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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Staff Reports iBerkshires 09:14PM / Sunday, July 26, 2009
SHEFFIELD, Mass. — A South Egremont woman was killed early Saturday morning in a one-car crash on Millers Avenue. The driver has been charged motor vehicle homicide.
Amanda M. Parsons, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene after the 2005 Dodge Neon she was riding hit a tree and caught on fire.
According to state police assigned to the Lee barracks, the Neon's driver, Norman R. Pelletier, 35, of Great Barrington was driving erratically when Sheffield Police tried to stop him. The Neon continued down Millers Avenue, where Pelletier failed to negotiate a turn and the car went off the road, hitting the tree.
The accident occurred at about 2:30 a.m. and state police were called to the scene. The preliminary investigation was by Trooper Thomas O'Brien.
Pelletier suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries and was transported to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.
State police charged Pelletier with felony motor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence of alcohol. He remains hospitalized at Berkshire Medical Center and will be arraigned once the court and his physicians determine his condition so allows.
The facts and circumstances of the crash remain under investigation by Troop B with the assistance of the state police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction and Crime Scene Services sections, the Berkshire County district attorney's office and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Sheffield Fire and police departments assisted troopers at the scene.
