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INTERVIEW: Berkshire Bach Society presents choreographer Peter Sparling, his film ‘Chaconne,’ and violinist Eugene Drucker, on Nov. 8 and 9, in Pittsfield and Lenox

"I thought: Okay. I'm 71. I'm feeling my body lose its flexibility. I am experiencing aging. It's now or never." — Peter Sparling

Connecticut may derail hopes for restoring Berkshires-to-Grand Central passenger rail service

In the Berkshires, however, a lot of work has been done to get towns organized for a rail line, like locating stations so there’s at least a good 10-mile run between stops for efficiency.

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?

Business Briefs: Greylock’s Lenox branch opens; new vice president at RTR Technologies

RTR designs, manufactures and distributes winter weather technology components for rail industries.

Going low: Great Barrington’s four highway underpasses

The good news of the trains was, they took our textile, paper, dairy and other products to market. The bad news was, the tracks crossed country roads.

Connections: Part I: The rail hub and the shire town

It was 81 years of squabbles between Lenox and Pittsfield. The message was always the same and quite simple: viewing Berkshire County north to south, Pittsfield was the center, not Lenox.

Great Barrington rail stations: Past, present and future

“The arrival of that first train is an event to be remembered; it had been expected in the afternoon of the preceding day, and hundreds of people had gathered in the street to witness it.” -- Historian Charles J. Taylor

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.
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