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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Mahaiwe Tent—a family operation serving the Berkshires and beyond

After more than three decades, the wedding and event rentals provider has a new generation at the helm and a new location in Ashley Falls.

Historical Commission issues Phase 1 of historic resources survey in Great Barrington

This survey of a portion of Great Barrington's rich catalogue of historic buildings was a significant undertaking for the Historical Commission. It provides the town with the first of a series of reports that provide documentation of sites worthy of preserving and those potentially eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

Conversion of Searles School into 88-room hotel back on track

Plans call for construction to begin next spring with completion expected in the summer of 2021.

Promising to take it ‘to new heights,’ California private equity firm acquires Iredale Mineral Cosmetics

"We do well in e-commerce but the important thing now is the retail environment is changing and e-commerce is becoming so terribly important. We really need a lot of expertise in that area." -- Jane Iredale

People’s Pantry reopens in its original home, St. James Place

Saint James Place is providing the space to the People’s Pantry at no cost. The pantry is staffed by seven teams of volunteers — four church teams, two synagogue teams, and one community team — that take turns working every Thursday.

Duet on Main Street: Louisa Ellis, Iredale Cosmetics to partner at former Tune Street shop

Louisa Ellis owner Melissa Bigarel said the Tune Street space will be renovated and repainted for a Tuesday, Nov. 1, opening where she will join forces with Iredale Mineral Cosmetics founder and president Jane Iredale.

The artist, Eunice Agar, unveils her painting of Barrington Fair for Town Hall

Great Barrington native and painter Eunice Agar, 81, has been painting since she was 13, developing a style that she describes as "painterly realism." Earlier in her career, she was the managing editor at American Artist Magazine in New York, and later a contributing editor

Ann Rodrigues Barry (1958-2015), of Sheffield and Great Barrington

For five years Ann worked tirelessly chairing the board of “Summerfest,” the local street fair held in Great Barrington to benefit Hospice Care in the Berkshires.
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