You don’t have to travel all that far beyond the Boston region to encounter some of the nation’s most beautiful and picturesque small towns. Several are in Western Massachusetts, about a two-hour car or
Margaret Kerswill has a couple of good views of Stockbridge’s business community. One is as president of the Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce. The other is from her storefront window on Main Street. “I think
At this Understanding Boston Forum the Boston Foundation released The Work of Leisure: Behind the Scenes of Massachusetts' Leisure, Hospitality and Tourism Industry, which takes the first in-depth look at the Massachusetts leisure, hospitality
LENOX — The Lenox Chamber of Commerce welcomes its new executive director, Shaun Kelleher. Kelleher grew up in the Berkshires and is back home after spending nearly a decade in New York City. He attended
Pamela Franks has been named the new director of the Williams College Museum of Art. Franks, who’s been at the Yale University Art Gallery since 2004, most recently as senior deputy director and curator
A 1960s bowling alley famed for supposedly being the inspiration for hit film The Big Lebowski is up for sale at $4 million. Cove Bowling Lanes in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was frequented by its
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst came in at the best-four year college in the state of Massachusetts according to a report released by Schools.com. The survey took into effect various factors such as
On the first day of school in the fall of 1972, Tammy Snodgrass stood up for show-and-tell in her green and tan plaid gauchos, white cotton turtleneck, and single blond side pony-tail, and smugly
When the partners behind Tourists, a boutique hotel under construction in North Adams, Mass., invited the celebrated San Francisco-based chef Cortney Burns to open a restaurant at their establishment, her first impulse was to
Travis McCready, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, gives an update on the industry. Watch the video.>>