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Daily Digest
Steve Decker cleans up in front of BankNorth on Wednesday.
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More Snow
The Berkshires received several inches of snow this morning, but not enough to close schools, unlike yesterday's sleety mess. Temperatures will drop into the 20s this afternoon. A few more snow showers are expected through the weekend. |
Duff'em If You've Got'em
 North Adams Regional Hospital went smoke-free Monday — so did all its sister sites, from Sweet Brook to Northern Berkshire Family Practice to the Women's Exchange. No ashtrays, no smoking: No butts about it. |
Wanted: Eagle Eyes
MassWildlife's annual eagle count runs Dec. 31 to Jan. 14. Anyone sighting one of the regal birds in Massachusetts is asked to participate.
Send date, time, location and town of eagle sightings, number of birds, whether juvenile or adult and observer's contact information to Mass.wildlife@state.ma.us. |
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Other StuffMars Rovers Mark 5 Years
 Spirit and Opportunity have been trekking the red planet for half a decade. Spirit hit the 5-year mark on Sunday; Opportunity will on Jan. 24. |
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Carole Owens to Appear at Pittsfield: Gem City Book Signing - December 18, 2007
Author Carole Owens will sign copies of her newest book, Pittsfield: Gem City in the Gilded Age on Saturday, Dec. 22, from noon-2 p.m. at the Pittsfield Visitors Center, Colonial Theatre Annex, 109 South St. The event is hosted by the visitors center, which offers the book in its gift shop, and refreshments will be served.
In Pittsfield: Gem City in the Gilded Age, illustrated throughout with vintage and contemporary photographs, Owens examines one of the most decadent times in history. From 1865 to 1917, Pittsfield attracted the American economic elite and played host to some of the most powerful characters of the time. The aristocratic lifestyles of John D. Rockefeller, William Stanley and fellow captains of industry demanded equally glamorous houses. All are here, along with stories of a star-studded society era that included the Vanderbilts and the Pullmans, Edwin H. Lincoln and Wild Bill Hickok.
Pittsfield’s Gilded Age society is a largely unexamined facet of Berkshire County history. Unlike Lenox and Stockbridge, which remained largely agricultural and dependent on cottage industry, Pittsfield’s economy thrived, grew and prospered into the late nineteenth century, creating local millionaires by fostering the newest industries—energy and transportation.
Pittsfield manufactured all the paper for American currency, was home to the first production of alternating current and boasted Tor Court, the most expensive of all the Berkshire cottages. The changes occurring in Pittsfield mirrored those in America itself.
Owens has written eight books, including The Berkshire Cottages and The Lost Days of Agatha Christie, and has written for the Boston Globe, Ladies Home Journal and other publications. She has appeared on and served as a consultant for programs on A&E, PBS, the Travel Channel, the History Channel and Fox News. In addition, she has lectured at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Smithsonian, and has given more than six hundred talks at historical societies, universities and libraries. |
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