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JOHN BREASTED: The Great Barrington Selectboard’s credibility gap

Transparency does not require officials to reveal legal strategy. It does require them to tell voters when the town has been sued.

LEONARD QUART: My return to London’s Hampstead

I have always gained infinite pleasure reliving my London past, and this time was no exception.

Article about Reclaim New York ‘maliciously’ attacks civic group

Reclaim New York Communications Director Doug Kellogg writes: "Reclaim New York is a civic organization that is committed to fact-based research and growing a broad dialogue about public policy issues."

U.S. Rep Neal should ‘fight like hell’ for federal Rural Broadband Initiative

In her letter to the editor Joyce Hackett writes: “Broadband is the single most powerful tool we have for making America great again. It's what rural America needs to pay our bills.”

Berkshire Museum trustees impervious to criticism, deaf to alternatives

In his letter to the editor, Peter Dudek writes: “The [Berkshire] museum has hardened itself against any criticism. No one can sway them. Welcome to the new museum.”

Berkshire Museum’s ‘new vision’: Transform static museum galleries

In its letter to the editor, the Berkshire Museum Board of Trustees writes: “No matter what the future holds, the Berkshire Museum is focused on bringing people together for experiences that spark creativity and innovative thinking by making inspiring educational connections through art, history and natural science.”

Smoke signals from The Swamp: ‘The Trumpettes’

Like father, like daughter. Ivanka sells stuff made in China, and pays them crap to make it. The scam is she pretends to care about equal pay for women.

SOUL SUPPORT: Little insignificant things

One small voice might be insignificant but millions of small voices can be VERY LOUD.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

If Congress fails to act, immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children could face deportation as early as March 6 to countries where many left at such young ages that they have no memory of them.

BOB GRAY: Dangerous pig

While Trevor went off to buy a foot-long corn dog, I paid a buck to a guy with greasy jeans to visit the world’s largest pig and the world’s smallest horse.

Bring back bus stop signs, shelters to Great Barrington

I think that if there were bus stop signs at the stops/towns indicated, there would probably be more ridership.

SOUL SUPPORT: No words? Make a picture

Sometimes words are hard to find…that’s ok…there are other ways to communicate.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

The criminal conviction grew out of a lawsuit filed a decade ago charging that the sheriff’s office regularly violated the rights of Latinos.

SOUL SUPPORT: How to fill the world with love?

Love every feeling you feel Every sight you see Every sound you hear The books you read Love the color of your Hair your skin your home

BPL’s ‘Some Old Black Man’ is extraordinary

In her letter to the editor Joyce Scheffey writes: "It was, well, a breathtaking experience."

SOUL SUPPORT: LOVE hate

Our thoughts, our words, our behavior, all matter. Fill the world with what you want to see and hear in the world.

Preserve the statues of Confederate officers

In her letter to the editor, Susan Bachelder writes: "We are not much better than ISIS in Palmyra, destroying artifacts of a culture with which we disagree."