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MCLA Welcomes New Board Members, Thanks Departing Trustees| 10:25AM / Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) announced that Governor Maura Healey has appointed several new members to its Board of Trustees. These individuals bring a wealth of experience, diverse perspectives, and a deep commitment to the future of the college. MCLA also expresses its sincere gratitude to those trustees who have completed their terms, acknowledging their invaluable contributions to MCLA's success and legacy. The new members of the MCLA Board of Trustees are: Tom Bernard, President and CEO of Berkshire United Way and former Mayor of North Adams, replaces Frank Reynolds, who resigned in 2024 after 0 Comments
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North Adams Public Library to Host Cosplay Workshop| 07:38AM / Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —The North Adams Public Library is scheduled to host a cosplay workshop presented by Eldritch Arts, expert costume & prop makers. The event is set for Wednesday, June 11, at 6 p.m. and will take place in the library's third-floor community room. The workshop aims to teach attendees accessible, beginner-friendly, and inexpensive approaches to cosplay. Participants will learn to create leather bracelets that can be customized with stamps and fasteners, or to create and decorate bracers, which resemble body armor. All materials will be provided, and attendees will retain their creations. The program is free, and registration is required due to limited space.
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Library to Host 'Pages of a Story' Exhibit| 07:33AM / Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The North Adams Public Library is scheduled to host the unveiling of "Pages of a Story," an exhibit created by local artist Gloria Calderon-Saenz. The event is set for Wednesday, June 11, at 5 p.m. at the library, located at 74 Church Street. The library will provide light refreshments and hors d'oeuvres during the event. Gloria Calderon-Saenz "will be available for conversation & questions," according to the announcement. 0 Comments
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Navigators Rally Past SteepleCatsiBerkshires.com Sports,
05:28PM / Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The North Shore Navigators scored four runs in the top of the sixth on Monday en route to a 5-3 win over North Adams in New England Collegiate Baseball League action. Cuyler Baxter went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs for North Adams, which got five innings of shutout pitching from starter Kyle Salvati. The SteepleCats (1-5) go to Hartford, Vt., to play Upper Valley on Tuesday. 0 Comments
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North Adams Adds Cannabis Retail LicensesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:52PM / Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council Tuesday voted, 6-1, to increase the city's number of marijuana retail establishment licenses to four. On a night when the council's main business was approving the fiscal year 2026 budget for the city, the panel also considered revisions to the zoning ordinance that covers cannabis retail establishments. Part of those revisions included striking earlier language that capped the number of potential pot shops at 20 percent of the number of licenses issued for package stores and, instead, allowing up to four marijuana retailers. The newly approved ordinance also allows for "outdoor, open air cultivation 0 Comments
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Martha Redbone to Perform 'Song-scapes' at MASS MoCA| 08:09AM / Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Martha Redbone and her touring band are scheduled to perform on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at 8:00 PM. The concert is presented in conjunction with Jeffrey Gibson's installation "POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT" at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA). The performance, titled "Song-scapes," is described as "an immersive, congregational concert honoring the space in sound, sonic time travel — connecting the ancestors and descendants, the past and present, unapologetically uplifting the Black and Indigenous interwoven American story in music." Tickets for the event are priced at $29 in advance, $39
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Mass MoCA Free Community Day | 08:03AM / Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art will host a Community Day on Saturday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. offering free museum admission. A reception is scheduled in the R&D Store from 5 to 6. The event is slated to include museum tours, art-making activities in Kidspace, author talks, and conversations with artists regarding exhibitions. A complete schedule of activities will be released at a later date. This event is made possible by MountainOne, identified as Mass MoCA's Lead Community Sponsor. 0 Comments
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BHS Honors Nine Employees with CARE Awards and Providers of the Year Recognition| 04:28PM / Monday, June 16, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — As part of Employee Appreciation Month in May, Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) recognized seven employees with annual CARE Awards and two Providers of the Year honors. CARE Awards celebrate the health system's core values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence, and employees who were honored work across the system at Berkshire Medical Center, Fairview Hospital, North Adams Regional Hospital, and BMC and Fairview Provider Practices. Providers of the Year Honors Providers of the Year were Maribeth Pomerantz, Certified Nurse Midwife at Berkshire OBGYN of BMC, and Adam Gicewicz, MD, a pediatrician at Berkshire Health 0 Comments
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Plane Executes Emergency Landing At North Adams AirportStaff Reports ,
11:16AM / Monday, June 16, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A private plane executed an emergency landing at Harriman-and-West Airport on Monday morning. Katherine Eade, the mayor's special assistant and administrator for the airport, reported that the plane carrying two people, including the pilot, landed safely. "The pilot said he essentially glided into North Adams from 12,000 feet…he was very glad to find this remote airport," Eade said. The newly wedded couple was flying home to Colorado after honeymooning in Maine. The pilot, the husband, called in for an emergency landing after he noticed his engine was leaking oil. This prompted a full response from North Adams 0 Comments
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North County Veterans Picnic | 08:05AM / Monday, June 16, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. The annual Veterans' Picnic is set to take place on Friday, June 20, 2025, at the Greylock Community Club Pavilion, located at 548 State Road. The event, designed to celebrate the start of summer, will begin at noon, with lunch being served at 1:00 p.m. The picnic promises an array of classic picnic foods, non-alcoholic beverages, basket raffles, games, and a door prize 0 Comments
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Mural Honoring 54th Massachusetts at Center of Juneteenth CelebrationBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
04:34PM / Sunday, June 15, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – At a time when the nation remembers the liberation of the last enslaved people in the United States, the city Sunday remembered some of the heroes who made that freedom possible. Pittsfield’s annual Juneteenth Celebration at Durant Park featured the unveiling of a new mural dedicated to the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and, specifically, the Pittsfield residents who served in the nation’s first all-Black combat unit. Reenactors from the contemporary 54th Regiment based in Boston were on hand to help with the dedication and read General Order No. 3, issued by the Union Army in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, notifying residents 0 Comments
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'No Kings' Demonstrations Held Around CountyBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:55PM / Saturday, June 14, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Chanting slogans like, “No ICE. No KKK. No fascist U.S.A,” and carrying signs countering a number of Trump Administration initiatives, more than 1,000 people filled The Common and lined both sides of First Street Saturday afternoon to join the nationwide “No Kings” protest movement. The event began with a march around the neighborhood and included a short series of speakers and performances from the Wildcat O’Halloran Band and The Hoping Machine. North Adams’ Peter May was one of the featured speakers, using the opportunity to share his experience getting the North Adams City Council to endorse a resolution 0 Comments
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