ADAMS, Mass. — Beginning on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, and continuing through Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will close Notch, Summit and Rockwell Roads at Mount Greylock State Reservation to all vehicular, bike and pedestrian traffic to accommodate hazard tree removal work.
Rockwell Road from the Visitor Center to Jones Nose parking area will remain open for visitor access, weather permitting.
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Berkshire Museum Donates Cheshire Crown Glass to Town
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
Historical Commission Chair Jennifer DeGrenier and Jason Vivori, Berkshire Museum collections manager, present the antique glass to the Select Board.
CHESHIRE, Mass. — A piece of history has found its way back to the town with the donation of a well-preserved pane of bull's-eye glass made at Cheshire Crown Glass Works.
Manufactured in 1814, the artifact was donated by the Berkshire Museum, where it had been since 1910.
The glass will be on display at the town's new museum, located in the old Town Hall at the junction of Church and Depot Streets, alongside research and photographs gathered by the town's local historian Barry Emery.
Prior to being housed at the museum, the piece was at the Berkshire Athenaeum prior to the museum's founding, said Jason Vivori, the museum's collections manager.
The glass was originally used in window making. Its distinctive bull's-eye center was formed when the molten glass was spun on a long rod to form large sheets, Vivori said.
The bull's-eye rendered it unsuitable for windows today, but local historians admire the piece for its preservation, making it unique.
There is another piece of Cheshire Glass in the old Reynolds store, Historical Commission Chair Jennifer DeGrenier said.
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A piece of history has found its way back to the town with the donation of a well-preserved pane of bull's-eye glass made at Cheshire Crown Glass Works.
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