Festival of Sharing Roots 2009

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Dancers representing different cultures are expected to participate during a Sept. 13 "Festival of Sharing Roots" in Pittsfield.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. - The 6th annual "Festival of Sharing Roots" will be on held Sunday, September 13, 2009 from 12:30 PM to 5:30 PM. The rain date will be Sunday, September 20th. It will be held on the parish grounds at 414 North Street, Pittsfield, MA.
 
This event is hosted by St. Joseph Parish. It highlights the many cultures that comprise the parish community. Key to organizing the festival six years ago was to bring people together after the 9/11 tragedy in a peaceful way and recognizes the diversity of people and families working together, having fun, sharing customs, food and heritage. The event has been a huge success for the past five years and we are looking forward to another great year.
 
Admission is free. Entertainment begins at 12:30 PM featuring local vocalists, dancers and musicians. Continuous performances will take place on the City Stage accompanied by a professional sound system. The festival will have food concessions representing nine international cuisines each serving their favorite specialty.

Those represented are American, Brazilian, French, Irish, Italian, Latino, Lebanese, Polish, and Vietnamese. Once again there will be Kiddy Land with Mr. Bouncy Bounce, face painting and games for everyone. We are offering the traditional food basket raffle, Chinese raffle and lottery ticket raffle. A White Elephant tag sale will take place in the church driveway. To allow more crafters the opportunity to participant, the craft area is being expanded. 

For additional information call St. Joseph Parish at 413 445 5789.
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Multiple Departments Respond to Lanesborough Structure Fire

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Multiple fire departments responded to a structure fire off Narragansett Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. 

The Fire Department received a call from the owner of 6 Bangor St. reporting a smoke and flames at around 1:44 p.m.

Firefighters arriving on scene reported heavy smoke emanating from the the 1940s single-family ranch home in the thickly settle neighborhood.

The blaze was brought under control in less than an hour and there were no civilian or firefighter injuries. 

"The homeowner was outside doing some work, evidently, opened the door when she came back in the house, and there were flames and smoke, so she backed out and called us, and that's all we know right now," Deputy Fire Chief Glen Storie said around 2:35 p.m. 

The fire was out at that time, and first responders observed "quite a bit of damage" to the home. The cause is still under investigation. 

Lanesborough, Cheshire, and Pittsfield departments responded to the scene, and Hancock covered the station during the call. 

"The first crew in knocked the fire right down with the first engine," Storie said. 

Smoke could be seen coming from the back of the home. Part of Narragansett Avenue and Bangor Avenue were blocked off while firefighters battled the blaze. 

 

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