Tom Conklin is the News Director and lead news voice for the Berkshire News Network and the Townsquare Media Berkshire Radio Group. Tom is also a musician and voiceover talent. He has been a guitarist for more than three decades and plays lead guitar for the New England based band, The Matchstick Architects. He also does voiceover narration work for clients all over the world from his home studio in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Tom is also a founding member of Berkshire Organization for Original Music, or BOOM, which is a Berkshire County based organization that advocates for the local original music scene and performers of original music in the Berkshires.
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COVID Restrictions Ease Today in Massachusetts
Several of the restrictions put in place in Massachusetts to stop the spread of COVID-19 were lifted as of today. Governor Charlie Baker announced the loosening of the restrictions last week during his daily briefing on Thursday.
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Pittsfield, Lenox Police Respond to Five Convenience Store Robberies
All the details have not yet been released, but law enforcement agencies in the City of Pittsfield and the Town of Lenox have responded to five separate robberies at five local convenience stores since yesterday afternoon. Details as to which specific convenience stores were held up were not given a…
Snow Continuing Throughout Afternoon, Temp’s Dropping
Snow is expected to continue through this afternoon, so if you are planning on heading out, you are advised to use caution. The National Weather Service in Albany posted on its Facebook page earlier today that there will be brief periods of reduced visibility and gusty winds possible as snow showers…
BCC Expanding Collegiate Recovery Community
Berkshire Community College launched a Collegiate Recovery Community for its students last fall and will expand its efforts into the spring 2021 semester and beyond. According to the college’s website, The recovery community, Students for Recovery at BCC, is a shared space for studen…
Stay at Home Advisory Being Lifted on Monday
What a difference a day makes? Governor Charlie Baker announced during his daily briefing today (Thursday) that beginning Monday (Jan.25) the Stay-at-Home advisory, asking state residents to not be out from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., will be lifted...
Learn How To Protect Your Kids in Cyberspace
As we continue to ride out the coronavirus pandemic, our children are spending more and more time online and on platforms such as the Zoom Meeting platform – but how do we know our kids are safe from all the threats that are out there in these virtual spaces...
Berkshire Hills Resuming In-Person Learning
The Berkshire Hills Regional School District will be getting back to in-person learning later in January. The Berkshire Eagle is reporting that in an email to families of the school district on Wednesday, Superintendent Peter Dillion wrote that COVID-19 data trends were "getting better&…
Fenway Will Be The States 2nd Mass-Vaccination Site
As COVID-19 vaccine distribution continues across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the state moves through the various phases of this effort, Governor Charlie Baker’s administration is moving forward with efforts to make the vaccines available to everyone...
Is The New COVID-19 Variant Something to Worry About?
Are you concerned about the new COVID-19 variant? Now that we have the COVID-19 vaccines being distributed in phases in the Commonwealth, should we be overly concerned over the recent announcement about a new variant of the virus being detected here...
Connell, Morandi Will Forgo Pittsfield Reelection Bids
A pair of Pittsfield City Councilors have apparently decided to not run for re-election when the City of Pittsfield holds its municipal election in September/November.
Ward 4 councilor, Chris Connell announced via a post on his personal Facebook profile on Monday, that he has de…
Ward 4 councilor, Chris Connell announced via a post on his personal Facebook profile on Monday, that he has de…