In an unusual move Art Of The Game is offering much of its 2006 summer merchandise for sale through the Holiday Season. Designed by John Broderick, the now highly recognizable 1791 logo can be viewed on t-shirts, travel mugs, sweatshirts, with or without hoods, and baseball caps and these items are anticipated to be the perfect gift for family and friends, especially at the reduced prices the art organization has authorized for this limited time period.
Broderick is also the artist whose building-sized wall hanging, The Pitcher, can be seen on North Street, just above West Street. It is one of more than twenty fine art creations that will remain on display throughout Pittsfield until October, 2007, the second year of the Art Of The Game project.
The sale items are available, exclusively, at the Pittsfield Visitors Center, operated by the Berkshire Visitors Bureau, in the lobby of the Colonial Theater. The shop is open most days. Check for hours.
During the sale the 1791 t-shirts will sell for $7 for adults and $5 for children’s sizes. The create your own t-shirt, complete with indelible markers, will sell for $5 for adult sizes and $3 for kids. The travel mugs have been reduced to $2.50; the 1791 patch to $.50; the souvenir pin to $3.00. The 1791 baseball caps will be $15.00 and the sweatshirts will go for $12 and $15.
Even the souvenir booklets with photos of all one hundred baseball glove chairs and other baseball art will be available at a special, limited-time offer price of $2.50, but only at this location.
“As we prepare for the second year of this art project,†said co-chair Mary Rentz, “we want to give the public a chance to go home with these souvenir items. The windows on art, mostly baseball art, will continue through the winter and the sculptures, hangings and benches will also continue, but now that the baseball glove chairs have been sold, we are formulating new plans for 2007. There will be new souvenirs of the second year, and we really need to make room for those things now.â€
The glove auction last month at Hancock Shaker Village brought in nearly $30,000, seventy percent of which is being distributed to the schools and youth organizations that created the works. Many of the window pieces have sold and some of the larger, artist created works are also under option for purchase.
For more information consult the Art Of The Game website at www.artgamepittsfield.org or call 413-443-6501.
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Lanesborough Town Meeting to Vote Budget, Bylaws & Vehicle Purchases
By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Tuesday's annual town meeting includes a $14 million operating budget, new short-term rentals, accessory dwelling units and sign bylaws, and free cash article appropriations.
Voters will gather at Lanesborough Elementary School on June 9 at 6 p.m. to decide on 20 warrant articles.
The fiscal 2027 budget is up a little over 10 percent. Some of the main increases are the Mount Greylock Regional School District and McCann Technical School: the McCann assessment is up more than 30 percent based on factors including enrollment and the school renovation project, and Mount Greylock's is up 11 percent.
Article 11 is for the town to vote to approve from free cash the sum of $16,298.48 for the McCann Technical School roof and window replacement project so as not to impact the budget. Article 3 is appropriate $7,586,284 for Mount Greylock Regional School assessment.
Another notable increase was in life and health insurance, showing an increase of about 26 percent.
Ambulance Director Jen Weber is planning 24-hour coverage, which means more staff and a hike in her budget. One of the articles asks the town to appropriate $234,100 to operate the Ambulance Enterprise Fund for salaries and expenses.
Many town departments are looking for new vehicles. The Fire Department is looking to replace its outdated 1996 fire engine. There are two articles related to the truck at a total of $813,366. Article 12 would transfer $225,000 from free cash into the Fire Truck Stabilization Fund; Article 13 would transfer $605,000 from the fund and authorize the borrowing of $208,366.08.
The total includes a $100,000 contingency cost to cover any additional costs if a 2026 model-year chassis cannot be secured before new emissions standards go into effect in 2027.
The board at its last meeting moved the $225,000 transfer to come before the borrowing article, changing the stabilization number. If the $225,000 is not voted on, then they will amend the next article's number on the floor, subtracting the $225,000. This shows the borrowing number significantly lower.
Article 17 asks for the transfer of $80,000 from free cash to replace a police cruiser.
Police Chief Rob Derksen's aim is to replace one vehicle every other year, meaning the oldest vehicle gets replaced about every 10 years.
He stressed that if delayed this year, the town may have to double up in a future year to get back on schedule, and that paying later usually costs more. The article will ask for $80,000 from free cash, the vehicles used to be funded by the BHRD.
Lastly, the Highway Department is looking to replace a 2014 International dump truck that will be a total of $330,000 and will take two to three years to receive.
Money will be used from last year's approval of $250,000 from free cash for the replacement of a 2012 highway front-end loader that was underspent $49,261. Town meeting is being asked to approve a transfer of $53,274.85 from free cash and the use of $227,464 from funds from the Sale of Town Real Estate to fund the balance.
Other free cash proposals include $1,200 to purchase software to support tracking and ongoing maintenance schedules of town-owned vehicles; $42,000 for the replacement of the Highway Department's storage shed roof, $200,000 to reduce the tax levy.
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