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Authorities could not speak to any injuries from the incident in Great Barrington where a car went through an outdoor display.

Car Crashes Through Taft Farms Plant Display

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
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An employee sets up caution tape at Taft Farms where a vehicle went through the plant display. 

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Police are investigating an incident in which a vehicle plowed through an outside display at Taft Farms. 

Shortly before 2 p.m. on Wednesday, police received the call of a crash at the farm.  A car had driven through the outdoor plant section of the farm store on Park Street.  

About an hour later, employees were cleaning up a car-sized hole in the cement divider, and that section of plants was gone, but the business was operating seemingly as normal.  Those involved with the incident had left. 

Police said the cause and any injuries are currently unknown, as the incident is under investigation.  Because it involves a minor, the business owner and police would not comment further. 

Taft Farms thanked first responders and good Samaritans over Facebook and praised the community. 



"We would like to send a huge THANK YOU to the Great Barrington Police Department, Great Barrington Fire Department, Housatonic Fire Department, Southern Berkshire Ambulance Squad and all the agencies that responded quickly and professionally to the accident at our store," the post read. 

"Thank you as well to the MANY good Samaritans who stepped in to help until officers and EMTs responded. We live in a fantastic community with many dedicated public servants."

They asked that, out of respect for those involved, people refrain from posting "claims about what happened online." 

Initial reports from someone listening to the scanner and posting on Facebook was that the vehicle had gone into the building and injured multiple pedestrians. 

"It could have easily been much worse than it was, but since minors were involved, please respect their privacy," the Taft Farms post read. 


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Jacob's Pillow Celebrates Rebuilt Theater With Pop-up Dance

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff

Executive Director Pamela Tatge, left, says Jacob's Pillow is about the 'past, present, and future of dance.' See more photos here.
BECKET, Mass. — More than 100 community members of all ages celebrated the opening of Jacob's Pillow's Doris Duke Theatre with a community pop-up dance and open house on Sunday. 
 
The event precedes the theater's ribbon-cutting ceremony, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday. 
 
The day was filled with smiles, laughter, tears, art unveilings, and, of course, lots of dancing. 
 
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival at 93 years is the longest-running dance festival in the nation, and the only national historic landmark dedicated to dance, said Pamela Tatge, executive and artistic director. 
 
"There are very few places in our nation that care about, revere, preserve, and celebrate dance like Jacob's Pillow. This theater is all about dance," she said. 
 
"It's dance in the future. It's dance in a way that will not only include artists that have made their artistic homes at Jacob's Pillow, but artists of the future. We are about the past, present, and future of dance at Jacob's Pillow."
 
Since the 1990s, the dance venue has had three stages: the Ted Shawn Theatre, the first theater built for dance in America; the outdoor stage, which has the backdrop of the Berkshire Hills; and Doris Duke Theatre. 
 
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