“All [kayak rental] transactions occur at the Arcadian Shop,” Arcadian Shop co-owner Chris Calvert told The Berkshire Edge during a July 9 phone interview.
Nancy developed the school’s early college pedagogy in her role as co-director of the Early College Teaching Seminars, which brought educators to Simon’s Rock from all over the country.
Jack was a remarkably caring and brilliant man who lived his life with humor, heart and humility. He loved being a husband to Judy, father to Ann Marie and Kathy, brother to us, grandfather to Emily, Amanda, Kristen and Eric, and teacher and mentor to more than 45 years of students at The Plain School and Monument Mountain Regional High School.
… Ye Holidays are just upon ye Towne and ye Boyes, of wh I counte mine owne selfe as I have beene payntinge ye Towne a gorgeous Crymson and have whooped it uppe...
In her letter to the editor, Debbie Oppermann writes: "Since 2007, the Historical Society has been focused on restoring an incredibly important 1771 building on South Main Street to serve as Great Barrington's town museum and education archive center."
In the Who's Who in the world of Lulu and Hershey, we come to Lulu herself, Vogue cover-girl, co-owner (with Hershey) of Cafe Perspectivo, qualified nurse and brilliant pianist. Here's her life's story in one panel -- almost.
"I feel that bringing charges against heroin is almost like questioning the fidelity of a good friend. I have used it with good results.”
-- An American physician in 1906
It is a fictional character created and drawn by a one-time Great Barrington resident who is most sought by comics collectors: Plastic Man, or Plas, as he's called by his sidekick, Woozy Winks.
“We feel it our duty to hand down the old treasures of Musical Culture to American Youth. Enriched by this culture, the Young People of America will carry it further to new achievement.”
-- Serge Koussevitsky, upon the opening of Tanglewood Music Center in 1940
In order to secure child support, the unwed mother had to repeatedly say the name the father in the hearing of the midwife during labor. During labor, over and over again, the midwife asked any unmarried mother to identify the father. It was believed that any answer given during “her travail” was equivalent to a deathbed confession.
In 1774, the town of Pittsfield voted to condemn the Boston Tea Party, describing its participants as "irregular and in defiance of the good and wholesome laws of the land and to be detestable and [against] all good order."
The earning capacity of many people makes it impossible for them to afford health care. Millions do not have protection against the economic effects of sickness.
