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Tag: South Street
CONNECTIONS: Berkshire taverns were social hubs
Today we would not think of a tavern as part of the cultural life of a town, but in 18th-century Berkshire, it was.
AMPLIFICATIONS: Fourth of July in the Berkshires
I firmly believe librarians know everything, and even if that is only true in my mind, they certainly know where to find local Fourth of July celebrations.
CONNECTIONS: Berkshire pomp and ceremony
The New York Times described Lenox as “all gaiety, life and fashion.”
Dr. Roger Connor, 99, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield
His office was initially located at 74 North St., relocating in 1963 to the newly developed Doctors’ Park on South Street with a dozen or so colleagues in different specialties.
News Brief: Great Barrington receives Complete Streets Funding Program award
Wednesday’s announcement regarding the Complete Streets program provides funding to the Berkshire community of Great Barrington, which will receive $222,077 for a sidewalk extension on the Housatonic Main Street.
Bits & Bytes: Postmodern Jukebox at the Mahaiwe; Aretha Franklin tribute; Freedom Fund Awards dinner; Ice Glen walk; Harvest Fiesta
Whitney Battle-Baptiste, director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Center and associate professor of anthropology at UMass Amherst, will be the keynote speaker at the fourth annual NAACP – Berkshire County Branch Freedom Awards dinner.
CONNECTIONS: Dining on Berkshire history
In Berkshire County, from north to south, there are restaurants that have been serving hungry customers for more than 200 years.
News Briefs: Lake Mansfield boat ramp construction; Complete Streets funding awards; Mass. Senate passes environmental bond bill
A “Complete Street” is one that provides safe and accessible options for all travel modes and for all people, taking into account the ages and abilities of individuals.
Pops Peterson: Art as a force for social change
Pops Peterson’s critically acclaimed series “Reinventing Rockwell” was driven by his mission not only to update the paintings to reflect modern-day advances, but also to show the evolution of gender roles, sexuality and ethnic diversity.
CONNECTIONS: An accident brings a president to the Red Lion Inn
As a result of the Sept. 6, 1901, assassination of President McKinley, three things happened: Theodore Roosevelt became president of the United States, the function of the Secret Service expanded to include guarding the U.S. president and William Craig was assigned to guard Roosevelt.
Could ‘complete streets’ make Great Barrington more user-friendly?
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation defines a complete street as “one that provides safe and accessible options for all travel modes – walking, biking, transit and vehicles – for people of all ages and abilities.”
‘Sister event’ to Women’s March planned in Pittsfield
On the one-year anniversary of the iconic movement, Indivisible Pittsfield has organized another sister event to this year’s march – what it calls a “March into Action Resource Fair and Community Forum” at the Colonial Theatre on South Street.