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Top Left Corner #165: Right ways and wrong ways to respond to mental health crisis calls.

August 7, 2022
Community/News/The System

According to the D.A.'s report, Officer Coffey immediately "stepped out of his cruiser, drew his taser, turned it on and pointed it at Estrella," shouting "commands to Mr. Estrella to drop the knife." That's not a de-escalation tactic.

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FREE TREE I.D. WALK at Lower Bowker’s Woods  

August 7, 2022
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Participants in this walk will learn key characteristics of common trees found in western Massachusetts and get tips to help identify them.

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Top Left Corner #164: No Justice for Miguel

August 7, 2022
Community/News/The System

On the evening of March 25, 2022, friends of Pittsfield, Mass. resident Miguel Estrella called 911 to request assistance for the 22-year-old,

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State Budget Officials Announce $1.9 Billion Fiscal Year 2022 Surplus Following Tax Refunds

August 4, 2022
Government/Massachusetts/News

A hefty budget surplus reflects significantly stronger-than-expected revenue collections in the Commonwealth throughout the fiscal year.

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Text-to-Shakespeare Theatre:
Much Ado About Nothing

August 3, 2022
Comedy/Film/News/Theatre

Poor Benedick's wounded.

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To the Editor: U.S. must demand the release of Kurdish journalists, end armament of Turkey

August 3, 2022
Letters/Opinion

Reader shares view that Turkey's authoritarian president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is using tensions over Ukraine as a smokescreen to hide aggression against

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Product Review: Boost Oxygen- when you’re at risk of feeling…deflated.

August 2, 2022
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Pilots and professional athletes have long known the value of having aviators'/sports oxygen within easy reach. Now it's easy for the rest

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Will Call #74 — NTRVW: Julia Mintz, on Four Winters

July 31, 2022
Arts & Entertainment/Film/Will Call

In this episode, we speak with filmmaker Julia Mintz, who is the writer, producer, and director of the award winning documentary, "Four

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Top Left Corner #163: Justice for Miguel?

July 30, 2022
Cities & Towns/Community/News/The System/Top Left Corner

On this episode, we speak with Ivy Moody, a legal expert who explains that alternative methods of dealing with community members in

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FIRST Friday block party to activate Eagle Street

July 28, 2022
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NORTH ADAMS – The community is invited to the August 5 FIRST Fridays Block Party on Eagle Street – a monthly downtown

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Earth Overshoot Day 2022

July 28, 2022
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Ecuador’s Minister of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition calls for “seizing the ecological power to shape our future.”

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NTRVW: Berkshire D.A. Andrea Harrington on drug deaths, Roe v. Wade, more.

July 23, 2022
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Top Left Corner: And with me on the line is Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington. Andrea, thanks so much for coming on

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The Death of Microtrends and Dissolving Fashion

July 23, 2022
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Is the world on the brink of fashion democracy that decouples the ever-accelerating cycle of trends from the engine of market tyranny?

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