Berkshires
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In Great Barrington, browse home goods at One Mercantile and Barrington Outfitters before dinner at Prairie Whale or the Old Inn on the Green, a candlelit Berkshires institution inside an 18th-century inn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
One of the families mentioned, the Burdicks, was discovered to have moved to Beachville from Lanesborough, Mass., in the Berkshires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Don Buchwald, who founded bicoastal talent agency Buchwald and notably represented Howard Stern in industry-altering negotiations with Sirius XM, died July 22 in the Berkshires in Massachusetts, an agency publicist confirmed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024
And with his new title at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony’s summer season in the Berkshires, he will take on a more educational role.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
To that end, I had my obliging wife drive me to southwestern Massachusetts and drop me on the trail near Stockbridge for a three-day amble through the Berkshires.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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