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         <title><![CDATA[So many (too many?) chocolate chip cookies]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[I still have chocolate chip cookies on my mind. After my original sampling two weeks ago from the Williams College bake shop, Ephporium, and Tunnel City Coffee, all in Williamstown, I was encouraged by passionate cookie eaters to branch out into more "research.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By DIANA ELVIN</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:17:45 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Spring has arrived - or has it?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Just when you thought spring had arrived, the plow trucks are out again cleaning up the snow and slush, and Berkshirites are retreating back into their homes replete with couches, Snuggies, hot cocoa and the lure of a warm fire (or in my case, a pellet stove).]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By KELLY BEVAN</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:17:36 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Column: Shovel-ready dreams]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Call me crazy, but as I feel mud season just around the corner and watch the snow melt at an impressive clip, I'm going to miss shoveling snow from my driveway.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By TELLY HALKIAS</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:17:34 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Column: At least they gave us water]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["We are watering you and providing you with crackers and cookies."That intercom announcement was a stressed-out flight attendant's final answer to the increasingly vocal demands and questions of a crowd of equally stressed-out airliner passengers March 13 at Bradley International Airport in Hartford.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By BILL DONOVAN</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:17:28 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Don't panic about aliens on sticks]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[March holds a special spot in my heart. It heralds the arrival of spring, always has St. Pat's Day and sometimes has Easter, and is my birth month.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By LISA SHELDON</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:37 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Column: Look out the window to see our quality of life]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The damage inflicted by America's sputtering economy is made even worse by our relative isolation out here in the Massachusetts outback.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By BILL DONOVAN</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:36 EST]]></pubDate>
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