Monday, September 9, 2024

News and Ideas Worth Sharing

HomeTagsBerkshire Scenic Railway Museum

Tag: Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum

CAPITAL IDEAS: Lower interest rates can be bad for the economy

Lower interest rates could both help and hurt the U.S. economy, depending on the pace, magnitude, and expected path of each.

CONNECTIONS: Riding the historic Berkshire rail line

The Lenox railway station serves as a museum and tells the Berkshire railroad story. Step inside and step back in time when trains moved America.

Business Briefs: Emergency grant for Clinton Church; ‘Entry to Entrepreneurship’; rail museum acquires new locomotive; report highlights nonprofit tax changes; Greylock promotes three

The Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is part of the Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail.

Bits & Bytes: Snow trains at Thunderfest; ‘STOP Killing TRANS People!’ rally and march; Vinyl Night at Tunnel City Coffee; library mini-golf

The golf course features 10 holes, utilizes the geography of long rows between book stacks on all three of the library’s floors, and takes roughly one hour to play through.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Messiah’ sing-in; Tinseliner™ train rides; Ghent Playhouse panto; marionettes at Olana

The Berkshire Bach Players is a seasoned instrumental ensemble of professional musicians including Lucy Bardo on cello and trumpet player Allan Dean along with Miriam Shapiro and Cindy Olgunick on violin, Eric Martin on viola, and Donald Sosin on organ.

News Brief: Adams, North Adams receive $5 million for infrastructure funding

A $2.6 million grant was awarded to Adams to extend the Adams Branch rail line of the Hoosac Valley Service track south by roughly one mile.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Camping With Henry and Tom;’ Grant Gordy and Ross Martin at Club Helsinki Hudson; CHP trail network expansion; award-winning authors at...

The Hoosac Tunnel, which opened for rail traffic in 1875, took over 25 years to build, cost millions of dollars to construct, and claimed more than 100 lives.

CONNECTIONS: Berkshires once enjoyed cutting-edge communications network

So why could we get the telegraph and telephone service to rural Berkshire County in the nineteenth century but cannot get broadband today? What is the problem and what is the solution?

Bits & Bytes: ‘Yoga to the Rescue’; Behold! New Lebanon July 30 tours; cabaret trains; ‘Columbia County’ art show; ‘Mystery Box’ at Olana; Seth...

The Mystery Box project is designed to focus on the act of making art and the process of using a historic site to inspire contemporary artists.

Connections: Waiting for a train

The first time around, from concept to completion, it took 44 years to establish passenger train service in Berkshire and there is no reason to believe it will take less time to restore it.
spot_img

The Edge Is Free To Read.

But Not To Produce.