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Great Mountain Forest to host Nature Writing Retreat at Historic Yale Camp in Falls Village, Conn., Aug. 7 to 9

“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.

Birth announcement

In Brooklyn, N.Y. a son born to Jessica Hahn and Zachary Green, a native of West Stockbridge, Mass., and graduate of Monument Mountain Regional High School.

Father Lawrence Patrick Dunn, MIC, of Washington

He entered the Marian Fathers in 1969 and made his first profession of religious vows in 1973.

Anne Leonhardt, 92, of Lenox

In 1998 Anne founded the “Fund for Women and Girls” at Fairfield County Community Foundation where she was honored this past April at their annual fundraising event.

Dolores Dinan, 94, of Lenox

After starting their family in Floral Park, New York, Dolores and Bill relocated to Lenox in 1966 and purchased the Lenox Twin Maples Bed and Breakfast, which they owned and operated successfully for the next 20 years.

Berkshares Business of the Month: Assembly Coffee Roasters

In a world full of commodity coffee, Assembly Coffee Roasters buys from small-scale farmers.

Richard J. Cappadona, 75, of Sheffield

Richard Cappadona worked for over 50 years as an electrician and wiring inspector in Brooklyn and for Cappadona Electric in Berkshire County.

Alvin M. Alson, 94, of Lee, teacher of industrial arts

Alvin spent summers repairing and refinishing furniture for Sotheby‘s and building scale models for I.M. Pei. He continued to learn, teach and create art well into his 90s.

Edge Notes, Footnotes & Queries

There once was a Brooklyn Bridge across the Housatonic, a wooden one to be sure and intended for pedestrians. But still, why not make Barrington Great Again?

WHAT’S COOKIN’: Alice Maggio, piemaker

After graduating from Wesleyan, she worked as a baker for Four & Twenty Blackbirds, the well-regarded bakery that had just opened on Third Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Lulu and Hershey have an apology to make for abruptly ending their latest narrative: They're moving to Brooklyn, and will return once they settle in.

DANCING ON THE EDGE: The extraordinary world of FLEXN

I know of no other dancers who have forged such a close relationship between meaning and movement. They are trying, in a valiant, unique way to share themselves as individuals and artists. They are crusaders.

Edgecast video: Geoffrey Young and the art of the gallery

“I had no job and no prospects, so I opened an art gallery.” --- Geoffrey Young

The Self-Taught Gardener: One-night stands

New gardeners often do not want to consider the plant’s needs and how they could ensure its survival; they want to buy the plants they are drawn to.

Ronald J. Sturles, 71, of Pittsfield

with his five children and wife Patricia, Ron moved to the Berkshires in 1995.

Hip hop artist Jackson Whalan: Sensitive new age guy

Whalan sees the potential for a “musical hub” in Housatonic, and the goal is to keep having regular live events at the Brick House.

CONNECTIONS: Berkshire liaisons, Part III: Theodore Tilton v. Henry Ward Beecher

Beecher preached that love was the basis of religious experience and that God would forgive all sins. For the last decade, there were rumors that he practiced what he preached.
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