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🌱 Meet the four Lee seniors just awarded Chamber scholarships

Lee, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Lee! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the four Lee seniors just awarded Chamber scholarships
  • Discover how Lee’s Little Italy helped build national landmarks
  • Lee community mourns the passing of Robert “Bob” Allen Pino

Also on today's calendar: Plant Bingo at The Locker Room - part two!.

Today's riddle: Why do some employees hide as soon as they arrive at work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Humid with periods of sun, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 80, low: 60.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lee Chamber of Commerce Awards Scholarships to Four Graduating Seniors (iberkshires.com) — Lee’s Chamber of Commerce has awarded $4,500 in scholarships to four local graduating seniors, highlighting academic excellence, athletics, community service, and skilled trades. Funded by local families, businesses, and the annual golf tournament, the awards support students heading into psychology, healthcare with children, collegiate athletics, and electrical training while reinforcing investment in Lee’s future workforce.
   

• A new study demystifies Lee's Little Italy, showcasing an industrial history supported by immigrants (berkshireeagle.com) — A new historical study is shining a spotlight on Lee’s Little Italy neighborhood just west of Big Y, tracing how Italian immigrants shaped local marble and lime industries and even supplied stone for national landmarks. Funded through Community Preservation Act money, the research documents about 40 homes, multigenerational families, and the neighborhood’s lasting impact on Lee’s industrial and cultural identity.
   

• Robert Allen Pino, 94, of Lee (theberkshireedge.com) — Longtime Lee paper-mill worker Robert “Bob” Allen Pino, 94, has passed away, leaving a legacy of devotion to family, hard work, and joyful traditions like playing Santa at Christmas. Friends and neighbors can pay their respects on Monday, July 13, 2026, at Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home in Great Barrington, with visitation followed by a memorial service.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Stockbridge

  • Stockbridge Concert Series in the Park! kicks off Friday, July 10, with performance by singer-songwriter Glori Wilder (theberkshireedge.com)
  • Daniel R. Clark, 60, formerly of Housatonic (theberkshireedge.com)
  • Massachusetts Has Its Own Real-Life Narnia, And It's Hiding In A Glacial Ravine (takingthekids.com)

Lenox

  • Inside Walker Street Market, Matthew Ames's New Berkshires Design Destination (elledecor.com)
  • The Classical Beat: Tanglewood Taconic Music, Sevenars = Music HEaven (iberkshires.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Good employees are hard to find! (Thank you Patricia P. for sending it in!)
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