The Great Barrington Historical Society is sponsoring a book signing with local historian and author Bernard Drew who will introduce his new book, "Great Barrington Here & Gone," on Saturday,
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WINDSOR â When the weather turns rainy, Windsor celebrates anyway.
The town kicked off its 250th anniversary celebrations Saturday as new and longtime residents huddled under tents in Windsor Town Park, amid a drizzle, to recognize the milestone.
âIt was touch-and-go with COVID, followed by this weather,â said Kim Tobin, chairperson of the townâs Select Board. âWe just decided to carry forward, to carry on.â
As a largely maskless crowd milled about in the early afternoon, exploring the vendors and booths set up by town officials and volunteers, Tobin was thrilled to see everyone vaccinated and in public again.
âWe were really insistent on doing this today,â Tobin said. âIt wasnât just about the 250th. Itâs about the community, and celebrating all of the stuff we did, from the beginning of the pandemic.â
Great Barrington historian Bernard Drew will present Local Skirmishes on the Road to Electrification More Than a Century Ago: Great Barrington and Salisbury for the Scoville Memorial Library at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, on Zoom.
Drew will discuss the 1886 event in the Berkshires which kicked off the Battle of the Currents between William Stanley (AC), working for George Westinghouse, and Thomas Edison and his electric company (DC) which eventually became General Electric.
Drew will also discuss a skirmish of a different sort downriver in Salisbury in 1905 which launched an at-times bitter two-state confrontation.