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HooRWA's Annual State of the River| 11:12AM / Wednesday, February 11, 2026 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. — Join the Hoosic River Watershed Association (HooRWA) for their annual State of the River on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 7:00pm at the First Congregational Church of Williamstown. Jay Racela, Williams College Environmental Analysis Lab Supervisor and Lecturer will present on the organizations collective water quality monitoring activities and findings in 2025 and discuss overall water quality. At this event HooRWA will present the Tanzman Award to Jane Winn, recently retired founder and Executive Director of the Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) for all her advocacy and labor to protect and enhance the Hoosic and Housatonic Rivers. The Irving >> Read More |
Wild Soul River Expands Hours and OfferingsBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
11:04AM / Saturday, October 04, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Wild Soul River recently changed its hours and added more to its menu. Owners Rebecca Guanzon and Justin Adkins opened the herbal and metaphysical shop in 2021. The shop offers a lot of herbs, herbal teas, and one-on one-sessions for tarot reading and reiki. "At our core, we're a small herbal business, and that's kind of the core of everything we do," Adkins said. "Rebecca is a trained herbalist, and she sees people one on one for herbal consultations. She also does reiki and tarot readings, and then we're also like a little cafe slash metaphysical shop, and all of it comes together, though, really around hers and around herbal
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Great Spots to Catch a Fish in Berkshire CountyBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
10:03AM / Saturday, September 27, 2025 | |
Windsor Lake in North Adams is regularly stocked with trout. Summer may be winding down, but there is still plenty of time and great weather to catch some fish. Most major lakes, ponds, and rivers, including the Housatonic, are open to fishing year-round with catch limits; smaller rivers and brooks have catch limits of three after Sept. 11 and eight after April 1. Find a list of fishing seasons and limits here. Berkshire County has scenic places to sail this fall as well as stand on the edge and cast out. North Adams Affectionately known as Fish Pond, this small lake is stocked with rainbow trout, some brook and brown trout, and chain pickerel. Restrooms and dairy bar >> Read More |
Hoosac Water Quality District to Keep Producing Compost for NowBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:40AM / Monday, June 09, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Hoosac Water Quality District will continue its decades-long practice of composting biosolid waste and offering it for sale as fertilizer. The district's Board of Commissioners made that decision in a meeting on Wednesday at the Williamstown Municipal Building after a half dozen North County residents raised concerns about the dangers of recycling feces contaminated with polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, which have been linked to cancer. Earlier this spring, the four-member commission learned that a deal that would have imported biosolids, or sludge, from other municipalities to be composted at the district's Williamstown facility no >> Read More |
Berkshire Green Drinks to Feature Hoffmann Bird Club| 11:45AM / Thursday, May 15, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Berkshire Green Drinks will host a presentation by Audrey Werner and Steven Miller of the Hoffmann Bird Club on Wednesday, May 21, at 6:00 p.m. The event, titled "Flock Together with Hoffmann Bird Club," will be hybrid, taking place online via Zoom and in person at The Barn Kitchen & Bar of the Williams Inn, located at 103 Spring St, Williamstown, MA. An in-person social gathering will begin around 5:15 p.m. The presentation will introduce attendees to the Hoffmann Bird Club, a Berkshire County nature organization. Werner and Miller, members of the club's executive committee, will discuss the club's history, upcoming bird walks and events,
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Images Cinema to Screen Antarctic DocumentaryBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:15PM / Saturday, April 12, 2025 | |
Sunrise over the Antarctic during southern winter from 'Antarctic Voyage.' WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Plenty of artists suffer for their work. Not many have to go under the knife for it. Documentary filmmaker Kevin Schreck screens his documentary "Antarctic Voyage" on Monday evening at Images Cinema. The film follows environmental scientist Samantha Monier on a research expedition to the remote South Atlantic island of South Georgia. It was a project years in the making and one for which Schreck had to go above and beyond. "I had to endure surgery to qualify for this [voyage,]," Schreck said in a recent telephone >> Read More |
Images Cinema's Inaugural Earth Week Film Festival| 08:00AM / Tuesday, April 16, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema presents their inaugural Earth Week Film Festival Friday, April 19 through Thursday, April 25. An expansion upon the long-standing Fresh Fest: A Food and Farming Film Festival, which usually ran one weekend, the Earth Week Film Festival will run a full week and engage in a variety of topics that range from regenerative agriculture, the plastic pollution, and metal extraction from the ocean floor. The festival includes 10 films, 13 screenings, 7 with discussions with experts in their field, local farmers, activists, and more. A full list of films follows below, and can also be found at >> Read More |
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