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We wanted a long weekend getaway to some place we'd never been before.   Full Story

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Now let's get this straight: Even before Pittsfield's Beacon Cinema lights up its six screens beginning late Thursday evening with midnight showings of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," some cinema devotees are griping about the programming philosophy outlined by owner Richard Stanley and his manager, John Valente, in this space last Sunday.   Full Story

I cautioned myself not to have a knee-jerk reaction to the news that along with the passage of the health care reform bill by Congress two weeks ago, came an amendment to restrict coverage of abortion. I decided, this time, I would find out all I could about it and then respond.   Full Story

Often, it is that we just don't know. For instance, what lovelier shrub, especially in the autumn, is there than the burning bush or wingedeuonymus?   Full Story

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