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Second Chance Composting Pumpkin Smash Events| 03:40PM / Friday, October 27, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Second Chance Composting is offering two free events for community members of all ages to bring their pumpkins after Halloween to smash them. The first event is in Williamstown on Thursday Nov. 2, from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at the Log by Ramunto's, 78 Spring Street. The second event is in North Adams on Friday Nov. 3, from 5:00pm - 8:00pm at Hotel Downstreet, 40 Main Street as part of First Fridays. "This is a fun, family friendly event that we started last year in North Adams and are happy to say we have expanded to include Williamstown this year," Owner John Pitroff said. "It's educational, everyone has a blast, and it's >> Read More |
Berkshire Green Drinks: 'Snakes Are More Interesting Than You Can Imagine'| 12:00PM / Thursday, October 12, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Tom Tyning, an expert on amphibians and reptiles and an authority on New England's natural history, will present at the September Berkshire Green Drinks event on Monday, Oct. 16, in person and online via Zoom. The in-person gathering begins at 5:00 PM at The Barn at Williams Inn, 103 Spring St, Williamstown. The presentation and Zoom meeting start at 6:00 PM. If the weather permits, the in-person gathering will take place outdoors. According to a press release: The life histories, annual behaviors, and evolutionary story of snakes are incredible, fascinating, and remarkable. Tom will focus on our Berkshire/New England snake species, >> Read More |
Williamstown to Hold March To End Fossil Fuels| 12:00PM / Friday, September 15, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Sept. 20, a coalition of local faith, environmental, and community groups will host a March To End Fossil Fuels in Williamstown. Participants will gather in front of First Congregational Church at 906 Main Street to rally and hear brief remarks before marching to Field Park for a standout. Local sponsors include First Congregational Church Williamstown, St John's Church, Hoosic River Watershed Association, Williamstown COOL (CO2 Lowering) Committee, Greylock Together, Williamstown Rural Lands, Bee Friendly Williamstown, and Williams College- Center for Learning in Action, Chaplains Office, Zilkha Center, and Center for >> Read More |
Grants to Support Rural Economies and Forest Conservation in the Berkshires| 10:55AM / Thursday, September 14, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $460,000 in grant funding to increase economic development focusing on the conservation and sustainable management of forests within Massachusetts' Woodlands Partnership of Western Massachusetts region. Through the Woodlands Partnership Grants, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) is supporting nine rural communities and three regional conservation and economic development organizations in improving access to outdoor recreation in town and state forests, improving the safety of outdoor recreation, and implementing climate-smart forestry practices. "We're investing >> Read More |
Berkshire Green Drinks: Beyond Recycling| 12:05PM / Wednesday, September 06, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Andrew Ferrara, program manager of Berkshire Environmental Action Team's Zero Waste Initiative, will speak at the September Berkshire Green Drinks event at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, September 12, online via Zoom. According to a press release: Learn about current projects and groups working to reduce waste in Berkshire County that go beyond just recycling. Get an inside look into the many recycling programs BZWI offers to the community, including conventionally not-recyclable items like toothbrushes and bread tags. Learn why special recycling programs are not the answer to our waste crisis and how BZWI plans to move beyond recycling as a solution by >> Read More |
Music and Poetry Along the River Concert| 08:35AM / Thursday, August 17, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Join the Hoosic River Watershed Association (HooRWA) for the Music and Poetry Along the River Outdoor Concert on Thursday, Aug. 24 at 5:30pm at The Spruces. This concert is free and open to the public and will be held on the lawn behind the pond near the Pollinators Garden. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for this outdoor concert. Picnickers and families welcome. If inclement weather is predicted, check HooRWA.org after noon on Thursday Aug. 24 if the concert needs to be canceled. Participating poets in the Music and Poetry Along the River project include: Elizabeth Beck, Sarah Sutro, David Crews. Dianne Olson, Adrian Dunn, >> Read More |
5 Berkshire Farms Getting $550K in Grant Funding| 01:21PM / Thursday, July 20, 2023 | |
CHICOPEE, Mass. — Five farms in Berkshire County are benefiting from more than $26.3 million in agricultural grants announced by Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday. The grants through the Food Security Infrastructure Grant Program are to strengthen Massachusetts' food supply system and mitigate future food supply and distribution disruption issues. For the first time in the history of the program, the administration prioritized projects that support organizations impacted by drought or extreme weather events. Fairfields Dairy Farm LLC in Williamstown is getting $217,300; Cavu Farms in Cheshire, $223,170; Berkshire Bounty in Great Barrington, $67,371.89; Holiday Brook Farm >> Read More |
Waste-to-Hydrogen Technology Pitched to Williamstown Select BoardBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:11PM / Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The founder and president of a Williamsburg-based decarbonization advocacy group Monday told the Select Board that a proposal to process municipal solid waste at the local level will save towns money and address inequity built into the current system of waste disposal. "The new trend with the closure of incinerators and waste energy plants and landfills in the states is to put them on trains and send them to very unfortunate communities that are receiving those materials, where they are being incinerated or being landfilled," Local Power President Paul Fenn told the board. "And they are being poisoned. This is unsustainable, obviously, >> Read More |
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