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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.

Holly Hamer would be fine addition to Planning Board

In her letter to the editor, Marcia Stamell writes: “Holly cares about our town, our neighborhoods and our community… She does her homework for each task that she takes on.”

Why I’m marching for science on Earth Day

In his letter to the editor, Markes Johnson writes: “I am distressed that too many of our representatives in Washington, D.C., are willing to ignore scientific evidence when it conflicts with political ideology.”

At Town Meeting, support a town park next to the courthouse

In his letter to the editor, Nick Diller writes: "Parks contribute great to a community's emotional health and vitality. Parks can be fun."

SOUL SUPPORT … Action steps

More kindness and ease to the world?

Nasty Women art exhibit; March for Science; Cornell Williams Brooks at Simon’s Rock; Unity in Diversity; refugee crisis film, talk; BIO Spring Action

Since assuming the role of president in 2014, Cornell Williams Brooks has led the association in its fight for equality for all American citizens.

Amend the proposed solar bylaw (Article 19) at town meeting

In their letter to the editor, Sharon Gregory, Patricia Ryan and Gabrielle Senza write: “If we allow roof-mounted systems ‘by right’ for accessory use and amend the definition for ‘light industrial’ to include ‘commercial solar installations,’ we would make great legal and green energy strides."

Ramsdell Library at risk — again

In her letter to the editor, Holly Hamer writes: “A sharp reduction in hours (with a jumbled schedule that a spelling bee champion couldn't remember) will hasten the demise of this venerable community beacon.”

Local protesters join nationwide Tax March, demanding Trump’s tax returns

"I can't begin to tell you. I get up in the morning and I groan about all the idiocy." -- Joyce Sheffey of Great Barrington

SOUL SUPPORT: Notice what lifts your spirits…

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A Passover message: Resist the new inhumanity

Why is this night different from all other nights? This night is different because it lights my way, in sharp relief, to an understanding that the plague of inhumanity to others only breeds an inhumanity in our souls.

‘Holocaust Centers,’ according to White House press secretary

"He [Hitler] was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing…he [Hitler] brought them into the Holocaust centers.” -- Sean Spicer, White House press secretary

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

TRUMP: So what happens is I said we've just launched 59 missiles heading to Iraq and I wanted you to know this. And he was eating his cake. And he was silent.

Tax Day rally and protest to be held in Park Square

Along with hundreds of thousands of people all over the United States and elsewhere in the world, local protestors will be demanding that Donald Trump release his tax returns once and for all.

‘We Are All Immigrants’ dance party to benefit VIM Berkshires

VIM Berkshires relies on a volunteer healthcare staff to deliver free services to more than 2,200 uninsured and underinsured patients ages 19 to 64.

POEM: Poor Rex

What’s more, a man who’s made deals with Vladimir and his oligarch pals

Smithsonian curator defends arts as essential to democracy

In his letter to the editor, Eli Newberger writes: “John Hasse gave a daring, arching, and comprehensive examination of the salutary and urgently-needed contributions of the creative arts to our personal and social worlds.”