 | Weekend Outlook: Valentines Dances & Glow Forests
There are several events this weekend to help you recharge from your week, including a dance, live music, and animal photo-ops.
Multiple Days
Valentine's Day Dance
Cheshire Community House
Friday and Saturday
Put your dancing shoes on and bring your loved |
 | BArT Announces Second Quarter Honor Roll
ADAMS, Mass.— Berkshire Arts & Technology (BArT) Charter Public School has announced the students who made the honor roll for the second quarter of the 2024-2025 school year.
Students who earned 80 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "Honors". Students who earned 90 |
| More Sleet, Snow on the Way
It's starting to feel like the cold and snow will never leave. Get ready for another blast of snow Thursday and again on the weekend across the Berkshire region.
The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., has issued a winter weather advisory for Western Mass, Southern Vermont and eastern New York beginning at 7 a.m. |
| North Adams School Committee Questions Future of Entitlement Grants
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Department is not expecting to lose its federal entitlement grants but cautioned they could decrease.
The public schools get about $740,000 in Title 1, 2 and 4 grants, down from about $1.3 million a decade ago. So there is the potential for more reductions, said Kimberlee Chappell, the |
| Clarksburg Opens Town Election Nominations
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Nomination papers for the annual town election are now available in the town clerk's office.
The offices up for election on May 13 are as follows:
One seat each on the Select Board, School Committee, Board of Library Trustees, Planning Board, Board of Health, War Memorial |
| Urban Forester to Present on Urban Rewilding at MCLA
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Urban Forester Sarah Greenleaf of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Greening the Gateway Cities Program will present on tree planting challenges in cities and sustainable urban forest management on Feb. 5 as part of MCLA's Green Living Seminar |
| UPDATE: Suspect in North Adams Walmart Stabbing Turns Himself In
Updated on 02042025 at 1 p.m. — A suspect in a stabbing at Walmart on Monday has turned himself in to police.
Interim Police Chief Mark Bailey reported that Roland Hernandez, 41, of Pittsfield, surrendered to the North Adams Police Department on Feb. 3, 2025, around 9 p.m. He was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous |
| Clarksburg Board OKs Compensation Plan, 3% COLA
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Public employees in Clarksburg will see a boost in their wages.
The Select Board on Monday approved a new wage scale that includes a cost of living increase of 3 percent and the same COLA for part-time employees.
"We will never be competitive with the cities or whatever, but to |
 | MCLA Breakfast Looks at Successes, Work Ahead
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The announcement of the new arts learning center was the big news out of the recent opening semester breakfast at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
But it wasn't the only good news.
College officials reported on funding campaigns, program advancements, capital |
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