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What's PlayingBazaarsNov. 21
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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Bus Driver Stricken at Wheel; Five Injured in CrashStaff reports
iBerkshires
04:45PM / Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Updated on July 30, 2009
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Dufour Inc. bus went off the road and into a ditch early Wednesday morning after the driver apparently had a heart attack.
James A. Witherell, 69, of Williamstown was pronounced dead at Berkshire Medical Center, said police. Preliminary results indicate Witherell likely had a heart attack, said police.
Witherell had been a driver with Dufour for 18 months, according to reports in The Berkshire Eagle, and the bus itself was one of the newer ones in the fleet. Witherell had been a trucker for some years in his younger days. He had retired from the security department of GE in 1993.
Five members of a Massachusetts College of Liberal Art's program were injured when the bus smashed into the guard rails near Unistress.
The bus was one of three bringing 80 members of MCLA's Leadership Academy program home to North Adams from an evening at Tanglewood in Lenox.
The bus, with only 15 passengers, was northbound on Route 8 (Cheshire Road) at about 12:40 a.m. when it apparently veered to the right and went into a gully. The accident is being investigated by the Pittsfield Police Department; Lanesborough Police, fire personnel from both communities and Lanesborough and County ambulances also responded to the scene.
MCLA Vice President of Administration and Finance James Stakenas said the five graduate students were taken to BMC with injuries; four were treated and released and a fifth was kept for further treatment. Stakenas said he had not confirmed whether that individual had been released yet.
"Our hearts go out to the Dufour business and family because of this," said Stakenas. "We are very sad for them, it's a difficult thing to go through."
The Leadership Academy is an intensive program for educators seeking administrative certification. The residential program offers 12 credits of coursework crammed into just over two weeks.
The area's many cultural attractions "punctuate their week as part of their program," said Stakenas. Dufour was being used to take the large group to see Tanglewood on Parade, which included Gov. Deval Patrick narrating Copland's "Lincoln Portrait."
This isn't the first time the academy has seen tragedy. In 2005, Brooklyn, N.Y., teacher Lenore Silverbush, 51, was killed and four others injured when the minivan in which they were riding was struck by a reckless driver in New Ashford. Silverbush and four other teachers attending the academy had gone to a performance at Jacob's Pillow in Becket. The minivan was owned by one of the teachers.
In such circumstances, the college's Public Safety Office is informed and alerts senior leadership, "who step in to ensure our students and faculty are safe," he said. "[Public Safety] did a great job of notifying people."
College leaders met with the visiting faculty and program participants Wednesday morning to inform them of the services available to them. Classes for the day were adjusted to take into consideration the accident and lateness of the students' arrival back on campus. The program itself ends next week.
"We're fortunate that our graduate students are safe," said Stakenas. |
| My brother was one of the students on the second bus. He remained calm and took charge of the situation, helping people off the bus and to safety. He and another student performed CPR on the driver, but unfortunately he passed away. He did all this while the bus could have dangerously slipped down an embankment. I am very proud of the level headedness of these future educational leaders. | | from: Kathleen Andre Brown | on: 07-30-2009 |
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| yes the dufour drivers two of us drivers were on that run and how would you feel to wach one of your friends and co workers crash and die.NOT TO MENTION THE PASSENGERS FROM MCLA.DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE YOUR CAR?WHAT ABOUT THE MORONS THAT RUN THE FLASHING RED LIGHTS SO THAY CAN GET A COFFE BEFOR WORK.RESPECI IS IN ORDER JIM YOU WILL BE MISSED | | from: prsent driver | on: 07-30-2009 |
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| you may want to proofread this article - has some typos. | | from: checkit | on: 07-30-2009 |
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| A man dies and this article and the comment are all about DuFour. Have I miss something??? My sympathy goes to the family of the man who was killed. I am sure the bus company will bounce back. | | from: | on: 07-30-2009 |
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| IHAVE SPENT MANY HOURS ON DIFFERENT DUFOUR ESCORTED TOURS THREW THE LAST FEW YEARS AND FOUND THE DRIVERS AND ESCOURT TO BE TRULY THE GREATEST. I AM SORRY TO HEAR OF THIS TRAGIC ACCIDENT. MY SELF AND THE AGENCY I WORK FOR WILL CONTINUE TO USE DUFOUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE | | from: D DUPRAS | on: 07-29-2009 |
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