Monday, September 14, 2026

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Marcie L. Setlow

Marcie Setlow has served as publisher of The Berkshire Edge since she founded it with David Scribner in 2014. She came to The Edge after a career of developing, selling and managing media projects for PBS and cable television. She traces her career in journalism back to her position at her high school newspaper at James Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Connecticut. As a community leader, Marcie served as president of New York Women in Film & Television. In the Berkshires, she is president of the chamber music series Close Encounters With Music and board member of the Berkshire Playwrights Lab.

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Heirloom meals: You are what you’ve eaten

The Heirloom Meals Recipe Project to help you gather together your own family food memories and to preserve them as a tangible legacy for future generations.

George T. Smith honored as Business Person of the Year

"There are 2.5 million people named Smith in the United States but, for a guy with a pretty common name, there is only one George T. Smith who has done so much for our community.” -- Richard Cantele Jr., president and CEO of Salisbury Bankcorp

Happy Birthday, Berkshire Edge!

We set out to create a publication for the Berkshires that would truly engage the life, interests and aspirations of this unusually diverse community. And, as we hoped, a lively exchange of reader comments has turned The Edge into the community forum where readers reflect on and participate in issues that matter, and where actions and ideas are illuminated with wit, intelligence, insight and humor by people you may know.

At arborist career day, students get high on trees

Many local students who also love trees and the forest and the pleasures of spending time outdoors might not realize that they could build these predilections into solid and satisfying work when they finish school.

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Celebrate the Berkshires  Thursday, September 15, 2016 @ 6:00 PM  Tanglewood, Lenox  1Berkshire honors Tanglewood and The Boston Symphony Orchestra for “Putting the Berkshires on the Map”. More...

Welcome to The Edge ‘Holiday Happenings’ (and ‘Readings’) sections

With the Edge Holidays 2014 sections, we offer expanded listings and illustrated readings to add to your holiday enjoyment.

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Norman Rockwell's Spirit of the Holidays November 4th - January 8th Norman Rockwell Museum  During the holiday season, Norman Rockwell’s anxiously awaited illustrations brought good cheer to...

Loet Velmans, POW, author and CEO, at Tuesday Club of Stockbridge

When asked how he achieved professional success, he credits luck and being at the right place at the right time. Yet, as he tells his story, it becomes clear that Velmans had other traits – courage, resourcefulness, determination, a willingness to take risks, an instinct for what might work, and a capacity for friendship and collaboration.

They’re back … airborne guests at The Red Lion Inn

“If anything happens to this chimney at the Red Lion Inn," Chad McCormick worries, "a whole population of birds could be wiped out."
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