Berkshire County Educator Recognition Award recipients announced
NORTH ADAMS – Three teachers from around the county have been announced as this year’s recipients of the Third Annual Berkshire County Educator Recognition Awards. Wahconah Regional High School classics…
New visitors center opening in Pittsfield
PITTSFIELD – In a location especially convenient to bus and train travelers, the city will be opening a new visitors center over Memorial Day weekend. The City of Pittsfield has…
A day of science at MCLA
NORTH ADAMS – Two major science-related events will be held at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) this Saturday (April 27). The Massachusetts Region I Middle School Science and Engineering…
SBRSD processes task force recommendations
NEW MARLBOROUGH – A few months after receiving the report of the Elementary Task Force, the Southern Berkshire Regional School District is starting to move forward on delegating the report’s…
Lenox School Committee approves FY ’14 budget
LENOX – The town meeting warrant will include an $8,882,402 assessment to cover the public schools’ fiscal year 2014 budget. That figure comes from a total budget of $12,366,080 and an…
‘State-of-the-art’ manufacturing equipment heading to Taconic
PITTSFIELD – New equipment and new scheduling are coming to Taconic High School’s CVTE (career vocational technical education) programs. Thanks to Berkshire Community College, which has been using the CVTE space…
Pittsfield Public Schools begin FY ’14 budget process
PITTSFIELD – As neighboring districts wrap up their budget seasons, the school administration recently began the budget process with the school committee. In order to give some context for the fiscal year…
CBRSD approves FY ’14 capital projects
DALTON – Eight capital projects for the Central Berkshire Regional School District are moving forward to town meetings, a total of $615,783. The projects are: Becket-Washington School playground equipment, $20,000…
Thousands gather to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday
STOCKBRIDGE – In a crowd rivaling that of a James Taylor Fourth of July concert at Tanglewood, the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy drew thousands of people to Mass…
Remembering Roger Ebert
My high school yearbook quote: “…my dream is to be the next Roger Ebert, a movie critic known worldwide.” What’s weird is that, just mere hours before the world found…