| Great Barrington Urges Participation in Internet Access Survey
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Town officials urge residents to participate in the Digital Equity Survey developed by the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI), to help improve internet access and digital equity.
The survey is available until Aug. 31.
The five-minute anonymous survey can be found here, or |
| 1Berkshire Welcomes Youth Leadership Program Class
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — 1Berkshire welcomes its 13th class into the Berkshire Youth Leadership Program.
This group of 27 rising high school juniors from across the Berkshires was selected through a competitive application process to begin a year-long leadership development program that kicked off in June with a three-day, |
| South County Overnight Construction Operations on I-90
LEE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced that crews will be conducting overnight hour line striping work and median pier protection, barrier installation and pavement marking operations on I-90 eastbound and westbound in Becket, Otis, Lee, West Stockbridge and Stockbridge.
The |
 | CHP Berkshires is On the Road with New Mobile Health Vehicles
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The CHP Berkshires Mobile Health Team is bringing more health care and food security to Berkshires with the addition of two new mobile health vehicles.
A third, a mobile dental clinic, is on the way.
These new rolling health care vehicles and their clinical staff were |
 | Tree Identification Walk in Lower Bowker's Woods
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) will lead a free tree identification walk on Sunday, Aug. 20, at 9:30 AM.
Participants will meet at the trailhead of Lower Bowker's Woods, a Laurel Hill Association property located near Stockbridge. The walk will last between 1.5 and 2 hours. Anybody is |
 | New Marlborough to Celebrate Elihu Burritt Day
NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — New Marlborough will host its 47th annual Elihu Burritt Day on Saturday, Aug. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The event will take place on the Village Green (Route 57) in New Marlborough.
The free town fair offers fun and entertainment for all ages, including live music, local arts |
| Great Barrington Opens Mid-Year CPA Funding Cycle
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Great Barrington Community Preservation Committee (CPC) will hold a special "off-cycle" funding round for organizations with projects that meet CPA funding criteria.
Organizations must demonstrate to the CPC that their projects are "shovel-ready" and that funds are urgently |
 | Berkshire Money Management Welcomes New Employee
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Berkshire Money Management (BMM), the full-service financial advising firm with offices in Dalton and Great Barrington, announced the expansion of its Great Barrington team with the addition of Airen Wadsworth as Front Office Coordinator.
As the Front Office Coordinator, Airen is the first |
| LitNet Revamps Website to Better Serve Learners, Tutors
LEE, Mass. — The Literacy Network has launched a new website that furthers its mission of serving the county's immigrant population through language assistance, U.S. citizenship information, and other resources.
This is the first overhaul of LitNet's website in eight years and features improved translation and an intranet |
| Trustees Receive Grant to Digitalize Ashley House Collection
BOSTON — The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) Archives & Research Center has received a grant for over $344,819 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support a project called "A Tale of Two Communities in Two Centuries."
This two-year initiative will process, conserve, and digitize two |
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