A sense of urgency, a sense of need
President Barack H. Obama, three days after the explosions killed four people and injured more than 180 persons during the running of the Boston Marathon on April 15, told a…
Time Warner Cable 10-year agreement should be denied
A series of events, including the Five-Town Cable Committee’s decision to remove the clause of unlimited installation of cable within the five communities of Lee, Lenox, Stockbridge, Great Barrington and Sheffield…
School name possibilities
In thinking about the possible merger of the Lee and Lenox school systems, several name ideas come to mind. Would the Lee Wildcats still be effective? Or the Lenox Millionaires? Could…
Regional school idea is being studied
Lenox and Lee are looking into their budgets for this fiscal year, but are also examining the costs going forward during the next decade. We are not sure what elementary…
A hymn in remembrance of Lance Corporal Roger W. Muchnick, Jr
In memory of Marine Lance Corporal Roger W. Muchnick, Jr. of Westport, Conn., and the grandson of Robert and Mary Ann Coakley of Lenox, who lost his life during a…
Demand more from Time Warner on the renewal contract
Plea to the selectmen of the five cable-connected towns: Don’t allow the five-town cable contract to be implemented with Time Warner (TW) without a thorough reading and a public hearing…
Ventfort Hall needs documented five-year plan
While a proposed elevator for Ventfort Hall seems an unnecessary item for this historic mansion once owned by George L. and Sarah Morgan, given the fact there are two exit…
Radio-One
The Massachusetts Turnpike is the artery that takes me to Millbury on Route 146 south to I-295 and east to I-95 and into Attleboro weekly to pick up The Berkshire…
The crossroads of higher education
At one point in Lenox’s history, there were several preparatory schools. For one reason or another, they went out of business. They included Lenox School for Boys, Foxhollow School, Cranwell Preparatory…
Ice skating on a former prep school pond
Once in a while, a Berkshire Beacon editorial will get one of its readers to absorb a thought, consider it and, a couple of days later, pick up the telephone…