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CONNECTIONS: Tragic Tanglewood traffic tangle in Stockbridge

For decades a Stockbridge police officer stood that corner assuring the safety. Now, drivers navigate without assistance. Some say it is too dangerous for a policeman to stand that post.

CONNECTIONS: The mystery of the first Berkshire BSO concert

We know that the time and place of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's first concert in the Berkshires was the summer of 1936 – or do we?

CONNECTIONS: Birth of the Tanglewood Music Festival

From the genesis, the “advancement and material gain to the Berkshires” was the first concern of the Berkshire Symphonic Festival, with classical music a means rather than an end.

Connections: Part II: Defining moments in Berkshire history: GE and Tanglewood

No other single decision did more to shape Pittsfield during the 20th Century than the loss of local control of the Stanley Works and the entrance of GE.
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