Work of SBRSD task force questioned
SHEFFIELD – A request for $2,500 from Southern Berkshire Regional School District (SBRSD) Elementary Task Force Chair Louise Yohalem was met with intense debate from the district’s school committee. The…
Kennedy Park entrance improvements approved
LENOX – The board of selectmen and conservation commission have approved another project at Kennedy Park. The project, described in a presentation by Town Manager Gregory Federspiel at the select…
Akroyd overlap questioned
LENOX – After three years of waiting, the new Kennedy Park entrance on Aspinwall Road, designed by local landscape architect Robert Akroyd, is finally slated to be built. Questions remain,…
WMECo expands energy efficiency offerings
Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo), which serves part of The Berkshires, is helping Massachusetts get greener every day thanks to innovative energy legislation and policies enacted in the commonwealth. Pioneering…
Lenox anniversary commitee formed
LENOX – The board of selectmen has officially formed a committee to plan the 250th anniversary of the town’s founding. In forming the committee, the select board adopted guidelines for…
BHS hospitals recognized as top performers
The Joint Commision, the nation’s leading accrediting organization for hospitals, has named Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) in Pittsfield and Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington as “Top Performers” on “Key Quality Measures.” BMC was…
Holiday Brook Farm offers sustainably-grown foods
DALTON – To get to Holiday Brook Farm, one crosses a small bridge over Wahconah Brook and drives up an unpaved road to the farm store and other buildings. Then,…
Commissioner of agriculture to speak in Lee
LEE – The Berkshire County Farm Bureau (BCFB) is pleased to announce Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture Greg Watson will be the keynote speaker at its annual meeting tonight (Sept. 27) at…
Town native remembers Lenox of her childhood
LENOX – A town native, Mary Benjamin, 89, remembers playing as a child in the woods where Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center now stands. Her late father, Francis McDermott, worked…
Lenox begins preparing for 250th anniversary
LENOX – The town’s 250th anniversary may be five years away, but Lenox has already begun preparations to make sure it’ll be a memorable one. Lucy Kennedy of the Lenox…