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Sunnova Bankruptcy Signals Tough Times for Solar

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Sunnova Bankruptcy Signals Tough Times for Solar

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One of the largest residential solar installers, Sunnova, went belly up on June 8. The company had over $10 billion in debt and a market cap of over a billion dollars less than a year ago. While aggressive spending on expansion and poor management account for some of Sunnova’s problems, they also faced significant policy headwinds: high interest rates, higher costs due to inflation, uncertainty and higher costs due to tariffs, and freezing of In…See the Story

Great Barrington: Tom Ball Mountain opening weekend

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Great Barrington: Tom Ball Mountain opening weekend

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Berkshire Natural Resources Council is celebrating the opening weekend of its newest reserve, Tom Ball Mountain and the brand new Longview Loop Trail, on Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29.Read Article

Great Barrington and W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School collaborate on crosswalk project - The Berkshire Edge

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Great Barrington and W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School collaborate on crosswalk project - The Berkshire Edge

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Great Barrington — On Monday, June 2, students from W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School collaborated with the town to paint two crosswalks right near Mason Library, located on 231 Main Street. Students from W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School working on painting a crosswalk on Main Street in Great Barrington near the Mason Library. An officer from the Great Barrington Police Department oversees the students. Photo submitted. W.E.B. Du Bois …Read Article

Why Is Housing So Partisan in the Northeast?

In a recent blog post, Matt Yglesias chides northeastern Republicans for opposing pro-housing deregulation in state legislatures: Republicans have led several major pushes for housing reform in red states. These efforts are inevitably GOP-led because these states have GOP-controlled legislatures, and to the best of my knowledge, none of them have met with uniform GOP opposition. But in New York and Maryland, we’ve seen divided Democrats unable …Economy · Great Barrington Read Article

Canada’s Digital Services Tax is Unfair to the US — Congress Noticed

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), intended to lower the tax burden for Americans and thus to stimulate growth, contains one provision that has caused much alarm in Canada — potentially imposing a punishing tax on Canadians who invest in US companies. Canadian individuals and entities could face increased US withholding tax rates of 30 percent or more on US-source dividends, interest, royalties, and capital gains on real estate. The financi…Taxes · Great Barrington See the Story

Anthony E. Menard Sr., 74, of New Hampshire - The Berkshire Edge

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Anthony E. Menard Sr., 74, passed away on June 18, 2025, at home surrounded by his wife and children. Born in Pittsfield on October 13, 1950, he was the son of the late Antoine and Ella Warner Menard. He was raised in Great Barrington and attended local schools and earned his GED. He lived in New Hampshire for the past 22 years of his life. Anthony E. Menard Sr. Tony worked as a chef the majority of his life. He owned Star Pizza in Great Barring…Great Barrington · Great Barrington Read Article

Grace Deffer, 86, of Great Barrington - The Berkshire Edge

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Grace Deffer, 86, of Fairview Terrace, died on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at Kimball Farms. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 6, 1939, daughter of James Rutherford and Mary Ridley, she attended Fonda-Fultonville High School in Fonda, N.Y. She moved to Great Barrington in 1964. Grace Deffer. In the early years, Grace was employed by Beech-Nut in Canajohaire, N.Y.; New York Telephone Co.; and when she moved to Great Barrington, she worked at Andrews In…Great Barrington · Great Barrington Read Article

What is Central Bank Independence?

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IntroductionEconomists, policymakers, and business leaders widely regard central bank independence as a desirable feature of monetary-institutional design. What is central bank independence, and why is it valuable? How has central bank independence worked in practice? And how should we think about the independence of the United States’ central bank, the Federal Reserve (“the Fed”)? This explainer answers these questions for interested non-expert…Central Bank · Great Barrington Read Article

1984's New Introduction Is a Missed Opportunity

1984 is back in the news. Orwell’s estate recently authorized a 75th anniversary edition of the timeless classic, with a new introduction by literature professor Dolen Perkins-Valdez. Perkins-Valdez’ introduction spends little time talking about authoritarianism, and a lot of time talking about race and gender in the story. She complains about Winston’s misogyny. She bemoans the fact that the story doesn’t focus on matters of race, writing that…Economy · Great Barrington Read Article

Intersections Between the Bible and Economics

People understandably have misgivings when someone injects the Bible into a discussion of economic issues. The Bible certainly is not an economics text. Its treatment of economic themes is desultory and brief, lacking in detail and depth. Not surprisingly, then, the Bible’s economic implications are perceived in many different ways. The Bible touches upon economic themes in ways that are sometimes descriptive (value-free) and sometimes prescrip…Jesus Christ · Great Barrington Read Article

Great Barrington: Library hosting teen comics workshop

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Learn the basics of comic creation at an all-day workshop for kids ages 12-18 on Saturday June 21, at the Ramsdell Library in Housatonic.Great Barrington · Great Barrington Read Article

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