| News and events in South Berkshire, Mass.
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Bidwell House Museum to Host Online Discussion on Historical Interpretation| 03:08PM / Friday, April 18, 2025 | |
MONTEREY, Mass. — The Bidwell House Museum will present an online lecture titled "Creating History: The Art of First Person Interpretations" on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. The program will explore the process behind historical reenactments, particularly in relation to the museum's living history events. Past participants in the Bidwell House Museum's American Revolution reenactments will discuss their approaches to historical interpretation, their interest in history, and their preparation for such events. The speakers for this program include: Emma Cross, a historian from Williamsburg, Virginia, with 29 years of experience in museum work, 0 Comments
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Holiday Hours: Patriots Day| 11:00AM / Friday, April 18, 2025 | |
 Monday, April 21, is Patriots Day, a state holiday marking the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolution. The day has been celebrated on the third Monday in April since 1969. This year mark's the 250th anniversary of what many consider the start of the American Revolution with the "shot heard round the world."
It was on the morning of April 20, 1775, that Paul Revere and other riders began the alert across and beyond Massachusetts Colony that troops were planning to advance from Boston to the towns of Lexington and Concord. They were to seize a cache of gunpowder and arms and capture revolutionaries Sam Adams and John
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Lee Celebrates Kickoff of New Public Safety Building with DemoBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
06:03PM / Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | |
The new complex to be built on this site will hold the Fire, Police and EMS. LEE, Mass. — Town officials celebrated the start of a new public safety building on Tuesday by demolishing the Airoldi building and former Department of Public Works building. "We're starting to take down the Airoldi building, which served as a municipal office building for the last few decades, we've had Tri-Town Health here some of our state representatives had have offices here, the DPW, we've had elections in this building and also was a former ambulance garage," Town Administrator Christopher Brittain said. "So, it served a number of purposes over the years." The
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End of an Era: Otis Poultry Farm Closes After 121 YearsBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
06:22AM / Sunday, April 13, 2025 | |
 OTIS, Mass. — Sunday is the last day to purchase products from Otis Poultry Farm. The farm is closing at 5 p.m. after 121 years of operation. Owner Andy Pyenson and his wife, Lynn, had announced the farm's closure on its Facebook page April 1, saying the family-owned business had proudly served the community and "from our family to yours, thank you for your unwavering support over the generations." The property has been for sale for about 12 years, and was almost bought in 2022 to become a cannabis store but the deal fell through. Pyenson still hopes a buyer will come forward. "A lot of people come in and look but nobody 5 Comments
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Great Barrington Studio Owner Has Passion for PilatesBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
12:16PM / Saturday, April 12, 2025 | |
Tanya Grillon offers private, semi-private and small group classes. Her reformer Pilates classes are intimate with one to two people. GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Tanya Grillon is spreading the benefits of Pilates, which focuses on strength, flexibility, muscle control and posture. The former ballet dancer opened Echelon Pilates last week at 198 Main St., offering different types of workshops in Pilates, posture and barre classes. She had operated Studio 90 Pilates in Lenox, before deciding to pursue this more full time. "When my children were grown I started doing this more full time and just really fell into the passion for Pilates because I know it can 5 Comments
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Construction Scheduled on I-90 Eastbound and Westbound in West Stockbridge and Blandford| 03:55PM / Friday, April 11, 2025 | |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced several construction operations scheduled for I-90 eastbound and westbound in West Stockbridge and Blandford from Monday, April 14, through Friday, April 18. The work will involve bridge painting and repair, tree trimming, and guardrail maintenance, and will necessitate lane closures at various times and locations. In West Stockbridge, bridge painting will take place on both eastbound and westbound I-90 at mile marker 1.3. Lane closures will be in effect daily from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Bridge repair work is scheduled for eastbound I-90 between mile markers 2.0 and 3.0, with lane
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Berkshire LGBTQ+ Pride Art Exhibit to Showcase Local Artists| 08:34AM / Friday, April 11, 2025 | |
 BECKET, Mass. — A coalition of local organizations, including the Becket Arts Center, Q-MoB, and the Berkshire Queer History Project, will host the inaugural Berkshire LGBTQ+ Pride Art Exhibit. The exhibit, showcasing local LGBTQ+ artists, will be held at the Becket Arts Center from June 12 to July 6, 2025. Local LGBTQ+ artists are invited to submit their work for consideration by April 30, 2025. A jury will select the artwork for the exhibit. The jury consists of Sean McCusker, Exhibits Curator at the Becket Arts Center; Nuri Hed, Co-Director of Seeing Rainbows; Joe Goodwin, a Berkshire artist; Jay Santangelo, photographer and owner of Wander Berkshire; and 5 Comments
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Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Launches Market Match DriveBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
03:05PM / Thursday, April 10, 2025 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Berkshire Agricultural Ventures has started its 2025 Market Match campaign to aid federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program users. "It's a program that exists to support SNAP matching programs in our area farmers markets," communications and development manager Audrey Hackett said. This financial assistance plays a role in bolstering food equity and ensuring that all community members have access to fresh, local, and nutrient-dense food. Through the economic development and food access program, funding is provided to farmers markets to enhance the effectiveness of SNAP benefits throughout the Berkshire-Taconic 5 Comments
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State Senate to Commission Bust of Elizabeth Freeman | 02:34PM / Wednesday, April 09, 2025 | |
 BOSTON — A bust of Berkshires' freedom fighter Elizabeth Freeman, the first enslaved woman to successfully sue for her freedom in the United States, will be commissioned and placed in the state Senate Chamber. The Senate will also commission a bust of women's rights leader and presidential adviser Abigail Adams. They will be the first permanent busts depicting women in the State House, and the first in the Senate Chamber's collection of sculptures. "The story and spirit of the Berkshires' own Elizabeth Freeman serves as a testament to the promise of equality and freedom that our commonwealth was founded upon," said state Sen. Paul 5 Comments
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MassDOT: Temporary Detour in Alford, Egremont, Great Barrington| 10:23AM / Wednesday, April 09, 2025 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing a temporary detour of Route 23 westbound traffic at the New York state line, as a result of a closure of Route 23 in Hillsdale, NY. This closure is required for the New York Department of Transportation to complete culvert work. Traffic seeking to access New York via Route 23 westbound will be detoured via Route 71 westbound in Alford, Egremont, and Great Barrington, and will continue to Route 22 southbound. The road closure and detour are expected to remain in place through Friday, June 27. Appropriate signage and messaging will be in place to guide 5 Comments
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The Station in Lee Fuses New Flavors With Iconic RestaurantBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
12:40PM / Monday, April 07, 2025 | |
The former train station has been renovated since November and has a similar atmosphere to when it was Sullivan Station for more than three decades. LEE, Mass. — The proprietors of the popular Charlie's Bistro Bus food truck have opened a new restaurant in the old train station. Appropriately called "The Station," Anandkumar Singh and Kevin Orozco, and a third partner, Sonu Rahman, opened the gastropub in late February. Singh said he wants people to feel like family at The Station while they're served good food with the best ingredients and best service. "The whole goal is about holding the community together with food 5 Comments
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Hearth & Hound Dog Day-Care Opens in LeeBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
01:15PM / Sunday, April 06, 2025 | |
Hearth and Hound also offers cat boarding with four indoor catios. LEE, Mass. — Alexis Montgomery was disappointed on returning to the Berkshires to find the dog day-care she'd used was closing. So she started her own. Hearth and Hound opened at 915 Pleasant St., which used to house Love Us and Leave Us. "My dog was a customer here and so I always thought about like what would it be like to work with animals, too," Montgomery said. "So I saw a Facebook post from the owner of Love Us and Leave Us saying that she was going to be selling the building and I called up Adams Bank." She decided to take the jump to start 5 Comments
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