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Monument Mountain Names Valedictorian, Salutatorian for 2026

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Monument Mountain Regional High School has named Sadie Honig-Briggs and Reese Duchesne as the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for the graduating class of 2026. 
 
They will speak at graduation ceremonies on Sunday, June 7, at 1:30 at Tanglewood in Lenox.
 
Honig-Briggs lives in Tyringham with her parents and two younger siblings. She has been attending the Berkshires Hills Regional Schools since kindergarten. In her free time, she enjoys volunteering at Volunteers in Medicine, teaching and playing the violin, acting, and camping with family and friends. 
 
Honig-Briggs will be attending Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where she currently plans to study chemistry and music. 
 
Duchesne resided in Bristol, R.I., before moving to Great Barrington in the winter of 2022. In her free time, she enjoys reading, solving crossword puzzles, spending time outdoors, working at SoCo Creamery, gardening, and socializing with friends and family.
 
Duchesne plans to study environmental science at Duke University in Durham, N.C.

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Friday Front Porch: A New Build in South County

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Are you looking for a new home with your own private lot? Then this is the home for you.

Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are showcasing 114 Brush Hill Road. 

The home has two bedrooms and two bathrooms and is 1,584 square feet with more than two acres.

The home was recently built in 2025 and has an attached garage. It also features wood flooring throughout as well as a fireplace.

The home is well lit with many windows and is surrounded by trees giving you a sense of privacy. You also have your own blueberry patch.

The house is listed for $910,000 by Patrice Melluzzo with William Pitt Sotheby's Realty.

You can find out more about this house on its listing here

*Front Porch Feature brings you an exclusive to some of the houses listed on our real estate page every week. Here we take a bit of a deeper dive into a certain house for sale and ask questions so you don't have to.

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