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Berkshire Edward Jones Office Supports Toys for Tots Drive| 08:00AM / Monday, October 09, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rob Adams, the local Edward Jones financial advisor, is supporting the Marine Corps Detachment 137 Toys for Tots program by using his office as a drop-off location for this year's toy drive. Local residents may help make a difference for children in the area by bringing in a new, unwrapped toy to the office, 71 Main Street, North Adams, during regular business hours beginning Oct. 1 through Dec. 6. Monetary gifts cannot be accepted. "With the holiday season around the corner, we are all getting ready for the festivities," Adams said. "And as this is the season of giving, now is a great time to remember the less fortunate in our 0 Comments
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Up Front for DeMar To Be Held on Veterans Day | 08:00AM / Monday, October 09, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The annual Up Front for DeMar 5K race and 1-mile walk will be held on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. This annual event is to raise money for the SPC Michael R. DeMarsico II scholarship fund and to honor Michael and all who serve and have served. SPC DeMarsico was killed in action on Aug. 16, 2012, while serving in Afghanistan. "DeMar" to his fellow battle buddies, served at the front of his battalion searching for IED's. The young specialist discovered 16 IEDs, saving many men in his unit, before stepping on one. In the days and weeks that followed Michael's death, his community came out in full support of 0 Comments
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Dalton Green Committee Discusses Getting Compost ProgramBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:42AM / Monday, October 09, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Green Committee is mulling the potential of a composting program at the transfer station. The program would allow residents to bring organic compost to the transfer station without charge. The compost station would have three sections separated by concrete cubes. Every six months to a year, the compost would be moved to a different section as it breaks down, committee member Antonio Pagliarulo said. Pagliarulo and committee member Thomas Irwin visited the Egremont Transfer Station to inform Dalton's proposed program. "It's gratis to the townspeople of Egremont. They leave their compost, and then 0 Comments
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Veteran Spotlight: Air Force Staff Sgt. Kris TebbettsBy Wayne Soares, Special to iBerkshires
04:42PM / Sunday, October 08, 2023 | |
 AVON, Mass. — Kris Tebbetts served his country in the Air Force as a staff sergeant from 1965 to 1968. He did his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. "I was 17 years old. Basic, it was OK, I didn't mind it. I graduated from high school in June and was like 'what do I do now?'" he remembered. "I went to Florida on vacation then came home and saw the recruiter." Tebbetts' first assignment was at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Miss., where he learned Morse code. He was later selected for the Air Force Security Service (which has gone through several iterations and most recently reconfigured as Air 0 Comments
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Clarksburg School Applying for Safe Routes GrantBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
08:06AM / Sunday, October 08, 2023 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Clarksburg School is applying a for a half-million Safe Routes to School grant to improve safe access to the Community Center. "Essentially what we're proposing is a safe route from the school to the town field and a crosswalk to the senior center," said Assistant Superintendent Tara Barnes. "That's the evacuation plan ... not that we would ever want an evacuation to happen but if it were to happen, we want the safest possible route for the students to get out." The Community Center is the town's designated emergency center and is located within walking distance of the school. However, there are a 0 Comments
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MCLA Volleyball Earns MASCAC Win| 06:18PM / Saturday, October 07, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— Off to its best start since 2015, the MCLA volleyball team Saturday made short work of MASCAC rival Mass Maritime in the Trailblazers annual Dig Pink Game, sweeping the Bucs 25-19, 25-18, 25-12 to earn its first conference win of the season. Lee High's Elizabeth Brown led all players with 10 digs and recorded eight kills with a .438 hitting percentage. MCLA (12-3, 1-1 MASCAC) goes to Fitchburg State on Wednesday. Golf After their impressive runner-up performance in last weekend's 2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts golf team has placed two first-year players on 0 Comments
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McCann Tea Room Schedule| 08:18AM / Saturday, October 07, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The McCann Tea Room has set its schedule for the remainder of the year. Hours are 10:45 am to noon on: Wednesday, Oct. 18 and Thursday Oct. 19 Wednesday, Nov. 1 and Thursday, Nov. 2 Wednesday, Nov. 15 and Thursday, Nov. 16 Wednesday, Dec. 6 and Thursday, Dec. 7 The Tea Room will reopen in February of 2024 0 Comments
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Mass MoCA's Iconic Upside-Down Trees Being Retired| 04:43PM / Friday, October 06, 2023 | |
Scientists weren't sure the trees could survive being inverted; once they outgrew their tubs, they were planted earthside and thrived. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The trees will no longer grow upside-down in the Steeple City. Natalie Jeremijenko's meditation on resiliency, "Tree Logic," will be retired after 25 years of turning heads at the entrance to Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. The museum announced on its Facebook page this week that the trees will be removed. They will be on view until Monday. The trees themselves haven't been there that long. Every so often, a new group of saplings is installed and 0 Comments
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Northern Berkshire Veterans Food Pantry In Need of DonationsBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
12:32PM / Friday, October 06, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Northern Berkshire Veterans Agent Stephen Roy said the veterans food pantry is in short supply with an increased need in the community. "We continue to see more and more folks in this time of need," Roy said. "The price of retail food in grocery stores has exploded, nearly doubling since 2021 with no end in sight. Although our food bank certainly doesn't have everything, it surely lessens the sting at the cash register when folks must buy what we don't have." He said, with his assistant Tina Samson, the department has helped save local veterans many tens of thousands of dollars since the pantry opened in 2018 as a 0 Comments
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Gallery 51 to Host Opening Reception for 'Reflecting Ecologies: Artists in Nature' | 10:52AM / Friday, October 06, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — MCLA's Gallery 51 will host an opening reception on Friday, Oct. 6 at 5 p.m. for a new exhibition "Reflecting Ecologies: Artists in Nature." The reception will be accompanied by a panel discussion. The panel discussion on Oct. 21 will be moderated by Kate Abbott and exhibition artists will be on-site at Gallery 51 on Saturday, Oct. 21 from 1-2:30 p.m. "Reflecting Ecologies" is on view from Oct. 6 through Nov. 17. According to a press release: The new show explores the intersections of six contemporary artists, nature, and ecological thinking. Ecology is the study of the relationships among 0 Comments
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Rally for Recovery Set Saturday, Oct. 7| 03:53PM / Thursday, October 05, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — HEALing Communities North Adams will hold this year's Rally for Recovery on Saturday, Oct. 7, at First Baptist Church. This was rescheduled from Sept. 30 because of rain. The celebration will held in the church's community room at 131 Main St. from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be a resource fair with information for individuals and families related to prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction. Activities will include speakers, including recovery coach Caitlin McKinnon, sharing information on lived experiences and about the upcoming Peer Recovery Center. At 3 p.m., all are welcome to gather together to join 0 Comments
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Holiday Hours: Indigenous Peoples Day / Columbus Day| 03:00PM / Thursday, October 05, 2023 | |
Dióscoro Teófilo Puebla Tolín's 'First landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World,' at San Salvador, W.I., Oct. 12, 1492, from 1862. Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day is being observed Monday, Oct. 9. As Columbus Day, it commemorates Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas on Oct. 12, 1492. As Indigenous Peoples Day, it commemorates the harm to their cultures and communities that followed Columbus' arrival. Columbus' voyage had been celebrated on significant anniversaries but did not become an official holiday until being recognized by Colorado in 1905. It was declared a federal holiday in 1937.
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