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Mar 03, 2024

Overwhelmed? Just Say ‘No.’

(The Atlantic) - If you feel you are struggling to stay on top of things and are worried about organizing your time and being productive, the internet offers hundreds of aids and techniques such as virtual assistants and apps that make to-do lists. But if you find yourself more and more distracted and harried, struggling to pay attention to what really matters and baffled by how whole days seem to simply disappear, you might be missing the single most effective way to free up time and focus attention: saying no more to all the demands bombarding you.

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Why we can’t stop rushing, and why we must (NYT)

Russia after Navalny, by David Remnick (New Yorker)

FASCIST TAKEOVER WATCH:

It can happen here - in fact, it is happening now (MoJo)

Trump complains migrants use languages ‘nobody speaks’ (New York)

Beat his ass (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)

Interpretations of the Madonna are displayed in the ongoing “Remixing the Hall” exhibition at the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, Mass. The show centers on interpretations of common themes in art. (photo Katherine Kiessling/ATU)

Stopping by Williamstown: Art at Every Turn

(ATU) WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Some might see Williamstown as a college town, others, as a summer destination thanks to the Williamstown Theatre Festival, which has produced Broadway-bound shows with big stars (and problematic labor practices). Both are true, but with its charming, walkable downtown full of shops and restaurants; highly lauded art museums; and history-rich architecture and nature, Williamstown is a year-round destination in its own right.

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NEWS FROM THE BERKSHIRES

Yiddish Book Center founder Aaron Lansky and executive director Susan Bronson (photo Ben Barnhart/courtesy YBC)

Change in Leadership at Yiddish Book Center as Founder Aaron Lansky Set to Retire; Susan Bronson to Succeed as President

(NYT) AMHERST, Mass. - Aaron Lansky, 68, the founder and longstanding president of the Yiddish Book Center, announced last week that he will retire in June 2025, after overseeing the rescue of 1.5 million Yiddish books. (He will, however, remain for another two years as a senior adviser.) Susan Bronson, who has been the center’s executive director for 14 years and holds a doctorate in Russian and Jewish history, will take over the position. Both Lansky and Bronson reside in the Berkshires.

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Monument Mountain special education teacher: ‘Students are frustrated and tired of having to bear the brunt of ignorance, disrespect, and racism in our school district’ (Berkshire Edge)

Comic’s ‘racist’ heckler claimed to be Williams College employee (Williams Record)

Williams professors reading Moby Dick as if it were Talmud, one page per day (RI)

Berkshire Health Systems says North Adams Regional Hospital will reopen by mid-March, sets open house and ribbon cutting dates (WAMC)

Citing contentious bargaining talks, MASS MoCA union to go on strike starting Wednesday (Berkshire Eagle)

Great Barrington selectboard vice chair Leigh Davis focuses on regional equity, housing, farmland preservation in bid for Mass. state House (WAMC)

Former Polish Community Club in Pittsfield could be hub of affordable housing complex for first-time buyers (B Eagle)

Pittsfield Third Thursdays to merge with First Fridays (B Eagle)

Cancer study in Housatonic River communities to be completed this year (NEPM)

Ex-crypto exec Ryan Salame has sold the former Cafe Lucia (B Eagle)

Here’s how one of Kripalu's leaders went from managing Alicia Keys to leading transformational leadership retreats in the Berkshires (B Eagle)

Antimony Brewing Works in Lenox aspires to build connections in the community (iBerkshires)

After 16 years leading the Elizabeth Freeman Center, Janis Broderick is preparing to step down (WAMC)

Williamstown named one of 8 Top-Ranked Towns in New England for retirees (World Atlas)

Massachusetts GOP candidate loves Hitler, wants to ‘exile all Jews’ (Radical Reports)

NEWS FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY

Hudson’s Basic Income Pilot Reports Good Outcomes

(ATU) HUDSON, N.Y. - The city’s universal basic income pilot reported positive outcomes during its third year. The program, HudsonUp, gives 128 residents $500 a month with no strings attached. It is privately funded by the nonprofit Spark of Hudson. The first group started receiving money in the fall of 2020. Two other groups have since been added. Spark of Hudson co-founder Susan Danzinger said the ultimate purpose of the UBI program was to combat the mass unemployment she foresaw due to artificial intelligence.

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Hudson city council approves HudsonDots affordable housing plan (GoR)

New congressional maps favor Riley over Molinaro (Mid Hudson News)

Their hearts were set on a house in Hudson. Could they afford the one they wanted? (NYT)

Potential Catskill Game Farm buyer looks to turn site into residental community (HV360)

Park Theater celebrates ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ in renovated venue in Hudson (ATU)

Bulk grocery stores and refilleries in the Hudson Valley (Chronogram)

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