Berkshires

Congressman Richard Neal visited the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield on Monday to announce roughly $3,7 Million in funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venues Operation Grant program.  
The grant money a…

Camp Meade in Middlesex, Vermont is doing something very cool, that I’m sure could work here in the Berkshires... Girls Rock Vermont! It’s a very similar concept to the “Rock On” camp that we have here in the Berkshires, but this one i…

Hazy Skies in the Berkshires today could have to do with the wildfires that are burning in the western U.S. It seems unbelievable, but according to AccuWeather forecasters, that could indeed be the case. 
Forecasters say that with nearly 120 wildfires burning across the western United …

State Senator Adam Hinds announced Friday that the Massachusetts House and Senate enacted the final FY22 state budget, which is now on the Governor’s desk. The $47.7 billion spending plan contains nearly $5 million for local projects throughout the Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden Senate…

Transportation projects throughout Massachusetts, including here in the Berkshires, will be getting a badly needed infusion of funding. That potentially means that bridges and roads here locally that are in need of repair could be getting the capital necessary to make those …

Pittsfield fireworks display will be Sunday night (4th) in Pittsfield Park at Wahconah following the 6:30 Pittsfield Suns game (approximately beginning around 9 pm).  If the show were to rain out a makeup date will be announced.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency is asking for public input on GE’s Revised Pre-Design Investigation Work Plan for Reach 5A Non-Residential Floodplain Exposure. A media release from the Berkshire Environmental Action Team says that the public input opportunity is not required by law, but somet…

Living in the Berkshires, having a brush with fame is always a possibility. I have heard so many stories about people bumping into famous actors or musicians in a restaurant, or even at the grocery store. Recently Mark Wahlberg was spotted at the Proprietors Lodge in Pittsfield and Elizabeth Banks, …

Mapas de senderos—Spanish language trail maps—are now available for free in digital and/or print for Berkshire Natural Resources Council hiking trails. According to a news release from the Berkshire Natural Resources Council, Silvana Kirby, who is a nationally certified interpreter and founding tran…

Berkshire Agricultural Ventures has announced two new grants, one to Shaker Creek Farm and the other to Smoke & Honey Company.  
According to a media release from Berkshire Agricultural Ventures, a $3,020 matching grant to Shaker Creek Farm lo…