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EDUCATION
Praise for Leigh Davis’ leadership
Mr. Gardner’s June 30, 2024 Letter to the Editor held Leigh Davis responsible for (1) the cost to repair or build Monument Mountain High School; (2) the water delivered by private utility Housatonic Water Works; (3) MassDOT’s recent closing of the Brookside Road Bridge; (4) the collapse seven years ago of the Old Brick House (Park Street) Bridge; and (5) “don’t get me started on the libraries and roads.”
CBRSD Working on Regional Agreement Education
DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School Committee agreed to start an education campaign after the proposed regional agreement failed in three of the district's seven towns. The item failed during the Hinsdale annual town meeting on May 15, the Peru town meeting on June 1, and Cummington's...
PREVIEW: Free Beethoven lecture from Boston University Professor Jeremy Yudkin at Lenox Town Hall on July 5, at 2:30
Lenox — The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present an all-Beethoven program on Tanglewood’s opening night, Friday, July 5, with Gil Shaham performing Beethoven’s only violin concerto and Andris Nelsons leading the orchestra in the composer’s pathbreaking Symphony No. 3, “Eroica.” And on the same day, at 2:30 p.m., in the air-conditioned Lenox Town Hall, Boston University Professor of Music Jeremy Yudkin will share some little-known details about these pieces, details that will amaze you, amuse you, and markedly enhance your listening experience.
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