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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.

Mary Malonis, 87, of Stockbridge

Mary worked as a substitute school nurse and in real estate until her retirement in 1999 when she and Ed moved to Popponesset on Cape Cod.

Letter from Maine: Gulf of Maine, a living laboratory of climate change

Maine’s Republican governor, Paul LePage – who recently boasted “I’m a Donald Trump-type. I was Donald Trump before Donald Trump” -- has chosen to ignore the changes wrought by global warming.

Mary M. Lucey, 100, of Great Barrington, retired secretary at Great Barrington Savings Bank

Mary was overjoyed to attend her 100th birthday party with her loving family and friends. She loved reading and doing crossword puzzles.

BCC forum confronts swelling tide of opioid addiction in the Berkshires

A small bag of heroin is now cheaper than a six-pack of beer, and easier for young people to buy. In 2015, 17 percent of local high school seniors had “tried an opiate.”

ON FILM: At BIFF, ‘A Year by the Sea,’ a woman’s journey to self-actualization  

“A Year by the Sea’ has several Berkshire connections, among them the lead actress Karen Allen, as well as a key character, Joan Erikson, widow of the renowned psychologist Erik Erikson who worked at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge.

Agnes M. Furey, 88, of Sheffield, nurse at Fairview Hospital

Agnes was affectionately called one of the Great Barrington Grannies on trips to the Cape for basketball tournaments.
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