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OT Thriller Decides Wednesday Summer Lacrosse League
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. -- The signature moment of the Berkshire County Wednesday night summer lacrosse league may have come before Wednesday’s first league semi-final. The team from Adams-Cheshire only had eight players on hand to face Dalton for a berth in the league championship game. The officials
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'The Dark Tower': Fighting Horror with Horror
At best, director Nikolaj Arcel's "The Dark Tower," a sci-fi, fantasy western gleaned from Stephen King's best-selling, eight-volume series, might serve as a vicarious mitigation of the horror currently befalling America. The film is clearly about the war between good and evil, albeit related only coincidentally to the
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Crumbling of Slavery in Massachusetts Celebrated on 'Elizabeth Freeman Day'
SHEFFIELD, Mass. — On Aug. 21, 1781, in Sheffield, slavery began to crumble in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts when Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman successfully sued for her freedom from slavery more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation. On Sunday, Aug. 20, The Trustees of Reservations will host a day of
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BArT School 2017-2018 Bus Routes
ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School begins the school year on Monday, Aug. 21. School days have been restructured to begin at 8:20 a.m. and end at 3:40 p.m.
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Enjoy Great Music at Tanglewood, Music Mountain, Tannery Pond
Pianist Emanuel Ax comes to Tanglewood on Thursday, Aug. 17. Come late August, classical aficionados are grateful for the cornucopia of musical riches the Boston Symphony bestows to rapt audiences within the incomparably bucolic setting that is Tanglewood. Many of those superlative concerts will reside in our collective memory for
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Stay Calm on the Investment 'Roller Coaster'
Unless you live near an amusement park that does a lot of advertising, you probably didn't know that Aug. 16 is National Roller Coaster Day. Actual roller coasters provide people with thrills. But as an investor, how can you stay calm on the "roller coaster" of the financial markets? Here are some suggestions: * Know
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Letter: Ways to Protest Safely
To the Editor: With hate groups marching in cities across the U.S., it's tempting to attend to show opposition. However, direct confrontation will only escalate tensions. Hate-mongers are always wrong. Let them be wrong a little farther away from you in order to de-escalate the cycle a bit. I fear we're heading toward more
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Williamstown Con Comm OKs Culvert Replacement
Conservation Commissioners Stephanie Boyd and Philip McKnight participate in Thursday's public hearing. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Conservation Commission on Thursday OK'd Williams College's plan to replace the culvert that carries Christmas Brook under downtown, and the panel took its first look at the final
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Williamstown Weighs Timing of Vote on Retail Pot Ban
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Now that the commonwealth has legislation in place to regulate the recreational marijuana industry, it is up to the Board of Selectmen whether it wants to ask town voters about banning production and sales of the drug in town. Town Manager Jason Hoch explained to the board on Monday that the law signed
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Biz Briefs: Bennington Subaru Collects Blankets for SVMC
Blanket statement: Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, a department of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, accepted a donation of dozens of blankets from Bennington Subaru and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Upstate New York/Vermont Chapter. Representatives of Bennington Subaru also brought lunch boxes filled with art-making
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