Otto and Lily find a new home
PITTSFIELD – Several weeks ago, the Berkshire Beacon ran a story about two older cats, Otto and Lily, needing to be adopted after their elderly owner Eleanor Leaheypassed away. Since…
Talented Local Artist Creates Dolls From Corn Husks
[media-credit id=3 align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit] CHESHIRE – Suzanne Goudreau, a town resident, is a talented artist with whatever medium she is using. She has worked in acrylics and oils and painted…
Arrowhead resident-playwright loves her pair of Pyrs
PITTSFIELD – Sally Filkins, a city resident, is the playwright-in-residence at Arrowhead on Holmes Road. She’s written numerous plays that have been performed by VOICES theater group, including “Melville Haunted.”…
Successful fundraising event at Arrowhead brings people together
PITTSFIELD – The first combined flea market, tag sale and crafts fair, a fundraising event held last weekend at Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, turned out to be successful as well as…
From the Heart: Sweet September
September really is a very sweet month, touched with a tad of “bitter” as well. It signals the beginning of so many good things such as a new school year,…
“School Days, School Days, Good ‘Ole’ Golden Rule Days…”
This week, as children throughout Berkshire County went back to school after the long summer vacation, my thoughts traveled back through time. It was more decades ago than I care…
Thursday Night Jazz Vespers Returning to Zion Lutheran Church in September
PITTSFIELD — Jazz Vespers, a free sunset evening prayer services featuring jazz improvisation, singing and silence, will return to Zion Lutheran Church, 74 First St. in Pittsfield, on September 5.…
Pittsfield woman starts ornaments home business
PITTSFIELD – Kathi Kelly, an experienced rubber stamp artisan, has had a lifelong love of crafts, so it makes sense she’d eventually start her own business selling her artistic ornament…
A Visit to the National Shrine of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Makes an Easy and Inspirational Day Trip
[media-credit id=3 align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]PITTSFIELD – More than 50 parishioners from St. Mark’s Church climbed aboard a bus and into three cars last weekend and drove a little more than an…
We just keep hoping: Family looks for home for beloved cats
PITTSFIELD – Luck and time are running out for Lily and Otto, two well-behaved house cats in good health who have had some tough breaks this summer. Their human “mom,”…