| Weekend Outlook: Easter and Spring Celebrations
There are several events in the Berkshires this weekend to help you recharge from your week or celebrate Easter, Spring, and the Earth.
People can look forward to a Daffodil and Tulip festival, egg hunts, baby animals, clean-up initiatives, and more.
Multiple Days
Daffodil and Tulip |
 | Holiday Hours: Patriots Day
Monday, April 21, is Patriots Day, a state holiday marking the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolution. The day has been celebrated on the third Monday in April since 1969.
This year mark's the 250th anniversary of what many consider the start of the American Revolution with the "shot |
 | North Adams Planners OK 'Model' Cabin; Support Outdoor Cannabis
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — One of Tourists' new model cabins was approved for construction on the Blackinton Mansion property this week.
Tourists had pivoted to a cabin production facility in the Blackinton Mill when financing to transform it into a hotel fell through. The Planning Board approved permitting for the |
 | Clarksburg School Officials Mull Deep Budget Cuts
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The school budget would have to be sliced by up to $150,000 to bring the fiscal 2026 budget down to a 2 percent increase.
It will mean cuts in personnel, professional development and programming.
That's frustrated school officials who point out the operating budget is only going up by |
| Federal Cuts Include North Adams Culvert Project
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Trump administration's cut $90 million in disaster prevention aid for the state including $144,000 for a culvert project on Galvin Road.
The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program was providing funding to 18 communities, the Central Massachusetts Regional |
 | MCLA Announces 2025 Commencement Speaker, Honorees
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Award-winning author and Rice University professor Kiese Laymon will be the speaker at the 126th commencement exercises at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
This year's commencement will be held Saturday, May 17, at 11 a.m., in the Amsler Campus Center Gymnasium.
In |
| MCLA Green Living Seminar to Feature Pollinator Habitat Presentation
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Green Living Seminar Series and the MCLA Environmental Studies Department will present Amy Meltzer of the Massachusetts Pollinator Network on April 16. Meltzer's presentation, titled "Rewilding for Pollinators: Providing Habitat for Pollinators, Birds, and |
 | Grazie Reopening With New Location, New Menu
The restaurant is stocked for this week's opening.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — After a monthlong break and a relocation, popular restaurant Grazie is ready to reopen this Wednesday.
Chef/owner Matt Tatro has moved to 310 State St. and expanded beyond the original Italian |
 | 413 Day Brings Lt. Gov. Driscoll to North Adams
The lieutenant governor makes hearts with Director Kristy Edmunds.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll kicked off "413 Day" at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday before heading to three more locations.
"This is what you see in the 413," she exclaimed as she |
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