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The Taconic Crest Trail crosses Petersburg Pass.

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Marchers at a Four Freedoms rally fill North Street in January 2017.
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Community

Marchers fill the street at the Four Freedoms Rally (By the Way column)

January 10, 2017
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We are standing in a crowd outside the First Church of Christ in Park Square. I have never seen so many people in downtown Pittsfield outside of a street festival … On a Saturday afternoon in January 2017, some 2,000 people marched up North Street in a rally with the Four Freedoms Coalition.

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A candle burns in the dark.
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Journalism

Standing together: Thoughts before the electoral vote — By the Way column

December 12, 2016
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Since the election, I have been trying to think. Like many people I love, I am afraid for the country I live in, and I’m afraid for people I love.

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Candle flames meet in the dark. Photo by Nevit Dilmen
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Holidays

Looking for light on long nights in the mountains (By the Way column)

December 7, 2016
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This is an unusual holiday season. For some of us, looking out at a divided country, it is difficult to know how to face the end of this year and the beginning of the next.

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Hurlbut Hill looks across the ridge at Bartholomew's Cobble in Sheffield.
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Journalism

Berkshire daily news sees a new future

April 22, 2016
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Berkshire daily news is in local hands now — New England News Inc., the Berkshire Eagle, Bennington Banner, Manchester Journal and Brattleboro Reformer.

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