Bernard A. Drew, his wife, Donna, and daughters have lived in Great Barrington since 1977. He is a newspaper editor and columnist and the author of local Berkshire histories including books about Great Barrington, Monument Mountain, Lake Buel, Beartown, the Knox Trail and, nearing completion, 18th and 19th century waterpowered industry on the Housatonic River. He likes to explore the woods and find the unexpected in plain sight.
New abutment stone was quarried locally. The builder began to put truss members in place that September, competing installation in October. Teams immediately began to cross it. The total cost came to
The message, it seems, is when we die, some will mourn us, many will not; it’s better to somehow leave our name and good works behind.
The crooks spied on the bank’s chief teller from the recesses of an isolated ravine northerly of Russell House on Castle Hill Avenue. After weeks of plotting, the out-of-town thugs staged a daring r
One would think the rigors of a “Forlorn Hope” assault on a Confederate fortification in Port Hudson, La., in 1863 would be enough violence for one Union soldier’s lifetime.
What a lineage! This is only part of the extended family.
Hilary Russell weaves the tugboat history into a telling of his personal quest to learn more about his family
He plans to deal with the issues of slavery and racism head-on, yet in a creative and, for whites, comfortable manner.
That Day came up with such a bold housing plan is remarkable; that he did so in concert with the priest is further amazing, allowing as he did the opportunity for the parish to sell building lots to h
You know, don’t you, that Roger Sherman Hall 48 miles south in New Milford, Connecticut., is identical to Great Barrington's Town Hall?
There are still 10 of these purpose-built showrooms in adaptive reuse in Great Barrington. They now house a variety of businesses.
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