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PROJECT PAYCHECK: Lenox is an “economically distressed” community. So is nearby Hinsdale, and even Becket. How these three relatively affluent Berkshire County towns got that designation – earning them a splash of red on a map – will be one of the pandemic’s weirdest footnotes.
Larry Parnass
Investigations editor
The Du Bois Sculpture and Education Project estimates it will need to raise $350,000 for the entire project, which is proposed for the front lawn of the Mason Library.
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Bluebird Farm serves a niche spot in the Northern Berkshires because there are no other nearby shelters or sanctuaries that will take the animals Petricca can work with. She is duly licensed by Mass. Fish and Wildlife to rehabilitate a number of wild and farm species. Petricca has been at it for years, doing a good job keeping up with the demand. But then COVID-19 arrived, and as with many other things, turned it all upside down.
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Nearly 40 Lanesborough voters approved all 15 articles during Saturday’s special town meeting. Highlighting the agenda were two public works articles totaling $480,000 to replace the sidewalk on Summer street and repave a section of Summer. Also, voters agreed to move the annual town meeting from the second Tuesday in June to the third Saturday in May to boost participation in town government.
City firefighters made "good stops" of two fires within 60 minutes of each other on Saturday night, fire officials said Sunday.
1Berkshire is accepting applications through Feb. 11 for the 2022-2023 round of its Youth Leadership Program. High school sophomores can apply.
A Cheshire woman who threatened public safety officials has received more jail time after admitting to charges of stalking and harassment.
Community organizations and the general public will have the opportunity to take a more active role in the spending of federal coronavirus relief money as Pittsfield opens project applications.
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St. Mary's School has announced its honor roll for the second quarter of the 2021-22 school year.
Drury High School has announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2021-2022 school year.
Berkshire Music School is registering for its 2022 winter season of community group classes and private lessons.
In the span of eight years, beginning in 2013, Eugene Christy has written more than half a million words that now comprise a five-volume book series he calls "The 20th Century Quintet."
Bernay Fine Arts has curated an award-winning group of artists for its new "Winter Group Show," opening Saturday, Jan. 22, with an artists reception from 3 to 5 p.m.
In "Horizon Within" a new show at Carrie Chen Gallery, artists Arlene Santana Thornton, Julie Shapiro and Sandra Harper exhibit recent works which call attention to each artists' practice of meeting their subjective internal experience with the landscape that inspires them.
"Horizon Within" opens at the 16 Railroad St. gallery on Saturday, Jan. 22 and runs through Feb. 27. A public reception will be held, 3 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 29
Barrington Stage's 10X10 New Play Festival returns with in-person performances on Boyd-Quinson Stage
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The Boston Symphony’s summer home returns to the “old normal” this summer after a 2020 pandemic wipeout and a condensed six-week 2021 season.
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PROJECT PAYCHECK: Lenox is an “economically distressed” community. So is nearby Hinsdale, and even Becket. How these three relatively affluent Berkshire County towns got that designation – earning them a splash of red on a map – will be one of the pandemic’s weirdest footnotes.
Larry Parnass
Investigations editor
The town of Adams has been pitched a new cannabis business, this time at 44 Spring St. Eric Cromwell, of Longmeadow, and Sacha Wing, of Wilbraham, want to open Berk’s Greens for retail, cultivation and manufacturing.
Dour messaging from corporate executives, as expected, marks just added another nail in the coffin of bullish sentiment. And investors can expect further downside in the markets ahead.
McNinch Restaurant Group of Lenox, which recently opened the 101 Restaurant & Bar in the Holiday Inn & Suites in Pittsfield, is poised to add nearby Patrick's Pub to its downtown portfolio.
The Hurricanes and Generals were victorious on Friday night, both extending winning streaks.
UMass goes on the road and gets blitzed by Saint Louuis, losing 90-59.
Owen Gagne scored four points in overtime to help the Hornets to a one-point win over host Mount Everett on Saturday, while Taconic won by three over Agawam in Pittsfield.
The Cardinals started the weekend by outshooting Auburn by 40 and ended it with a tight victory over Billerica at the Chelmsford Forum.
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The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires presents the 2021 Berkshire Nonprofit Awards
