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Eyes to the Sky: Winter Solstice, winter stars and planets
12/20/2025

Eyes to the Sky: Winter Solstice, winter stars and planets

Our everyday experience of celestial phenomena now begins with observation of our sun’s short, low arc that rises from the southeast and sets in the southwest.

Letter to the editor: South Berkshire Interfaith Clergy Council resisting hate in dark times. By members of The Southern...
12/19/2025

Letter to the editor: South Berkshire Interfaith Clergy Council resisting hate in dark times. By members of The Southern Berkshire Interfaith Clergy Council.

As clergy we made promises to resist hate and violence and oppression. This is about defending human dignity which all of our faiths demand.

Berkshire Bach Society returns with annual Bach at New Year’s tradition.
12/19/2025

Berkshire Bach Society returns with annual Bach at New Year’s tradition.

In difficult times, when joy is hard to come by and peace on Earth elusive, nothing elevates the human spirit quite like the music of J.S. Bach.

Welcome to Real Estate Friday: Latest report of sales in the Berkshires; property of the week; transformations; home-coo...
12/19/2025

Welcome to Real Estate Friday: Latest report of sales in the Berkshires; property of the week; transformations; home-cooking recipe for sugar plums:

Chapin Fish and Shannon Margraf of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty offer a genuine late-18th-century Federal in Tyringham Valley—perfectly proportioned rooms feel instantly like home. The biggest challenge for architect Andrew Webster of Graphite Studio was to preserve the charm and ...

At The Triplex: Remembering Rob Reiner
12/19/2025

At The Triplex: Remembering Rob Reiner

I hope you will take time this holiday season to revisit one of his films with friends or family. It is a wonderful way to honor the Reiners' legacy and embrace the kind of small, human moments that keep us going through even the darkest of days.

Bits & Bytes:
12/19/2025

Bits & Bytes:

The opera offers a commentary on the superficial pressures of society at a moment when our contemporary culture renders Foreman and Gordon’s critiques more cutting than ever.

CONCERT REVIEW: Eagles Community Band holiday concert at United Methodist Church on Dec. 13.
12/19/2025

CONCERT REVIEW: Eagles Community Band holiday concert at United Methodist Church on Dec. 13.

These works show how modern composers have expanded holiday music for concert band, blending sacred and secular traditions, folk roots, popular culture, and classical craft into a repertoire that continues to evolve.

Letter to the editor: A likely Trump fallback plan to keep a Republican majority in Congress. By Frank Gunsberg, Great B...
12/18/2025

Letter to the editor: A likely Trump fallback plan to keep a Republican majority in Congress. By Frank Gunsberg, Great Barrington.

Trump chooses to double down on every policy or decision he makes, regardless of how unpopular they may be. This should cause red lights to flash and sirens to blare over why he is acting this way.

Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus come to Housatonic to announce Community De...
12/18/2025

Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus come to Housatonic to announce Community Development Block Grant awards.

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“This program reflects what is possible when federal, state, and local governments work together,” said Great Barrington Town Manager Liz Hartsgrove. “Public investments are a true reflection, guided by purpose, of the aligned priorities and shared responsibilities to the people of the communi...

Housatonic Water Works: Manganese filtration plant delayed, but progress has been made.
12/18/2025

Housatonic Water Works: Manganese filtration plant delayed, but progress has been made.

The company anticipates that the manganese filtration plant will be completed by summer 2026 but did not state when they expect it to be operational.

The Lazy Berkshire Gardener: Considerations for the week of December 18:
12/18/2025

The Lazy Berkshire Gardener: Considerations for the week of December 18:

Have you put up a huge evergreen, cut-stem in your living room? Yes, a Christmas tree is just a big, fresh-cut stem.

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