The Berkshire Edge On-Air - Wednesday December 2, 2020

The Berkshire Edge LLC is a locally owned, regional publication. Our goal is to provide – regularly and in depth – content that truly reflects the life, interests and aspirations of this unusually rich and vibrant community.

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor.

1.  Forget Amazon; shop local…Here’s a rundown on where to shop during the holiday season:
https://theberkshireedge.com/the-joys-of-shopping-local-give-a-little-berkshires-love/

2.  Meanwhile, back at the Great Barrington Airport, the selectboard has put the kabosh on adding a new hangar, and at the same time has signed a contract to do a study of the troubled Housatonic Water Works system:
https://theberkshireedge.com/town-hall-briefs-airport-permit-officially-kaput-contracts-signed-for-appraisal-of-housatonic-water-works-downtown-parking-updates/

3.  In the wake of recent national incidents of police violence, the Great Barrington Police Department is undertaking a self-examination of its procedures and attitudes:https://theberkshireedge.com/of-chokeholds-and-deescalation-reimagining-great-barringtons-police-department/

4.   From our magazine and on The Edge we have a historical tour of Berkshire mills and factory buildings:
https://theberkshireedge.com/car-trip-berkshire-mills-and-factory-buildings-works-in-progress/

5.  Andrew Blechman has written a fascinating survey of the legacy of Black Americans in the Berkshires:
https://theberkshireedge.com/black-berkshires-a-hidden-and-not-so-hidden-legacy/

6. And finally, in spite of the pandemic the Berkshires are managing to find creative — and safe --ways to celebrate the holidays:
Stockbridge Main Street lights up; Shakespeare & Company will hold a virtual gala; and tonight at 7 at the Norman Rockwell Museum there will be a talk — virtually, of course -- about animation, by Tim Evatt of Pixar Animation Studios;
https://theberkshireedge.com/bits-shakespeare-animation-talk-solar-eclipse-lecture/