The fall season is known for deals on bicycles and furniture, and shoppers this year will find a number of opportunities in the Berkshires. Columnist Martin J. Lecker shares some
It’s lovely to ride down the region's country roads on a bicycle while beautiful scenery unfolds before you—until you’re faced with a daunting incline. No worries: With a push of a button, you make the ascent with no more effort than if you were on flat ground, thanks to the technology in the e-bike rented or bought from Berkshire Bike & Board, a staple of the Berkshires cycling scene whose newest location opens in Hudson this summer.
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Photos by Bill Wright Railroad Street is a neat thoroughfare off Main Street that houses a number of restaurants and retail businesses like Baba Louie’s Sourdough Pizza and Karen Allen Fiber Arts. This year here, there, and everywhere was really, really bad, but in Great Barrington a surprising sentiment endures: optimism. We want the Berkshires to remain the Berkshires, says Betsy Andrus, executive director of the Southern Berkshires Chamber of Commerce. The key thing now is getting people to understand that shopping local isn t just a phrase. It s hugely important. You need to invest, eat, shop, and donate if you want to keep the character of your community intact.