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Here are a few stories from the Edge this week:

1. We have a preview of the Tanglewood summer concerts and events — a schedule which our music writer David Edwards says is extraordinary, in his words, “Unconventional, subversive … exhilarating, hypnotizing, and intensely human”

: https://theberkshireedge.com/tanglewood-learning-institutes-summer-concerts-and-events-could-blow-your-mind/

2. The discussions over next year’s Berkshire Regional School District budget have begun with the district’s staff making a request for a full-time librarian at Muddy Brook Elementary School:

https://theberkshireedge.com/school-district-staff-advocates-for-a-full-time-librarian-at-muddy-brook-elementary/

3. In north Berkshire County John Pitroff has organized Second Chance Composting, collecting surplus food scraps and organic matter, to create a community compost site for gardeners:

https://theberkshireedge.com/john-pitroff-and-second-chance-composting-are-looking-to-make-community-composting-accessible-and-second-nature/

4.  The Berkshire Pride Festival is returning in June in Pittsfield, with a parade and a community celebration at the Common Park:

https://theberkshireedge.com/berkshire-pride-festival-coming-back-in-june/

5. Finally, we have part 2 of our series on the history and current status of the Great Barrington Airport that has come under fire from newly arrived second home residents disturbed by the flight activity:

https://theberkshireedge.com/the-airport-part-two-rick-solans-story-begins-with-robert-wheelers-in-1929/

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