WiFi Now Available at Cranwell Resort, Spa & Golf Club

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Lenox, MA. - Cranwell Resort, Spa, & Golf Club in Lenox, Massachusetts, now offers 24 hour-a-day, seven day-a-week high speed Wireless Internet services to all its guests and corporate clients. WiFi service is available in the resort’s guest rooms and meeting rooms, as well as in common areas. For corporate guests, this valuable service allows clients an affordable, convenient way to access the Internet or a corporate network – improving worker connectivity and, therefore, productivity. Vacationing guests will find the service useful for accessing email while away or for learning about local attractions. The service makes Cranwell one of just a few places in the Berkshires for wireless laptop Internet use; a wireless bridge is available for those whose laptops do not have wireless capability. General Manager Lewis M. Kiesler said “the new service is another example of Cranwell’s continuing effort to maintain its high standard of guest service. High-speed Internet access is a significant and exciting step in responding to the needs of Cranwell’s guests. Guest service is a hallmark of our resort and wireless Internet access further enhances the corporate and guest experience.” Built in 1894, the historic Gilded Age Cranwell Mansion is a member of the esteemed Historic Hotels of America. The 380-acre, year-round resort is set on a hilltop overlooking the Berkshire Mountains and features 116 deluxe guest rooms and suites, 16,000-square-feet of conference space, a full-service Spa offering over 50 treatments and a Fitness Center, three restaurants, four Har-Tru tennis courts, indoor and outdoor heated pools, 10 kilometers of cross-country ski trails, and an 18-hole Championship Golf Course with the nationally renowned Golf Digest School. Cranwell has received many awards including the prestigious American Automobile Association's Four Diamond rating for the third year in a row. In addition, Cranwell received the "Excellence in the East Award" from the readers of Meetings East magazine and is rated "Excellent" in the Zagat's Survey of U.S. Hotels, Resorts and Spas. The restaurants at the Cranwell Mansion have received the "Best Restaurants in the World for Wine Lovers" award by Wine Spectator. Cranwell's Golf Course was listed in Golf Digest’s "Best Places to Play" and has also been listed in the Top 100 Courses in the New England Journal of Golf. For information and reservations, please call 800-272-6935 (800-572-8938 for the Group Sales Department) or visit the website at www.cranwell.com.
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Friends of Great Barrington Libraries Holiday Book Sale

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Friends of Great Barrington Libraries invite the community to shop their annual Holiday Good-as-New Book Sale, happening now through the end of the year at the Mason Library, 231 Main Street. 
 
With hundreds of curated gently used books to choose from—fiction, nonfiction, children's favorites, gift-quality selections, cookbooks, and more—it's the perfect local stop for holiday gifting.
 
This year's sale is an addition to the Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce's Holiday Stroll on this Saturday, Dec. 13, 3–8 PM. Visitors can swing by the Mason Library for early parking, browse the sale until 3:00 PM, then meet Pete the Cat on the front lawn before heading downtown for the Stroll's shopping, music, and festive eats.
 
Can't make the Holiday Stroll? The book sale is open during regular Mason Library hours throughout December.
 
Proceeds support free library programming and events for all ages.
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