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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.

Otto Borsody, 88, of Great Barrington, born in Yugoslavia, lover of freedom

English, which was taught at weekly night classes for the large immigrant community in Housatonic, became the fifth language he learned.

Harry Franklin, 95, of Lenox, refugee from anti-Semitism

As part of his English studies in Vienna Harry’s English teacher gave him an American pen pal, Lillian Wolfram, a non-Jew, whose family in Glenside, Pennsylvania, offered to sponsor him if he could escape to America.
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The Edge Is Free To Read.

But Not To Produce.