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Mass REAL ID Drivers Licenses Required By This Time Next Year | 08:23AM / Friday, May 06, 2022 | |
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is reminding customers of the federal requirement that anyone traveling by plane domestically, or wishing to enter certain federal buildings, will need acceptable identification credentials, effective May 3, 2023. Acceptable credentials can include an RMV-issued REAL ID driver's license or ID, or a valid passport. The Registry is encouraging customers who are seeking a REAL ID compliant license or identification card to make an appointment at a statewide RMV Service Center to secure this credential before the federal requirement takes effect next year. "While federal REAL ID travel requirements 0 Comments
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Soccer Officials SoughtCommunity submission,
10:41AM / Wednesday, May 04, 2022 | |
 People 14 and up are invited to apply to become soccer referees for youth sports. For information, contact Nigel Gayle at 413-329-3635. 0 Comments
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Jewish Federation of the Berkshires' Dignity Drive| 04:02PM / Tuesday, May 03, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Jewish Federation of the Berkshires will accept new, Packaged menstrual and incontinence products from May 5 through May 31. Volunteers from the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires will be collecting the donations on a weekly basis and organizing them to be distributed through local food banks and social services organizations across the region. Products will be given to neighbors in need and can be donated here: The Berkshire Food Co-op (34 Bridge Street, Great Barrington) Concepts of Art (65 Church Street, Lenox) Jewish Federation of the Berkshires (196 South Street, Pittsfield) Williams College Bookstore (81 Spring Street, 0 Comments
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Women's Run, Community 5K Returns on Mother's DayCommunity submission,
01:55PM / Tuesday, May 03, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Berkshire Running Center and MountainOne are sponsoring the 45th running of the Women’s Running Race and Community 5K on Sunday at BCC. Historically held on Mother’s Day, this event makes the claim of being the longest held all female running event in the country. The event will be returning in person after a long hiatus with three races, all of which will raise funds for the Elizabeth Freeman Center. “MountainOne is pleased to support the amazing work of both the Berkshire Running Center and the Elizabeth Freeman Center, not to mention honoring all of the wonderful women in our community,” MountainOne Vice President of 0 Comments
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Great Barrington Will Hold Drive-in Annual Town Meeting| 04:00PM / Monday, May 02, 2022 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Selectboard voted unanimously to host this year's Annual Town Meeting as a "drive-in" event similar to those in the past two years. The meeting will be held Monday, June 6 at 6 p.m. at Monument Mountain Regional High School. If business is not completed in one evening, the meeting will be continued to Thursday, June 9 at 6 p.m. The board opted for the outdoor event again due to potential COVID-19 risks inside the high school, which has been the usual venue for the annual event. Town residents have until May 17 to register to vote if they wish to vote in the Annual Town Meeting. Registration can 0 Comments
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Big Y Donates to Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Relief| 12:37PM / Monday, May 02, 2022 | |
 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Big Y World Class Markets added to the collected donations from customers and employees from March 17 through March 30 through their traditional registers, online and myExpress check out for Ukraine Humanitarian Relief. Community and employee donations along with additional support from Big Y resulted in a donation of $100,000 which will be donated to the global Red Cross network response to provide humanitarian relief to people affected by the crisis in Ukraine. "We have all witnessed the heartbreaking effects particularly on children and families in Ukraine," Big Y President and CEO Charles L. D'Amour said. "We are grateful to 0 Comments
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Pignatelli Secures Funding for Four Nonprofits in Fiscal 2023 Budget| 04:17PM / Friday, April 29, 2022 | |
LENOX, Mass. — State Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli has secured $260,000 in earmarks in the House budget for local nonprofits in the 4th Berkshire District. The state House on Wednesday passed a fiscal 2023 budget of $49.73 billion. The budget passed the House of Representatives 155-0 and now goes to the Senate for consideration. Pignatelli secured $75,000 for Community Access to the Arts, $75,000 for Greenagers Inc., $75,000 for Volunteers in Medicine and $35,000 for the Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires. "The FY23 budget focuses on investments that will have immediate impacts in communities across the commonwealth, from the 0 Comments
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Great Barrington Local Food System Study Now Available| 02:06PM / Friday, April 29, 2022 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Growing Better Great Barrington, a report and action plan to strengthen the town's local food system, is now complete and available to the public. Completed by The Conway School, the study was funded with a grant from the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. "We care a great deal about food in our community— where it comes from, how it is grown and how all members of our community can have equitable access to healthful food," said Chris Rembold assistant town manager and director of planning and community development "This is especially important as climate disruption and economic 0 Comments
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Simon's Rock Professor Awarded Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships| 12:14PM / Friday, April 29, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Peter Filkins, Richard B. Fisher Professor of Literature at Bard College at Simon's Rock, has been awarded a 2022-2023 Guggenheim Fellowship in Biography and a Spring 2023 Fulbright IFK Senior Fellowship in Cultural Studies in support of his writing a biography of Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973). Bachmann is a 20th century Austrian writer and poet. Nearly 40 years after Filkins was awarded a student Fulbright in 1983-84 to translate Bachmann's poems, he will return to do research in her archive at the National Library in Vienna, Austria. Over the course of the next academic year, Filkins will spend seven months in Vienna, part 0 Comments
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William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty's Berkshire Brokerages Names New Broker| 08:29AM / Friday, April 29, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty announced that Stephanie McNair will assume the role of Brokerage Manager for the firm's two Berkshire brokerages, located in Great Barrington and Lenox. According to a press release, McNair brings to the position knowledge and experience in the real estate market in the Berkshire region. McNair has been working in real estate since 2009, representing buyers and sellers throughout western Mass. McNair ran her own boutique real estate agency, Harvest Moon Realty, from 2012 to 2017. Before that, she held various roles in marketing, public relations and crisis communications for 0 Comments
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Cain Hibbard & Myers Broadens Hire Three Attorneys| 08:09AM / Thursday, April 28, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Cain Hibbard & Myers, PC announced its expansion with the recent hire of three additional attorneys to serve the firm's network of clients in Western Massachusetts and New York. Susan Herman, Jeff O'Connor, and Kyle Patzwahl bring an array of skills and expertise to enhance the firm's established practice areas, as well as build on its legacy of excellence and its philosophy that success is measured by client service. Susan Herman joins the firm as Of Counsel with over 40 years of experience in the private and public sector. Susan's experience includes 15 years as a private practitioner with a firm in Lewiston, Maine, where her 0 Comments
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Simon's Rock Alum Awarded Fulbright to Teach English in Italy| 12:35PM / Wednesday, April 27, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. —Simon's Rock alum Chazlee Myers ‘12 was awarded an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) grant by the US-Italy Fulbright Commission to provide assistance to local English teachers in Italy and act as a cultural ambassador for the U.S from October 2022 to June 2023. Myers is one of only ten ETA grant awardees for Italy. Myers majored in German Studies and Photography at Simon's Rock and studied abroad in Germany at the University of Marburg. While there, she found that German schools already emphasize teaching English as a second language, whereas the emphasis is different in Italy, hence why she selected Italy for her 0 Comments
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