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Great Barrington Awarded Second Grant for Lake Mansfield Area Improvements| 11:08AM / Friday, September 29, 2023 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The town has been awarded a second MVP climate resilience grant to implement improvements at the Lake Mansfield Recreation Area improvements. This year's award of $709,720 is also from the Commonwealth's Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program, administered by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA). These competitive grants support communities implementing priority actions to adapt to climate change and build climate resilience. Great Barrington's Lake Mansfield project is one of 79 projects to have received action grant funding in the latest round of applications. Last year's award was nearly 0 Comments
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Egremont Awarded MVP Action Grant| 03:12PM / Thursday, September 28, 2023 | |
EGREMONT, Mass. — The Egremont Select Board announced that it has received a $81,500 climate resilience grant to "Bring Climate Action Home" by the Healey-Driscoll Administration's Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program. The Action funding builds on the Egremont MVP climate resilience planning process completed in 2022, which identified the top climate change impacts being felt locally, that require further study or mitigation. The program is administered by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA). These competitive grants support communities in identifying climate hazards, developing strategies to improve 0 Comments
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CHP Readying for New Covid-19 Vaccine Supply| 03:35PM / Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — With a second mobile medical van now on the road, CHP Berkshires' mobile health teams are preparing to reach more Berkshire residents in more locations this fall with vaccines for flu, Covid-19 and, for eligible patients, the respiratory virus (RSV) vaccine. CHP anticipates receiving its Covid-19 vaccines in the coming weeks, while flu clinics are well under way. "We are fielding many calls and inquiries about the new Covid-19 vaccine, and we are as eager as everyone to get this new vaccine on the road," said Melanie Wickwire, mobile health manager at CHP. Once available, Covid-19 vaccines will be 0 Comments
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Harrington Earns League Honor at Stonehill CollegeiBerkshires.com Sports,
10:35AM / Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | |
 Pittsfield High School graduate Kellie Harrington last week was named the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week for her performance as a first-year harrier at Stonehill College. Harrington placed 21st and helped the Skyhawks finish second as a team at her first collegiate race, a 5-kilometer event at the 41-team UMass Dartmouth Invitational. Harrington and her Stonehill teammates compete this week at the Paul Short Run at Lehigh University. In Colchester, Vt., on Friday, Abby Kittler (Pittsfield) and the St. Michael's cross country team hosted what is believed to be the only same-distance men's and women's event in the country, second annual the Equality 0 Comments
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