Artist paints unique images of animals in old world-style
WASHINGTON – The models in Carol Lew’s intricately-made oil paintings are as far from ordinary as one can imagine. For instance, there is Captain Rooster dressed in a black and…
Customer appreciation open house at Berkshire Gold and Silver
PITTSFIELD – An open house to show customer appreciation will be held on Monday, Oct. 8, at Berkshire Gold and Silver, located at 54 Elm St. The unique shop, which…
Local animal shelter needs all kinds of help
Editor’s Note: This is a sidebar to the story on the need for foster and adoptive homes for cats. PITTSFIELD – Both foster and adoptive homes are badly needed for…
One of life’s precious miracles: Becoming a grammie
Being a grandmother for the very first time truly feels like witnessing a miracle. Last week, my little, perfectly healthy granddaughter saw her first light of day. As my husband…
Foster and adoptive homes for cats and kittens desperately needed
WASHINGTON – Inside a small laundry room in a home built in the 1800s lives a makeshift family of five kittens, including a tiny black one that is blind and…
A healthy, easy snack: crockpot applesauce
Fall in New England, in addition to offering eye-popping foliage and cool, crisp golden days, also brings apples. A favorite among most New Englanders is the McIntosh. While it’s a nice,…
Holiday Brook Farm offers sustainably-grown foods
DALTON – To get to Holiday Brook Farm, one crosses a small bridge over Wahconah Brook and drives up an unpaved road to the farm store and other buildings. Then,…
Town native remembers Lenox of her childhood
LENOX – A town native, Mary Benjamin, 89, remembers playing as a child in the woods where Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center now stands. Her late father, Francis McDermott, worked…
Two Berkshire County artists discuss their craft
PITTSFIELD – The magic of watercolor painting came to life recently as a Lenox artist touched her paint-filled brush to paper inside the auditorium of St. Mark School. Rosemary Trzepacz…
Mediterranean herb demonstration at Berkshire Athenaeum
PITTSFIELD – More than 50 men and women, eager to learn about how to use Mediterranean herbs in cooking, attended an educational – as well as tasty – program in…