St. Stanislaus School benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.
Blackinton Union Church, 1373 Massachusetts Ave., North Adams; 10 to 2. Crafts table, bake sale, Chinese auction, the Christmas table, and kid's grab bag. Lunch $4, $2 kids.
First Congregational Church, North Adams, 9-2.
Nov. 28 Becket Federated Church, Route 8, holiday bazaar from 9-3. Lunch, crafts, baked goods, holiday and other items. Information: Mary Peltier, Parish House, 413-623-5217.
Dec. 5
Holiday Fair at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, Lee, from 10 to 3; handcrafted items, raffles, children's shop, bake sale, cut Christmas trees and lunch from 11 to 1. Includes angel-themed goods from SERRV. Information, 413-243-1033 or www.ucc-lee.org.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Information: Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
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Berkshire Community College has announced that 52 students will be inducted into the Xi Alpha Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, during a ceremony Wednesday evening, May 28, at 7 in the Koussevitzky Art Center, Room K-110 on the college’s main campus in Pittsfield.
Phi Theta Kappa is the national honor society of junior and community colleges in the United States. The purpose of the society is to recognize and encourage scholarship among junior and community college students.
To be eligible for membership in the society, students with freshman standing (12 to 29 BCC credits) must have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.8 or better. Those students with a sophomore standing (30 or more BCC credits) must have achieved a cumulative average of 3.6 or better.
The 52 new PTK members include:
Adams: Cherylene Czaja.
Becket: Donna Britton-Witruk.
Great Barrington: Kelly Kraft.
Hinsdale: Nicole Brady.
Housatonic: Barbara Warren.
Lanesborough: Leon Lazarevic.
Lee: Charles Coughlin, Maura Kelly, Cody Mitchell, Polina Russell and Tiffany Sermini.
Lenox: Ekaterina Andreychuk, Artem Goryaev, Renu Linberg and Laura B. Saldarini.
Mt. Washington: Sarah Johnston.
Pittsfield: Assompta Abanulo, Rachel Appell, Hayley Blonder, Kevin Borosky, Glenda Brewer, Mary Brooks, Laura Carr, Nadine Chapman, Melissa Cook, Christopher Couig, Patricia Curley, Janet Fiske, Grace Greenan, Kimberly Gritman, Michael Hitchcock, Dahania Ingram, Audry Kelly, Trista Leach, Ana Linha, Kristina Maziliauskaite, Jay Ogle, Joseph Potash, Diana Seminario, Ariel Sims, Naval Singh, Andrea Spaniol, Millissa Tessier and Nathan Tucker.
