School Closing Conte Middle School in North Adams will be closed Friday, December 5, as the investigation into a mercury spill continues.
Light'em Up! North Adams kicks off the holiday season with its annual treelighting on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 5:30 p.m.
Pittsfield lights its tree on Friday, Dec. 5, at 6 at Park Square.
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PITTSFIELD — Curly's Trail Half Marathon and Marathon will be run on Sunday, Sept. 7, in Pittsfield State Forest.
Both races start at 8 a.m. The half marathon has a four-hour cutoff time limit while the full marathon has an eight-hour cutoff.
All trails used are within the limits of the state forest, utilizing existing single track trails, old ski trails and woods roads. All runners will run a 13.1-mile loop course with the full marathoners running the second loop in reverse with minor changes. The marathon has 6,500 feet of climbing whereas the half marathon has about 3,200 feet.
All finishers receive a custom-designed finishers' medal, aid station fluid and fuel, and postrace food. There are also many raffle prizes drawn at random. Awards to top three men and women in both the marathon and half marathon. Special Curly Award will be given.
Hammer Nutrition, Sweep Voll Massage Therapy and BerkshireSports.org are the race sponsors.
All proceeds go to the Curly Voll Scholarship given yearly to a graduate of Pittsfield High School. In the winter of 1944, Albert "Curly" Voll, then a senior at Pittsfield High School, raced down the Shadow Trail in a course record (1:12) that still stands today. After school during the winter, he would sidestep up the Shadow Trail with his skis on and ski down 12 or more times a day. A lot of the trails used in the race are Curly's favorites.
Race application can be printed from above or found here, or call Beth Herder at 413-442-0560 for more information. There is no race-day registration.
Curly's Trail races are part of the Grand Tree Series of trail races around New England. Participants can run as few or as many as they like. Points are given in each race proportional to the participant's pace as a percentage of the winner's pace. For example, the winner gets 100 points and a runner at 75 percent of the winner's pace gets 75 points. An individual's best six races determine his or her final standing for the series. Awards are given out at the end of the season.
Go to www.runwmac.com for more information on the Grand Tree Series and to see schedules and results.
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North Adams kicks off the holiday season with its annual treelighting on 
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