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🌱 How a Becket writer helped revive Herman Melville’s Berkshire home.

Coming up on the Becket Patch calendar: Fun Sized Tiny Public Art Festival

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Hey hey Becket! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Becket writer helped revive Herman Melville's Berkshire home.

Also on today's calendar: Fun Sized Tiny Public Art Festival and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Increasing clouds, with a high of 70 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 78, low: 61.
  • Thursday: Cloudy, a shower in the p.m., with a high of 77 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Eagle Archives, Sept. 15, 1975: Descendants of Melville visit his former home (berkshireeagle.com) — A look back to 1975 highlights Paul C. Metcalf of Becket, a great-grandson of Herman Melville, helping launch a restoration fund for Arrowhead, Melville's Pittsfield home. The piece recalls how Berkshire County Historical Society leaders envisioned turning Arrowhead into a literary destination while local descendants mingled with hundreds of visitors.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • Hyatt Hotels Corporation posted a job opening for Female Spa Locker Room Attendant (Part Time) in Lenox. Apply here.
  • Canyon Ranch posted a job opening for Food Purchasing Clerk in Lenox. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Becket here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lee

  • Lee Founders Weekend Returns (iberkshires.com)
  • Juju's in Lee has closed, but its Great Barrington location will remain open as owners eye expansion in North Carolina (berkshireeagle.com)
  • State trooper transported to hospital after Pittsfield Road crash (berkshireeagle.com)

Lenox

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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