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Steve Decker cleans up in front of BankNorth on Wednesday.
More Snow

The Berkshires received several inches of snow this morning, but not enough to close schools, unlike yesterday's sleety mess. Temperatures will drop into the 20s this afternoon. A few more snow showers are expected through the weekend.
Duff'em If You've Got'em
North Adams Regional Hospital went smoke-free Monday — so did all its sister sites, from Sweet Brook to Northern Berkshire Family Practice to the Women's Exchange. No ashtrays, no smoking: No butts about it.

Wanted: Eagle Eyes
MassWildlife's annual eagle count runs Dec. 31 to Jan. 14. Anyone sighting one of the regal birds in Massachusetts is asked to participate.

Send date, time, location and town of eagle sightings, number of birds, whether juvenile or adult and observer's contact information to Mass.wildlife@state.ma.us.
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India, Presidential Cat, Dies at 18
Marjorie E. McLain, 80
Barbara Mahon, 81
Kevin B. Finnerty, 71
Joseph L. Crowley, 82
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Stockbridge Opposes Pike Link
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Houses of Faith in Need of Repair

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Triplex Slates Free Screening of Childbirth Documentary

- February 19, 2008

GREAT BARRINGTON – The Berkshire International Film Festival  and the Triplex Cinema will present a free preview screening of the documentary "The Business of Being Born" on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 11 a.m.

Directed by Abby Epstein, the film will be shown at the Triplex in collaboration with the Berkshire-Columbia Doulas, a childbirth assistants' group.

In 2001, actress Ricki Lake gave birth to her second child with the assistance of a midwife in her home bathtub. She made the choice for a home birth after she experienced unwanted medical interventions while delivering her first child at a hospital birthing center. Lake succeeded in giving birth on her own terms and the experience was so unexpectedly empowering and life-changing, she said, that she felt every woman should know what they could be missing out on.

Ricki approached Epstein to collaborate on a film that would examine birth culture in America, and ask questions about the way American women have babies.

Epstein conducted interviews with a number of obstetricians, experts and advocates about the history, culture and economics of childbirth. The film’s fundamental question is should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every delivery be treated as a potential medical emergency?

For more information, call Sarah Proechel at 518-672-4576.
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