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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.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Dog News Network reporters, Lulu and Hershey, using their time machine, visit Livingston, New Jersey in 1968, to record the background of GOP presidential candidate (and New Jersey governor) Chris Christie.

EDGEWISE: Alchemizing grief with love

The power of the human imagination to empathize deeply with others is our most valuable trait. It holds the seed of the vision of world peace and ecological harmony.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

In researching the backgrounds of GOP presidential contenders, Dog News Network reporters, Lulu and Hershey, travel back in time to look in on the young Jeb Bush -- and his older brother.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

First stop on the DNN time machine exploration of announced GOP presidential candidates: Butler, Pennsylvania, home of the young Rick Santorum.

Paving Alford Road: Better late than never

I'm sure that all of us Alford residents can agree that these much-needed road repairs are at least a decade past due.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Hold on to your hats! Dog News Network's Lulu and Hershey are exploring the backgrounds of GOP presidential candidates -- with their time machine.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

The Dog News Network (DNN) has called Lulu and Hershey back from France, to cover the Republican presidential debates. And one candidate, in particular, catches their attention.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

While on holiday in France, Lulu and Hershey watch the Tour de France.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Still on vacation from their responsibilities at the Cafe Perspectivo, Lulu and Hershey experience an identity crisis while dining in a restaurant in France.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

On vacation in France, Lulu and Hershey get into the spirit of Bastille Day.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

On vacation in France, Lulu and Hershey visit an antique far where they find the perfect item for their coffee shop back home.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

In Nice, Hershey finds himself at loss for words -- in French and in English.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

You want four bottles of wine? Why not 40? And that's what Hershey got, while visiting a winery in southern France.

EDGEWISE: Three cheers for the U.S. Women’s World Champions!

The Vancouver final game was watched by 25.4 million viewers on Fox — a record for any soccer game, men’s or women’s, shown on English-language television in this country.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

'En vacance,' Lulu and Hershey attempt to brush up on their French -- with mixed results.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Two American poodles in France (one alive, one dead and an angel -- that would be Lulu and Hershey, respectively), on vacation, along the Côte d’Azur, absorbing French culture and language (more or less).