Aurigan, Mount Everett Regional School, 1977

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Tourism has been a large part of local merchants’ business, but many tourists, after seeing the Rerkshires, have become permanent or semi-permanent residents. I know because my family moved here seven years ago from New York City, and I am aware of eight other families that have done the same thing.

The reasons for people moving to this area are as varied as individuals themselves .... With this new shift in population distribution, a new dimension has been added to the life style of the Rerkshires.

As long as I lived in New York City, that was the place to go for ballet, theatre, concerts, and art shows. The Rershire area was thought of as one big resort area like Jug End. Within the past ten years, new residents have brought their own “culture” with them and developed it here as different ethnic groups did decades ago when they came to America

Every person who settles in this area seems to add to it. Even though the urban areas seemed to be the only area for culture, the rural area has been citified in a countried way.

“Aurigan” Explained

“The name Aurigan is derived from Auriga, a five star ...