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Julianne Boyd, who founded Barrington Stage Company in a Berkshires high school in 1995...

On Fridays, from 4 to 6 p.m., and Sundays, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Berkshirites can hear the stylings of Martha Escobar and her daughter, Deisy Escobar, on 89.7 WTBR-FM

As the coronavirus pandemic threatens to widen college completion gaps, advocates say the present moment calls for greater state investments in early college programs. Those programs, which give students a chance to take courses for college credit before receiving their high school diploma, provide a key strategy for addressing preexisting and pandemic-exacerbated struggles related to college affordability and access, observers say. The pandemic’s economic impact further has fueled fears o...