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Expanded Historic Shaker Hiking Trail to Open This SummerBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
07:11AM / Sunday, April 18, 2021 | |
The new trail off the 14-year-old Farm and Forest Trail is a collaboration of Shaker Village, Mill Town and Greenagers. HANCOCK, Mass. — Mill Town Capital, Hancock Shaker Village, and Greenagers are collaborating to reveal the archeological remains of five Shaker buildings from 1800 in a new trail that opens in mid-July.
The route will be a spur off the U-shaped Farm and Forest Trail that runs through the southern woods below the historic Hancock Shaker Village on Route 20.
In the spring 2021 session of the Berkshire Outdoor Recreation Summit, representatives from the entities explained how the partnership is tying in historical education, outdoor recreation, and art in this
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Holiday Hours: Patriots Day| 11:07AM / Saturday, April 17, 2021 | |
 Monday, April 19, 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.
It was on the morning of April 20, 1775, that Paul Revere and other riders began the alert across and beyond Massachusetts Colony that troops were planning to advance from Boston to the towns of Lexington and Concord. They were to seize a cache of gunpowder and arms and capture revolutionaries Sam Adams and John Hancock. (Local legend claims that Israel Bissell, later of Hinsdale, rode all the way to Philadelphia, but most historians dismiss it.)
Previous attempts to
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 |  | Feeding the hungry
by buddy 04:12PM / Friday, February 21, 2014
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|  Williamstown Community Preschool Installs New Signage
by Billsville 02:46PM / Tuesday, February 26, 2013
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Community Preschool began sprucing up its new home by hiring local sign maker Lindsay Neathawk,
| Williamstown Youth Center Thanks Bedard Bros.
by Billsville 02:13PM / Friday, June 22, 2012
Bedard Brothers Chevrolet, through the Chevrolet Youth Soccer Program, has helped sponsor the Williamstown Youth Center's Soccer Program for the 2012 season. In addition to soccer equipment, this
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Williamstown's Net Zero Effort to Be Subject of Panel DiscussionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:43AM / Saturday, April 17, 2021 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board took a pause Monday from talking about local crises to discuss a global crisis. Included on the warrant for June's annual meeting is a resolution calling on the town to commit to pursuing a net zero greenhouse gas emissions goal. Members of the town's Carbon Dioxide Lowering (COOL) Committee, which drafted the resolution, first presented the idea to the board last month. On Monday, the Select Board discussed the proposal during a review of the warrant's first draft. And next week, the whole town is invited to a virtual panel discussion on the initiative with state Sen. Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield. "This 3 Comments
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Officer William Evans Laid to Rest in AdamsBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
04:53PM / Thursday, April 15, 2021 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — U.S. Capitol Police Officer William "Billy" Evans was brought to his final resting place Thursday afternoon after the Northern Berkshire community paid their final respects. Evans' funeral Mass was held at noon at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church and officiated by Bishop William D. Byrne of the Springfield Diocese. Byrne had previously been pastor at St. Peter's Church on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The funeral was private with family and friends, and a long list of public officials including Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, U.S. Rep. Richie Neal, state Sen. Adam Hinds, state Reps. John Barrett III and William 1 Comment
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The Retired Investor: A Highway of OpportunityBy Bill Schmick,
04:12PM / Thursday, April 15, 2021 | |
 Most Americans seem excited and hopeful about the prospects for the Biden Administration's infrastructure plan. Local politicians as well as their construction buddies are salivating at the possible promise of getting their share of this multi-trillion-dollar prize. But looking beyond the pork barrel, we might want to consider how innovation and technology could help America regain its first-class status in infrastructure. As of 2019, the United States is ranked 13th in the quality of its infrastructure after countries like Singapore, Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom among others. Of course, it may not be a fair comparison since the U.S. has to rebuild and maintain 4 0 Comments
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SVMC Announces Winners Of Its DAISY Awards| 09:22AM / Thursday, April 15, 2021 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), announces the winners of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. Patients nominate nurses, and a committee presents one award each month. "This is an exceptional group of highly skilled and compassionate professionals," said Pamela Duchene, vice president of Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer. "The DAISY Award is a really special way for us to communicate our appreciation and our patients' appreciation for their important work." President and CEO Tom Dee, Duchene, and others visited each recipient on 1 Comment
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Clark Art First Sundays Free Returns In May | 08:06AM / Thursday, April 15, 2021 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's First Sundays Free program continues on Sunday, May 2. Admission to the galleries is free to all visitors for the entire day, but advance registration is necessary. Visitors are invited to explore the Clark, indoors and outdoors. See the Clark's first outdoor exhibition, "Ground/work," consisting of site-responsive installations by six international artists: Kelly Akashi, Nairy Baghramian, Jennie C. Jones, Eva LeWitt, Analia Saban, and Haegue Yang. Enjoy an outdoor, socially distanced talk about three installations—Nairy Baghramian's "Knee and Elbow," Eva Lewitt's 1 Comment
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Williamstown Planning Board Sends Cannabis Bylaw to Town MeetingBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:45AM / Thursday, April 15, 2021 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In the end, the Planning Board decided on Tuesday that size doesn't matter. Not when it comes to the canopy size of a cannabis grow area, anyway. After taking more than two hours of testimony from the public — most of it asking the board to more severely restrict or even disallow outdoor commercial marijuana production in town — the planners put forward a zoning bylaw amendment that would allow by special permit canopies of up to 100,000 square feet, the largest size allowed by the commonwealth's Cannabis Control Commission. Based on that testimony, the Planning Board did make a couple of significant revisions to its draft 2 Comments
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'Zoom Bombing' Ends Williamstown Forum on Town Manager SearchStaff Reports,
06:58PM / Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A "Zoom bombing incident" Wednesday forced an abrupt end to a listening session involving two members of the Select Board. Jane Patton and Hugh Daley, who are chairing the search committee for a new town manager, scheduled the virtual listening session to gather input from residents as the search process gets underway. "I won't repeat the details of what was said, but it was inappropriate and unacceptable," Patton said. Parton said she will reschedule the meeting for Friday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The Zoom link will be posted on the town website. 0 Comments
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April Snow in the Forecast| 04:58PM / Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | |
Main Street in North Adams on Wednesday. Say goodbye to this burst of spring — Mother Nature prefers a little chaos in her work. The warm temperatures of Wednesday are about to plummet as a snowstorm — yes a snowstorm — bears down on the Berkshires. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Pittsfield north and parts of Southern Vermont beginning Thursday evening through Friday night. Total accumulations could reach 6 inches in the higher elevations. Accuweather is forecasting up to 10 inches with rain all day Thursday and temperatures dipping into the 40s. Thursday night will temperatures dropping into the 0 Comments
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Baker: Pause in Johnson & Johnson Vaccines Shows System is WorkingBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com
12:53PM / Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | |
BOSTON -- Gov. Charlie Baker Wednesday said the FDA’s decision to recommend pausing distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine was a positive. “I would argue, in some respects, the decision the FDA and CDC made here based on six cases out of 7 million [doses distributed] to put a pause on this and take a look at it is an example of the system working the way it should,” Baker said. “In an abundance of caution, they put out the word that, ‘We need to take a look at this,’ and that’s what they’re doing. Baker referred back to an incident earlier this month when problems were reported at a Johnson & Johnson 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock District Builds Diversity Training Days Into 2021-22 CalendarBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:37AM / Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee last week approved a 2021-22 academic calendar that includes six half days for all-staff professional development with an emphasis on diversity training. "When it comes to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging work, that's a community effort, and it starts with the community in the central office and goes to everyone who works in school buildings or around school buildings," Superintendent Jason McCandless said in proposing the calendar. "I would suggest to you that if we adopt this calendar, it becomes, in many ways, a template for moving forward with inclusion of half days as 5 Comments
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