| Berkshires Gets $4.3M in CDBG Grants
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshires is getting $4.3 million Community Development Block Grants for housing, road and social services programs.
Gov. Maura Healey announced some $39 million in CDBG grant awards to 65 communities at Chelsea City Hall on Thursday.
Among the awardees: Becket and |
| Lanesborough Select Board OKs Resources For Storm Damage
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The town recognizes the need for additional resources to clear damage from last week's storm.
On Monday, the Select Board voted to allocate additional funds for the highway department to come in on a Friday for brush collection. The Town Hall and offices normally operate on a four-day week Monday |
 | Eagles Community Band Concerts
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Eagles Community Band will perform a free concert on Tuesday, July 16, 7pm at The First Street Common in Pittsfield.
Selections include a variety of marches, patriotic tunes, and other.
Bring a blanket or chair to enjoy the music from the |
 | School Officials Offer Condolences for Herberg Student's Sudden Passing
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Herberg Middle School student has been identified as the presumed drowning victim at Benedict Pond in Great Barrington last week. Earl Giver Essien, who would have entered eighth grade in the fall, was remembered for her brightness in personality and academics.
Superintendent Joseph Curtis shared |
| BCArc's Golf Event Raises Funds Individuals with Disabilities
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County Arc raised $45,000 at its 29th Annual Golf Classic held this summer at Berkshire Hills Country Club.
The funds raised from the event go directly to individuals with disabilities for activities such as art classes, medical equipment, wheelchair swings, concerts, assistive |
 | Senator Warren Hears Power of Health Care for Uninsured
Sen. Warren poses with some of the VIM staff on Thursday.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The only population growing in the Berkshires are immigrants, said Ilana Steinhauer of Volunteers in Medicine, and the region needs to be a place where people want to come and can thrive.
"When we talk about health equity, when |
| Pittsfield Schools May See Tighter Cell Phone Policy
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Superintendent Joseph Curtis would like to see the district's cell phone policy tightened up after more than 6,000 violations were accrued during the last school year.
"I think that we do need to do a hard examination of that," he told the School Committee on Monday. "I think that we are in our |
 | PIttsfield 16s Fall in Babe Ruth Regional Final
AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Norwalk, Conn., Babe Ruth 16-year-old All-Stars Tuesday beat Pittsfield, 2-0, in the championship game of the New England Regional.
It marked the second shutout loss to the Connecticut State Champions in three days for Pittsfield. But it was a very different game this time around.
On Sunday, |
 | Dalton Public Safety Facility Advisory Committee Discusses Next Steps
DALTON, Mass. — The town's Public Safety Facility Advisory Committee held its first meeting on last Wednesday.
The committee voted to have two co-chairs and elected Don Davis and Craig Wilbur for the positions.
The committee will be examining all the options for a new police station or |
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