It’s the Rome of the South County. Home to 7,100 people, Great Barrington is  the southern Berkshires’ business and cultural hub. Visitors come for the fun shopping, superb  restaurants, world-class entertainment, year-round outdoor recreation, and the recreational (and medical) cannabis dispensary that  opened a year and a half ago Theory Wellness.
The dispensary, which was the first such shop to open in the Berkshires (there are now six others), has been a hit (so to speak) with customers who like their weed legal and carefully sourced — and there are millions of them within driving...
If Stockbridge seems strangely familiar, blame Norman Rockwell, who spent his last 25 years living and working right in the heart of town. He created some of his most visionary and socially engaged work...
West Stockbridge lies between Stockbridge and the New York border, only 40 minutes from the capital district but a world away, with hills, ponds, and...
It’s official: Lenox has been designated a Massachusetts Cultural District, the fifth town in this culturally rich region to win the coveted designation and...
A city of 45,000, Pittsfield is the geographic and commercial center of the Berkshires, with a proud history of manufacturing — and the contemporary...
Tucked into Massachusetts’ northwest corner, Williamstown is one of America’s first college towns; the town and the college both date to 1791.  Williams College, consistently ranking...
As the northwesternmost town in Connecticut, Salisbury is where Litchfield County meets the Berkshires. It’s home to two prep schools, but  also  wild and mountainous:  black...
Heading east on Route 23 from the Taconic through Hillsdale towards Great Barrington is a well-worn path for many visitors to the Berkshires.  Nowadays,...
