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Berkshires Beat: Crafters Needed, Pittsfield Hydrants Being Flushed
01:13PM / Monday, April 25, 2016
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Vendors are being sought for the popular Otis Craft Fair.

Call for vendors: The Otis Library Summer Crafts and Country Fair seeks artists, craftsmen and other non-food vendors for their annual fair on Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (rain or shine).

The fair is held on the lawn in front of the Otis Town Hall on Route 8 in Otis center. The popular event attracts tourists, second homeowners, Berkshire county residents and their guests.  The fair features about 55 quality vendors from throughout the nNortheast.  

Space is available on a first come-first served basis and sells out fast.  The cost is $40/space (bring your own table) before June 1 and $45 after if space remains. Send payment, email address, phone and product info to The Otis Library, 48 North Main St., Otis, MA  01253. For more info, contact the Otis Library at 413-269-0109.

 

Flushing in Pittsfield: Pittsfield’s Department of Public Utilities will conduct the annual flushing of the city water system beginning Monday, April 25, and continuing over the next three weeks.

Water mains throughout the city will be flushed through hydrants to remove accumulations of pipeline corrosion products.  Mains will be flushed Monday through Friday each week, holidays exempted, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.

This flushing may be expected to affect the following areas: The Hubbard Avenue–Dalton Division Road area between Dalton Avenue and Williams Street, including Dalton Avenue between Coltsville and the Dalton town line, Williams Street between Elm Street and the Dalton town line, including Mountain Drive, and the Yankee Orchard neighborhoods; Lower Crane Avenue and Partridge Road, Cheshire Road, the Morningside Heights area and Coltsville; and South Street between the Lenox town line and South Mountain Road.

Hydrants will be flushed along Dalton Avenue between Benedict Road and Coltsville, Merrill Road. East Street from Elm Street to the Housatonic River bridge on outer East Street, the Newell Street-Lakewood section, Elm Street between Newell Street and Donna Avenue, Holmes Road south to Arrowhead, and all streets between and interconnected with the above.

Although flushing may cause localized discolored water and reduced service pressure conditions in and around the immediate area of flushing, appropriate measures will be taken to ensure that proper levels of treatment and disinfections are maintained in the system at all times.


The Healing Power of Art: Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), in partnership with the Susan Sebastian Foundation, is seeking entries from Vermont artists for a juried exhibit of more than 100 pieces. The exhibit, called The Healing Power of Art, is scheduled for June 11 at Southern Vermont Arts Center. From it, more than 50 pieces of art will be selected to adorn patient rooms. The remaining art will be offered to the public for sale.

SVHC invites Vermont artists to participate by completing an online submission of their work for consideration at svhealthcare.org/healingpower. Pieces that are soothing and optimistic and those that take the viewer into the outdoors will be most likely to be accepted for the exhibit. The submission deadline is Monday, May 23. Artists will be notified of their acceptance by May 30, 2016, at which point they will send or deliver work to the Southern Vermont Arts Center.

For event information, artist guidelines, and to complete an online submission for consideration, visit svhealthcare.org/healingpower.


Celebrating the past: Lenox Memorial Middle and High School art students were asked to submit their ideas for a Lenox 250th Anniversary logo. Five finalists were selected to have their work submitted to the Lenox 250th Anniversary Committee.

All entries will be on display at Town Meeting, set for Thursday, May 5, at 7 p.m. in the Duffin Theater Lobby of the Lenox Memorial Middle and High School, 197 East St.  The winner will be announced at the Town Meeting.

The finalists are: Renae Carotenuto (12th Grade); Emma Ingalls (12th Grade); Jonah Krusznya (eighth Grade); Katie Mitts (12th Grade); and Emma Sorrentino (eighth Grade).

The winner’s logo will be used in all promotions, advertising, correspondence, etc. to help celebrate and publicize this special Lenox 250th Anniversary.


Tax Work-Off Program: Applications are now available for the City of Pittsfield’s Senior Tax Work-Off Program for Fiscal Year 2017.  Eligible candidates must be Pittsfield residential property owners 60 years of age and older at the time of the application.

Work-Off Program applications must be postmarked or received by the Assessors’ Office by April 30. Active municipal employees are not eligible for the Senior Citizen Tax Work-Off Program.

There will be a limit of two participants per eligible property; however, the total abatement cannot exceed the maximum exemption of $1,000.00. Income eligibility shall be determined by using the locally adopted income eligibility guidelines of Massachusetts General Law Chapter 59, Section 5, clause 41C (plus an additional $5,000). The selection of participants will be based on need and shall be valid for one year. In the event that other opportunities become available, qualified volunteers not selected for this program will be placed on a waiting list in order of need. This program can be combined with other exemptions.

For a married individual, yearly income cannot exceed $34,776.  For a single individual, yearly income cannot exceed $29,444. All volunteer work must be completed between June 1, 2016, and November 30, 2016. An application for this program can be found on the city website.

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