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Governor Celebrates Massachusetts Farmers Market Week| 03:53PM / Sunday, August 03, 2025 | |
BOSTON — Governor Maura Healey has declared Aug. 3 to Aug. 9, 2025, as Massachusetts Farmers Market Week. This annual celebration highlights the essential role that farmers markets play in strengthening the local food system, supporting family farms, and increasing access to fresh, healthy food for residents across Massachusetts. With over 275 markets operating across Massachusetts, these markets serve as festive community spaces for more than a quarter of the state's 7,000 farms. In addition to providing residents with access to nutritious food, farmers markets help keep farms in business and dollars in local communities. "With so much produce in 0 Comments
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Pedal N Plod Biathlon Returns to Adams, CheshireiBerkshires.com Sports,
12:20PM / Sunday, August 03, 2025 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. -- Pittsfield's Kellie Harrington and Eric Harrington Sunday were the top two individuals when the Pedal N Plod biathlon returned to North Berkshire. Eric Harrington was the first across the finish line in the Iron Male division, completing the 4.4-mile run and 22-mile bicycling course in 1 hour, 20 minutes, 18.72 seconds. Kellie Harrington won the Iron Female division with a time of 1:35:05.13. Eric Harrington was just more than a minute ahead of runner-up Matt Rabasco (1:21:20.79). He was 31 seconds behind Rabasco at the end of the running portion and still trailed at the completion of the first 11-mile loop of the bike race but finished strong 0 Comments
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UPDATE: Jacob's Pillow Production Manager Dies in Accident on Grounds| 11:18AM / Saturday, August 02, 2025 | |
— The Berkshire District Attorney's Office reported that there are no criminal charges being brought to the accidental death of the Jacob's Pillow summer employee, 40-year-old Kathryn "Kat" Sirico o Rochester, N.Y. After an investigation it was found that the events leading to Sirico's death were related to a work-place accident. In the early afternoon of Friday Aug. 1, Sirico and a summer intern were moving platforms used for staging for a theater across the Jacob's Pillow property. The platforms were on a dolly. As the victim and intern began moving the dolly down a sloped area, they lost control of the dolly, and it began to roll. The Sirico 0 Comments
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MassDOT: South County Overnight and Daytime Construction on I-90| 03:47PM / Friday, August 01, 2025 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing it will be performing overnight and daytime paving and bridge repair operations on I-90 eastbound and westbound in the towns of Stockbridge, West Stockbridge, Becket, Otis, Montgomery, and Russell. All work is weather dependent and will take place at the following locations and times: Stockbridge: Paving operations will be conducted on I-90 westbound from mile marker 0.0 to mile marker 5.0 nightly from Monday night, August 4, through Wednesday night, August 6, from 7:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. the following morning. The I-90 westbound exit 3 off-ramp will be closed for paving 0 Comments
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CHP Celebrates 50 Years| 11:06AM / Thursday, July 31, 2025 | |
GREAT BARRINGRTON, Mass. — In 2025, Community Health Programs (CHP) celebrates its 50th anniversary. "Our beginnings were modest and centered on our mission," reflects CMO Dr. Andrew Beckwith. "We're very proud that we've grown into this size, expanded our services, and made them accessible to all of the Berkshires while maintaining our focus on our mission." According to a press release: Founded in 1975 by pediatrician Dr. Thomas Whitfield, CHP was born out of an urgent need. After seeing an alarming number of rural children who had never seen a doctor, Dr. Whitfield launched the Children's Health Program with a mission to bring 0 Comments
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Mahaiwe Presents Comedian Gary Gulman| 08:28AM / Monday, July 28, 2025 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will present stand-up comedian Gary Gulman on Thursday, July 31 at 8 p.m. According to a press release: Over 25 years in comedy, Gary Gulman has established himself as an eminent performer and peerless writer. A product of Boston, Gulman has been a scholarship college football player, an accountant, and a high school teacher. He has made countless television appearances as both a comedian and an actor. Gulman has made five masterful TV specials including his most recent stand-up special, Born on Third Base, which premiered December 2023 on MAX. His previous, universally acclaimed special 0 Comments
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Market 32, Price Chopper Customers Donate Food Bags to Local Pantries| 04:01PM / Saturday, July 26, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — More than 15,000 pre-packed food bags have been donated to local food banks and pantries this summer. The donation is helping to meet increased needs during a time when some families may face more limited access to meals and added strain. Between June 15 and July 5, 2025, shoppers at all Market 32 and Price Chopper locations purchased a total of 15,434 bags. These $10 food bags were each filled with the PICS-brand staples most requested by food assistance organizations, including elbow macaroni, peanut butter, canned chicken and tuna, soup, and kidney beans—versatile, shelf-stable ingredients that provide the foundation for healthy 0 Comments
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Nonprofit Center Launches Wellness Series for Nonprofits| 11:20AM / Saturday, July 26, 2025 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires (NPC) aims to assist nonprofit leaders in improving their wellbeing and thus their ability to continue having a meaningful impact in our community. On July 28 from 12:30 – 2:00 p.m., instructor Susan Taylor will host a 90-minute, online Masterclass in which participants will explore how to identify and shift limiting mindsets that contribute to overwhelm and depletion — and instead cultivate mindsets that foster vitality, resilience, collaboration, and purpose. Entitled "Wellbeing Matters: Shifting Mindsets for Sustainable Impact," the Masterclass is ideal for executives as well as 0 Comments
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Friday Front Porch Feature: A Cape House for YouBy Breanna Steele,
05:30PM / Friday, July 25, 2025 | |
SHEFFIELD, Mass.— Are you looking for a single family home surrounded by livestock and greenery. Then this might be the home for you. Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are showcasing a single-family home at 1786 South Under Mountain Rd. This 1950 home has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. It is 2,408 square feet with one acre and has an asking price is $895,000. It comes with a dishwasher, refrigerator, stove, washing machine and dryer. The house also comes with a built in heated pool and a two-bay garage with a second floor loft. We spoke to Juliet Moore with Elyse Harney Real
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MassDOT: Overnight and Daytime Construction on I-90| 10:28AM / Friday, July 25, 2025 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing it will be performing overnight and daytime paving, bridge repair, and bridge painting operations on I-90 eastbound and westbound in the towns of Stockbridge, West Stockbridge, Becket, Montgomery, and Russell. All work is weather dependent and will take place at the following locations and times: Stockbridge: Paving operations will be conducted on I-90 eastbound from mile marker 5.0 to mile marker 7.8 on Monday night, July 28, and Tuesday night, July 29, from 7:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. the following morning. Bridge repairs will be conducted on I-90 westbound at mile 0 Comments
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The Classical Beat: Late July is High Season for Tanglewood, SevenarsBy Stephen Dankner, iBerkshires columnist
03:27PM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
 By late July, the peak of the summer classical music festival high season has arrived, anchored by concerts at Tanglewood in Lenox and at Sevenars Concerts in South Worthington; both festivals offer sure-fire and enticing, yet diverse and innovative contemporary programming. Offerings this week include revelatory chamber and orchestral works, with the focus on the 5-day Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music in Ozawa Hall and at the Linde Center Studio E (read below for the details). Boston Symphony performances include classical works by Bach, Mahler. Mendelssohn and Saint-Saens, as well as a major Festival highlight: the not-to-be-missed premiere in the Shed on Saturday, July 26 of a
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The Bidwell House Museum: Plan, Form and Construction| 03:15PM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
 SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Architectural historian Eric Gradoia will discuss the Bidwell House Museum as an example of 18th century New England domestic architecture. The talk will be held on July 26 at 11 am at the Bidwell House Museam. This in-Person event costs $15 for members and $25 for Non-Members $25. Via zoom the event is free for members and $15 for non members. According to a press release: The Bidwell house is a fascinating example of New England vernacular architecture. A product of several building campaigns, the core of the house was built c.1760, with additions made to it at different times throughout the 19th century. This talk will look at the 0 Comments
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