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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Lanesborough Fifth-Graders Win Snowplow Name Contest

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — One of the snowplows for Highway District 1 has a new name: "The Blizzard Boss."
 
The name comes from teacher Gina Wagner's fifth-grade class at Lanesborough Elementary School. 
 
The state Department of Transportation announced the winners of the fourth annual "Name A Snowplow" contest on Monday. 
 
The department received entries from public elementary and middle school classrooms across the commonwealth to name the 12 MassDOT snowplows that will be in service during the 2025/2026 winter season. 
 
The purpose of the contest is to celebrate the snow and ice season and to recognize the hard work and dedication shown by public works employees and contractors during winter operations. 
 
"Thank you to all of the students who participated. Your creativity allows us to highlight to all, the importance of the work performed by our workforce," said  interim MassDOT Secretary Phil Eng.  
 
"Our workforce takes pride as they clear snow and ice, keeping our roads safe during adverse weather events for all that need to travel. ?To our contest winners and participants, know that you have added some fun to the serious take of operating plows. ?I'm proud of the skill and dedication from our crews and thank the public of the shared responsibility to slow down, give plows space and put safety first every time there is a winter weather event."
 
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