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North Adams School Project Sets 'Aggressive' ScheduleBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshire Staff
08:50PM / Thursday, May 23, 2013 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Conte School project is embarking on an "extremely aggressive" schedule to open for fall 2015. The project, approved by the Massachusetts School Building Authority last fall, has fallen behind several months because of a citizen's petition that put the $30 million K-7 school before a public vote. "This hasn't been easy and everybody did the right thing," said Mayor Richard Alcombright, at the first School Building Committee meeting since the project's narrow passage on April 30, by he estimated 54 percent. "I am convinced that we will make a lot of believers out of the project, and we have to continue 0 Comments
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North Adams Hosts Goodrich Children's Literature Fest| 11:34AM / Thursday, May 23, 2013 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — North Adams Public Schools will host programming for the 2nd annual Sally Goodrich Children’s Literature Festival. The festival runs Saturday, May 25, through Sunday, June 2, and is designed for the community to celebrate children's literature. Named after the school district's late Title 1 reading director, the festival will host community and school activities throughout the week.
The festival kicks off with StoryWalk, featuring "I'm Gonna Like Me," written by Jamie Lee Curtis and illustrated by Laura Cornell. The StoryWalk is open to the public will run through the event. Children and their families can read the story by following
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Stamford Students Present Skate Park Ideas to AlcombrightBy John Durkan, iBerkshires Staff
10:49AM / Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | |
 STAMFORD, Vt. — Nicholas Fahey's seventh- and eighth-grade class at Stamford Elementary School made their case for what would be the best skate park in North Adams to Mayor Richard Alcombright on Monday afternoon. The nine pupils split into three groups to argue for three of the locations — Noel Field, Holden Street and Houghton Street in the Massachusetts city. They discussed various points, including safety, location, price and the Holden Street group even advocated for a green park. "First it wouldn't cost as much, secondly it would provide a strong connection to the community, and finally, it would be safer than the other sites," said Alyssa Joly. 0 Comments
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Brayton, Terry A La Berry Present Anti-Bullying Song, VideoBy John Durkan, iBerkshires Staff
03:51AM / Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rosey Dzierga's kindergarten and first-grade after-school pupils shared their anti-bullying message through song with Lenox musician Terry "A La Berry" Hall to community members and families on Monday afternoon at Brayton Elementary School. "They worked really hard... I think they deserve this recognition," Dzierga said. The Mindfull program focuses on positive thinking and respecting others. Hall visited Dziegra's summer program last year where he sang the song "One People" with the pupils. That experience went so well that Hall decided to call up Dzierga when his next project, a music video for his song, 3 Comments
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MCLA Graduates Handed Keys to Open Future DoorsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
09:45PM / Saturday, May 18, 2013 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The graduates of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts were handed the keys to a multitude of doors on Saturday, along with some encouragement to "squeeze the bottom of an ant" should the need arise.
Commencement speaker Diane Patrick, wife of Gov. Deval Patrick, said MCLA was special place to her because of the efforts of its President Mary Grant, faculty and trustees in championing a liberal arts education for students from across a diverse spectrum.
"This one recognizes that a degree that opens doors is not just a given," she told a crowded Amsler Campus Center on Saturday morning at the college's 114th commencement ceremony.
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Drury High Senior Citizen Prom Set for May 21| 02:02PM / Friday, May 17, 2013 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The 20th Drury High School Senior Citizen's Prom will take place at the school's gymnasium on Tuesday, May 21, from 5 to 8 p.m. The prom is free and open to the public. Students in Patrick Boulger's sociology classes will prepare the gym in a Roaring Twenties theme. Throughout the year, the students studied intergenerational curriculum and used that knowledge to host the dinner and dance. A light dinner fare will be served, as well as student-made baked goods, a disc jockey and a dance for the students and seniors. There will also be trivia and other activities. The evening concludes with the selection of prom king and queen 2 Comments
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Berkshire Bank Foundation Awards 8 Scholarships| 11:38AM / Friday, May 17, 2013 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Bank has selected 30 high school seniors to receive a total of $45,000 in scholarships through its Berkshire Bank Foundation Scholarship Awards Program. Each of the recipients will receive $1,500.
A total of 134 employee volunteers reviewed nearly 200 applications to select the winners. The winners all live in the regions served by Berkshire Bank, including communities in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut and Vermont.
The Berkshire County recipients were all surprised with their scholarship awards by bank employees at their respective high schools. Berkshire Bank wanted to notify the scholarship winners in an exciting way, so students were called
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Holocaust Survivor to Speak at Clarksburg School| 12:59PM / Thursday, May 16, 2013 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The Clarksburg Elementary School hosts the culmination of its annual Holocaust studies program on Wednesday, May 22, beginning at 6 p.m. at the school.
This year's presentation, "I Am A Yellow Star," includes more than 250 artifacts from the Holocaust and World War II.
Featured speaker Inge Auerbacher is the author of "I am a Star — Child of the Holocaust," which details the German-born immigrant's experiences in the Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. Auerbacher was only 7 years old when she was placed in the camp and one of few children of the 15,000 detained there to survive.
Auerbacher has
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Williams College Children Center Kids Visits NAFDBy John Durkan, iBerkshires Staff
09:15AM / Thursday, May 16, 2013 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jennifer Marlowe's prekindergarten class visited North Adams Fire Department on Wednesday afternoon, a much anticipated moment for the children. Marlowe said the children, who attend Williams College Children Center for the toddler to 2-years-old program, have taken an interest to anything firefighter related, building their own trucks and acting as them when they play. The children got the opportunity to see the gear and vehicles, spray the hose, hear the sirens and have many of their questions answered by firefighter and Jennifer's husband, John Marlowe, who's the head of the fire safety program. In addition, they learned about fire safety 0 Comments
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Clarksburg Pupils Participate in Bike to School DayBy John Durkan, iBerkshires Staff
04:00PM / Friday, May 10, 2013 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Clarksburg Elementary School held its first Bike to School Day on Friday morning after about a year and a half of coordination. "Last year, I brought it up, but it was almost at the end of the year," said Brian Boudreau, one of the three eighth-graders who spearheaded the event. Boudreau, Evan Canales and Brenden Piaggi then set their sights on this year, turning the concept into a presentation first for teachers, then the School Committee — to which Boudreau is a student liaison — and then to the Selectmen. Throughout this process they worked out supportive policy and guidelines to make the event possible and 4 Comments
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