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Great Barrington CPA Committee Recommends Funds for Housing, Historic Preservation, Conservation| 08:11AM / Thursday, April 20, 2023 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — If voters vote yes at the Annual Town Meeting in May, $1.17 million in Community Preservation Act funds will be directed to town affordable housing, historic preservation and outdoor recreation and conservation projects around town. The Community Preservation Act Committee has recommended the following: $20,000 for open space restoration work at the McAllister Wildlife Refuge $40,000 for improvements to Three Mile Hill hiking trail $20,000 for historic preservation work at the Brown Mausoleum $225,000 for historic restoration of the manse at First Congregational Church $50,000 for B & B Capital 77 LLC's restoration of The Cove 0 Comments
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Simon's Rock to Host Discovery Day| 12:01PM / Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.— Simon's Rock will host Discovery Day on April 22, 2023. Discovery Day is designed to give prospective students and families a chance to tour the campus, meet faculty and students, and get to know the Simon's Rock community. Discovery Day also includes a more in-depth exploration of Simon's Rock's academic and residential programs, professor mentorship, and the admission and financial aid process. Staff will be on hand to answer questions. The event will run from 11 am to 3 pm Saturday. The schedule for the day involves a student panel, campus tour, sample class, and faculty panel. Register for 0 Comments
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Great Barrington Earth Day Collection Bag Pickup| 11:47AM / Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — residents can pick up their Earth Day trash collection bags starting Monday, April 17, at locations around town. The town-wide Earth Day clean-up is Saturday, April 22, and town residents are encouraged to pitch in with a town-wide clean-up. Collection bags can be filled with roadside trash and left for pickup by the town. Residents are asked to sign up here so the town knows where to pick up bags. The town will make collection bags available starting April 17 at the following locations: Claire Teague Senior Center Great Barrington Town Hall Great Barrington Police Department Great Barrington Fire Department Mason 0 Comments
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MassDOT: Paving in Lee, Becket| 04:09PM / Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | |
 LEE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced it will be conducting pavement marking operations and bridge, guardrail and drainage repair work on I-90 eastbound and westbound in Lee, Montgomery, Russell and Becket. The scheduled work will require temporary lane and shoulder closures, and is scheduled to take place as follows: Lee Drainage repair operations will be conducted daily on I-90 eastbound and westbound at mile marker 10 from Tuesday, April 18, through Friday, April 21, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Bridge repair operations will be conducted on I-90 eastbound and westbound at mile marker 8.3 from Tuesday, April 0 Comments
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CHP Free Pediatric Bivalent Boosters for Children| 01:47PM / Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Community Health Programs (CHP) Berkshires Mobile Health team now offers the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric bivalent booster shots for children 6 months through age 4. These boosters are free. CHP Mobile Health clinics are held at multiple locations each week around Berkshire County, and the schedule can be found at chpberkshires.org/mobile. These booster shots are free. The Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent pediatric booster shots are available to children who received three Pfizer-BioNTech primary Covid-19 vaccines of the monovalent type. Children who are at least two months beyond their third monovalent primary vaccine are also eligible. 0 Comments
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Berkshire Schools Get Innovation Career Pathways Designation| 04:17PM / Monday, April 17, 2023 | |
CHELMSFORD, Mass.— Governor Maura T. Healey announced that her administration is awarding new Innovation Career Pathway designations to 27 high schools across the state, expanding the program by more than 30 percent to reach a total of 78 high schools in the state. In Berkshire County, this includes: Hoosac Valley Regional High School – Environmental and Life Sciences; Healthcare and Social Assistance Mt. Everett High School – Information Technology; Manufacturing Monument Mountain Regional High School – Business and Finance Innovation Career Pathways are designed to give students hands-on coursework and work-based learning 0 Comments
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Nonprofits invited to table at Volunteer Fair in April| 04:28PM / Friday, April 14, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Berkshire United Way and Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires are holding an in-person Volunteer Fair in partnership with Elder Services noon to 3 p.m. April 21 at Crissey Farm, 426 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington. Sponsored by Berkshire Bank, the fair will feature 30 diverse organizations sharing information about their mission, programs and volunteer needs with the public at-large. "National Volunteer Month begins on April 17, so the fair is our way of recognizing the need for and importance of volunteers in our community," said Brenda Petell, director of volunteer engagement at Berkshire United Way. Liana Toscanini, 0 Comments
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Baseball in the Berkshires Hosts West Stockbridge ExhibitCommunity submission,
10:20AM / Thursday, April 13, 2023 | |
 WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. – Baseball in the Berkshires and the West Stockbridge Historical Society will host “Hitting to All Fields in West Stockbridge,” a special exhibit in the society’s Main Street building, April 27 to 30. Baseball can be traced back in West Stockbridge to at least 1870 but later grew in popularity as a spectator sport during the 1930s and ‘40s with Garrett Troy’s Troy’s Garage team playing at Keresey Field. Imagine more than 3,000 people crowding into West Stockbridge at one time, let alone into one baseball field. Talking about fields, there were at least four fields that amateur and semi-pro teams called home, not 0 Comments
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Eversource and Big Y Partner on Energy Efficiency Projects | 10:47AM / Wednesday, April 12, 2023 | |
 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Following energy efficiency upgrades at 21 Big Y grocery stores across Connecticut and Massachusetts, the chain is now reaping the benefits and savings. Big Y partnered with Eversource's energy efficiency experts to take advantage of incentive programs to make several upgrades in multiple stores. The grocery store chain is now saving some 9.3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, the equivalent of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by removing 840 gasoline powered vehicles from area roads for a year. "We are proud to partner with Big Y in delivering efficiency solutions that support their environmental goals," said 0 Comments
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Great Barrington CPA Committee Recommends Funds| 08:19AM / Wednesday, April 12, 2023 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — If voters vote in favor at the Annual Town Meeting in May, more than $1.17 million in Community Preservation Act funds will be directed to town affordable housing, historic preservation and outdoor recreation and conservation projects around town. The Community Preservation Act Committee has recommended the following: $20,000 for open space restoration work at the McAllister Wildlife Refuge. $40,000 for improvements to Three Mile Hill hiking trail $20,000 for historic preservation work at the Brown mausoleum. $225,000 for historic restoration of the manse at First Congregational Church. $50,000 for B & B Capital 77 LLC's restoration of 0 Comments
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Moderna's Chief Scientific Officer Speaking at Simon's Rock Commencement| 04:17PM / Saturday, April 08, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Simon's Rock alum Dr. Eric Huang, general manager and chief scientific officer of Moderna Genomics, will address the graduates at the 54th commencement ceremony of Bard College at Simon's Rock on Saturday, May 20, at 11 a.m. The ceremony will be held in person and will be live-streamed for those unable to attend in person. Huang received his associate's degree in 1988 from Simon's Rock before earning his bachelor's degree from Emory University. He went on to receive his doctorate in molecular and medical parasitology from New York School of Medicine and his master of business administration from Boston 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Musical Performances, Bingo, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
02:41PM / Friday, April 07, 2023 | |
Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this warm weekend including live music, Bingo, outdoor activities, and more. Look for Easter egg hunts and scrambles here. Head to Downtown North Adams on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. for the monthly First Friday event. Galleries, businesses and organizations are participating in the April First Friday "Clean & Green" event. Second Chance Composting and the city of North Adams will be accepting recyclables and composting materials under the Mohawk marquee, the Hissing Booth is back at Plant Connector, WallaSauce will be making fanny packs out of old material and a number of galleries 0 Comments
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