 | Happy New Year From iBerkshires.com
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 | Dewey Hall Gets $15K Donation Boost Toward Preservation and Planning
SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Dewey Memorial Hall has received a donation boost toward its preservation and planning goals.
Housatonic Heritage has granted a $15,000 Heritage Partnership grant. This will go toward a $35,000 matching grant for feasibility and planning from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities fund |
 | Taconic Boys Basketball Was Top Story of '23
The year started with one high school state championship on the show and ended with another on the hardwood.
In between, there were plenty of team titles, tournament runs and individual accomplishments to keep Berkshire County high school and youth sports fans in the seats and on the |
| Great Barrington Price Chopper Rebranding as Market 32
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. Following the vote of approval for a wine and malt liquor license for the Great Barrington Price Chopper by the town's Selectboard, Price Chopper/Market 32 will launch plans to modernize and expand its store under the company's Market 32 banner.
"We've been committed to the Great |
 | CHP, Rural Recovery Co-Host: Sober Curious?
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — For people considering quitting or cutting back their alcohol use in the New Year, Rural Recovery and CHP Berkshires are hosting a Jan. 3 hybrid event, "Sober Curious: A Conversation for the New Year."
The talk takes place at 7 p.m., at the South County Recovery Center, 67 State |
 | Theory Wellness Becomes an Employee-Owned Company
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Massachusetts-based cannabis company Theory Wellness is transitioning its ownership entirely over to its employees, in what is known as an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
By doing so, Theory has become the first employee-owned cannabis company in the Commonwealth and the largest of its |
| Great Barrington Applications for Deferred-Payment Home Improvement Loans
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The town has opened applications for income-eligible homeowners seeking a deferred payment home repair loan of up to $50,000.
The loan is forgiven if the homeowner remains in the residence for at least 15 years.
Information and application materials are on the town Planning |
 | CHP Mobile Health to Reach More Residents with Vaccines
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — As the CDC raises the alert about low vaccination rates and increased hospital emergencies and admissions for Covid, flu and other respiratory illness, CHP Mobile Health is ramping up holiday season vaccine clinics throughout the Berkshires.
CHP Berkshires is especially concerned with the |
 | North Adams Regional Opening Moves Forward With State Approval
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The state's Public Health Council approved the determination of need for North Adams Regional Hospital, and the hospital is now preparing to move forward with renovations.
The request by Berkshire Health Systems for a determination of need license was approved by the council last Wednesday; BHS |
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