Jewelers specialize in ‘making people happy’
[media-credit id=3 align=”alignright” width=”255″][/media-credit]PITTSFIELD – Gayle and Herman Rotenberg, owners of Unusual Wedding Rings and More, a full service jewelry store at 137 North St., can tell you a thing…
Lenox dealer gives tips on antiquing
PITTSFIELD – More than three dozen people, many of them baby boomers, came to “Antiquing 101,” a lecture by Charles Flint on antiques at the Berkshire Athenaeum. He gave tips…
Post-bombings, Gov. Patrick retreats to The Berkshires
RICHMOND – It’s nice to know that politicians, even those who hold the highest offices in government, are, in many ways, just like the rest of us. They get stressed…
Berkshire Mountain Country Store relocates to Lee’s Main Street
[media-credit id=3 align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]LEE – Berkshire Mountain Country Store, a shopper’s paradise, has moved, lock, stock and barrel, from a huge building at 55 Pittsfield Rd. in Lenox to a…
Trinity Church will continue to play “positive role” in community
[media-credit id=3 align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]LENOX – The Rev. Michael Tuck, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, and his family have made Lenox their home for the past nine months. He began his…
Farmers markets and tag sales, yay
[media-credit id=3 align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]New Englanders are hardy people. I love the way no one around here “spazzes out” about the weather. Even in the middle of winter blizzards, New Englanders…
New England miniatures festival delights dollhouse collectors
STURBRIDGE – Attending the 2013 Sturbridge Dollhhouse Miniatures Festival last weekend was like spending a few hours in fantasy land. More than 75 dealers from all over the United…
Time to plant the flowers?
[media-credit id=3 align=”alignleft” width=”300″][/media-credit]Now that Memorial Day is over, everyone in New England knows summer is on its way. A lot of homeowners and renters have been hankering to plant…
Baseball and museums fill a day trip to Cooperstown
From time to time, The Beacon will run feature stories on day-long excursions for Berkshire County residents. Everyone deserves a fun day now and then, but with the sluggish economy,…
Pittsfield Farmers Market opens for business under cloudy skies
PITTSFIELD – Cheese, flowering plants, herbs, massages, music and information on the benefits of milk from Jersey cows could all be found on opening day of the Downtown Pittsfield Farmers…