By Bill Shein September 26, 2011 Early one morning last May, in a sleepy California town just 20 miles from the Pacific Ocean, eight ducklings emerged into the wider world beyond their shells. Within hours, the small, fuzzy creatures were…
I Heart Rain Forestology
By Mickey Friedman September 25, 2011 The Jungle, Costa Rica Frank T, who transformed sandwich life as we knew it in Great Barrington, and simultaneously built a home for wayward Barringtonians of all shapes, sizes, and pedigree and fed them…
A Hamlet For Us All
By Mickey Friedman September 23, 2011 Eminent Déjà Vu Domain. I remember those words. Something about a dump for Great Barrington. Eminent Domain. Paying less than the land was worth. And then a court case and paying a whole lot…
Reality TV is Reality, Really
Like It Or Not, Reality TV is Reality, Really: Of Bachelors, Their Pad, and the Decline and Fall of America By Camille LeCrow September 13, 2011 I’m the only one here at Red Crow corporate headquarters who watches TV with…
Other Sides of Al Schwartz
Leslie Haywood Ceanga was kind enough to share four of her favorite photos of Al Schwartz with the readers of Red Crow News. We’ve received reminiscences from several readers over the last few days. You can read some of…
Feeling Stupid
By Mickey Friedman September 9, 2011 GREAT BARRINGTON, MA — I don’t like feeling stupid. Of course, there have been times when I’ve been really stupid. Like all those times I didn’t do my homework, and sat there the next…
Goodnight, Al Schwartz, and Goodbye
By Mickey Friedman September 7, 2011 GREAT BARRINGTON, MA — Tuesday night is poker night. How appropriate that I learned from my friend Bijan of Al Schwartz’s passing on poker night, Tuesday September 6. I only played a few times…
Tribute to 9/11 victims recreated at Monument Mountain
By David Scribner September 5, 2011 “It was one of the most overwhelming, and powerful things I’ve ever done, bringing people together that way in the face of a tragedy,” recalled Monument Regional High School science instructor Lisa Baldwin. She…
Riding The Rails
By David Scribner August 30, 2011 Restoring rail passenger service to the New York Metropolitan Area would provide a major boost to the Berkshire economy, both during the reconstruction of the rail line and into the future, as energy efficient…
Playing Through Irene
Editor’s Note: Unlike the rest of the media — national, regional, local, electronic, and print or the lack thereof — the intrepid Red Crow News staff opted not to add to the possible strain on local first responders by remaining…