🌱 How Lee plans to become a statewide leader in saving farmland
Good morning Lee! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Lee plans to become a statewide leader in saving farmland
Also on today's calendar: Sunday Funday: Live Music By Dan Gingras – Locker Room | April 19, 2026 – Lee, MA and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Cooler; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 69 and low of 47 degrees.
- Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 67, low: 45.
- Sunday: Showery, breezy and cooler, with a high of 50 and low of 27 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Farm advocate Sarah Gardner sounds the alarm: 'We have what I consider to be a real farm crisis in Massachusetts' (theberkshireedge.com) — Lee officials have formally committed to protecting local farmland, positioning the town to be among the first in Massachusetts to adopt new statewide farmland protections and use local funds to keep farms viable. At a Lee Agricultural Commission event, farm advocate Sarah Gardner detailed the steep decline of Massachusetts farms, the pressures from solar development and land prices, and new state tools that could help Lee safeguard working farms for future generations. 
📸 Around Lee
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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April Comedy by Candlelight @ The Inn at Stockbridge
The Inn at Stockbridge, 30 East St, Stockbridge
7:30 pm
Friday April 17
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Other local events
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Sunday Funday: Live Music By Dan Gingras – Locker Room | April 19, 2026 – Lee, MA
Locker Room Sports Pub , 232 Main St , Lee
2:00 pm -
Daffodil & Tulip Festival
Naumkeag , 5 Prospect Hill Rd , Stockbridge
10:00 am -
TLI Presents: *Mirage* with Hub New Music and Daniel Wohl
Tanglewood , 297 West St , Lenox
7:00 pm -
Lee Sportsmen’s Association Monthly NRL22 COF Match
Lee Sportsmen's Association , 565 Fairview St , Lee
10:00 am -
Lee Varsity Baseball @ Lenox Memorial
Lenox Memorial Middle & High School , 197 East St , Lenox
4:00 pm
Sunday April 19
Thursday April 30
Friday May 1
Sunday May 3
Wednesday May 13
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Tai Chi w Christine Faber
Claire Teague Senior Center , 917 S Main St , Great Barrington
9:00 am -
Spanish Conversation Group
Stockbridge Library Association , 46 Main Street , Stockbridge
11:00 am -
St. Mary's Visit
Lee Library Association , 100 Main Street , Lee
12:45 pm -
DROP IN GAMES
Claire Teague Senior Center , 917 S Main St , Great Barrington
1:00 pm -
Homeschool Art Club
Stockbridge Library , 46 Main St. , Stockbridge
2:30 pm -
Free Pile Productions: The Living Room
The Foundry , 2 Harris St , West Stockbridge
7:30 pm
Friday April 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I have called many local places to inquire about activities for elderly, head-injured people.
I haven't received any call backs. Does any know of anything available to head-injured, elderly folks? Thanks for any recommendations! (Nextdoor Lee Mass)
- Big Y posted a job opening for Frozen Food/Dairy Clerk in Lee. Apply here.
- McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Team Member (Full-time) in Lee. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lee here.
🗞 Nearby News
Stockbridge
- Stockbridge budget to rise 4.7% as town expands fire, EMS services (berkshireeagle.com)
- Join Bishop Reidy for Divine Mercy Pilgrimage on May 13 (norwichdiocese.org)
- BITS & BYTES April 16, 2026: What's happening in the Berkshires and beyond! (theberkshireedge.com)
Lenox
- Lenox Stops Monument Mountain in Five (iberkshires.com)
- Writing 'The Jazz Barn' felt destined, tracing Lenox's folk, jazz roots, author says (nepm.org)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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