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Weekend Outlook: Plays, Music and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:28PM / Friday, May 09, 2025 | |
 Check out the events in the Berkshires this weekend, including school musicals, a carnival, a benefit race, and more. Don't forget it's Mother's Day — here's some ideas for spending time with mom this weekend. (Note, reservations required for many events.) Multiple Days 'Hadestown: Teen Edition Performance' Taconic High School, Pittsfield Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. The high school's theater department will be performing the musical "Hadestown: Teen Edition," which is a family-friendly adaptation of Anaïs Mitchell's Tony-winning Broadway musical 0 Comments
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Casita Restaurant to Host Community Choke Saver Class| 04:00PM / Thursday, May 08, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— Casita restaurant, located at 1111 MASS MoCA Way, will host a Choke Saver Class for the community on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 10:00 AM. The class is inspired by a recent incident at the restaurant where a guest choked, and Casita's chef and owner, Justin Forstmann, administered the Heimlich maneuver to clear the airway. This event highlighted the importance of knowing how to respond to such emergencies. In partnership with Berkshire Community College (BCC), Casita will offer a comprehensive class covering the identification of choking signs in adults, children, and infants. Participants will also learn the correct techniques for the Heimlich maneuver and other
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Clarksburg Board OKs Sale of Cruiser to MCLABy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:49PM / Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | |
Both Adams Officer Kevin Stant, left, and MCLA lt. Mark Denault advocated for their departments, citing the need to update their fleets. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — What town officials hoped would be a simple matter of disposing of two police cruisers turned into a difficult debate on money, timing and integrity. The 2022 Ford Explorer and older Chevrolet Tahoe have been sitting since last fall when Police Chief Michael Williams retired; the police department was dissolved in March. On Tuesday, the Select Board voted to sell the Ford to Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts for $30,000. But the decision came after a long debate on whether they should go 0 Comments
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Historian to Discuss Dr. Samuel Jones and Arnold Print Works at North Adams Library| 01:22PM / Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The North Adams Public Library will host historian and graphic designer Samuel M. Trudel on Wednesday, May 14, at 6:00 p.m. Trudel will discuss his recently published two-book series on the history of the Arnold Print Works from 1868 to 1942, focusing on Dr. Samuel M. Jones' ownership (1915-1942). The presentation will cover Jones' acquisition of the North Adams-based textile manufacturer, the company's survival through the Great Depression, its return to profitability, and its eventual sale to Sprague Electric in 1942 due to World War II. At the time of the sale, Arnold Print Works employed 2,500 people. Trudel's presentation will include
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Letter: Saturday Rally: Diversity Makes Us GreatLetter to the Editor,
12:09PM / Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | |
 To the Editor:
Several months ago, I was a North Adams teacher and a member of a school DEIJ committee. (Working for Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Justice.) I did not think this was radical work.
Yet here I am today, asking friends and neighbors to join us on Saturday, May 10, at the North Adams City Hall from 1:15-2:15 p.m. at a "Diversity MAKES America Great Rally." Because apparently, the idea that people of all races, abilities, orientation, gender identity — the idea that all people are endowed "with certain unalienable rights" is now up for debate.
Please stand with me to show that Berkshire County believes diversity really is what makes this nation
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North Adams Letter Carrier Food Drive Scheduled for May 10| 10:22AM / Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— The annual Letter Carrier's Food Drive is scheduled for Saturday, May 10. Residents are asked to leave bags of non-perishable food items for their mail carriers. This year, the Friendship Center will collaborate with letter carriers to collect donations in North Adams, Clarksburg, and Florida Mountain. The sorting location for the collected items will be in the space adjacent to Planet Fitness in the Steeple City Plaza. New volunteers are welcome to assist. The Al Nelson Friendship Center Food Pantry, located at 45 Eagle Street, serves households in North Adams, Clarksburg, and Florida Mountain. The pantry is open every Wednesday from 10 0 Comments
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Clarksburg School Opens School Choice Spots for Next School YearBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:31AM / Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | |
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — School officials last week voted to open five school-choice slots in first grade but held off on a decision for kindergarten. These are first open spots since 2023 as the school's residential enrollment has risen over the past few years. But with 12 pupils forecast for Grade 1, officials felt confident in opening school choice. "We've gone over the last five years or so that the understanding is if a grade level had 18 students, we wouldn't open additional school choice slots to keep the numbers reasonable," said Superintendent John Franzoni at last week's School Committee meeting. "We're pretty tight right now 0 Comments
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NEA Pulls Grant to Mass MoCA Due to Trump's 'Agenda'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:20PM / Tuesday, May 06, 2025 | |
Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll with museum director Kristy Edmunds in the Gibson exhibit on '413 Day' this year. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art announced Tuesday that two of its previously awarded federal grants have been clawed back by the Trump administration. In a statement posted on Mass MoCA's website and reprinted on Facebook, the museum said it learned Friday night that a National Endowment for Arts grant in support of Jeffrey Gibson's "Power Full Because We're Different," was being terminated. The grant, approved in November of last year, supports the exhibition by Gibson, who is "known for 0 Comments
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Bishop Earns Conference Honor at St. Michael'siBerkshires.com Sports,
06:59AM / Tuesday, May 06, 2025 | |
 St. Michael's College first-year catcher and Drury High School graduate Brooke Bishop was named the Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Week in mid-April. Bishop went .389 at the plate with a .667 slugging percentage and .450 on-base percentage in a 3-3 week for the Purple Knights to earn the honor on April 21. Last week, St. Michael's was eliminated in the NE10 tournament with a 2-0 loss to top-seed Pace, the No. 15-ranked team in Division II at the time. Needing two wins against Pace to advance in the tourney, St. Michael's won Game 1, when Bishop went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI. She also had a hit in the second game. Bishop ended her first 0 Comments
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Need Ideas to Celebrate Mom? We've Got You CoveredBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
03:49PM / Monday, May 05, 2025 | |
 Mother's Day is this Sunday, May 11. Now an annual holiday to celebrate maternal bonds, it was started Anna Maria Jarvis of West Virginia in honor of her own mother, Anna Reeves Jarvis, a social activist who found her calling in Mothers Day Work Clubs. The clubs sought to educate people about sanitation to reduce child mortality and also provided care to soldiers of both sides during the Civil War, later focusing on reconciliation. Around the same time, Julia Ward Howe, author of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic, also called for a "Mother's Day of Peace" and later issued a proclamation of motherhood and peace celebrated until the outbreak of the 0 Comments
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North Adams Public Schools to Destroy Former Special Education Records| 03:02PM / Monday, May 05, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — North Adams Public Schools will destroy special education records of students who withdrew, graduated, transferred, or were released from special education services during the 2017-2018 school year. The records will be destroyed after June 30, 2025. Former students or their parents who wish to retrieve these records should contact Student Support Services at 413-776-1670, options 3, 4, or 5, no later than June 25, 2025. The school district requests two days' advance notice for record pickup. 0 Comments
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McCann Technical High School Announces Third Quarter Honor Roll| 08:13AM / Monday, May 05, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical High School is proud to announce the Honor Roll for the third quarter of the 2024-2025 school year Class of 2025 Achieving High Honors for the Year of Graduation 2025 are: Lillian Bean, Alexander Boyer, Hayden Digennaro, Logan Driscoll, Antonio Elias, Evan Fortini, Zachary Gelinas, Brodie Hayden, Evan Hilton, Tobey Hopkins, Grace Hunt, Griffen Lancia, Brockton Lasher, Nathan Luczynski, Samuel Mcgrath, Paige Meyette, Meghan Mongeon, Camryn Moran, Nora Moser, Kevin Poette, Emily Raschdorf, Sophie Reid, Liam Roberts, Lukas Rylander, Brady Sagendorph, John Stack, Ava Stefanik, Evan Tatro, Joshua Touponce, Dylan Turner, and Sadie 0 Comments
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