkshire Edge
Numbers don’t lie, but they don’t sing either.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Capital Ideas: How rich are the top 1 percent, the top 10 percent?
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CAPITAL IDEAS: How rich are the top one percent? The top 10 percent? - The Berkshire Edge
If you need an action item, it is mindset. Contrary to popular belief, most millionaires (79 percent) are self-made, rather than being “trust-fund babies.”
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November 10, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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BUSINESS BRIEFS: Indie Readery & Records opens in Pittsfield; The Clark appoints Lara Yeager-Crasselt; Adams Community Bank welcomes Amanda Belanger and Shannon Park; After Hours expands; Shakespeare ...
Indie Readery & Records will focus on offering literature that promotes social justice, equity, and freedom places a strong emphasis on liberal and progressive viewpoints.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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The Other Side: Return of doctors Trump and Kennedy
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THE OTHER SIDE: The return of Doctors Trump and Kennedy - The Berkshire Edge
Like Donald Trump, Kennedy has managed to convince many that he is a crusader dedicated to making life better for them. But like Donald Trump, Kennedy makes himself a hero at the expense of truth.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Catalyst Quartet brings film-inspired program to Tanglewood Nov. 14:
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'Cinematic Refuge': Catalyst Quartet to bring film-inspired program to Tanglewood Nov. 14 - The Berkshire Edge
In a hard-hitting interview, Catalyst Quartet violist Paul Laraia explores how sound shapes identity, empathy, and a shared sense of wonder.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Full benefits now available to all Massachusetts SNAP beneficiaries - The Berkshire Edge
Despite a Supreme Court order allowing the Trump Administration to pause funding SNAP benefits, Massachusetts has gone forward in funding SNAP beneficiaries.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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I Witness:
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I WITNESS: If Marjorie Taylor Greene can call 'B.S.' on Donald Trump, maybe you can, too - The Berkshire Edge
She seems to have realized that she invested a huge amount of blind faith in one of the worst people on Earth.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Welcome to Real Estate Friday! Listing of latest sales in Berkshires; property of the week; transformations; gardening articles:
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Welcome to Real Estate Friday! - The Berkshire Edge
Jeff Wilkinson of Stone House Properties offers a beloved family retreat on 200 acres of rare and tranquil beauty. The biggest challenge for architect Andrew Webster of Graphite Studio was to preserve...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM