Miss Hall's School Earns CASE Bronze Award

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall's School received a Bronze Award for its annual fund brochures in the Fundraising Materials category of the 2013 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, District I Communication Awards. This marks the second consecutive year that the school has been recognized with a CASE Award.

The brochures, with the theme "One Voice Stronger, One Step Further," were produced by the Miss Hall's School publications office, overseen by Director of Publications Brian M. Majewski. They feature copywriting by Communications Manager David A. Smith, photography by Dennis Degnan Photography, of Philadelphia, and graphic design by Studio Two, of Lenox. They were printed at Quality Printing in Pittsfield.
 
Other Bronze Award winners in the category include Bennington College and Emerson College. Silver Award winners are Deerfield Academy (the only other independent school recognized in the category), Memorial University of Newfoundland and Tufts University. Honorable mentions went to Boston College and Northeastern University. There were no Gold Award winners in the category.
 
The 2013 CASE Award is the school's third in two years. Miss Hall's received two Honorable Mentions — for its Alumnae Magazine and its admission viewbook, "Get Real" in the 2012 CASE District I Communication Awards.
 
The 2013 awards will be presented on Jan. 30 during the CASE District I Conference in Boston.

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Dalton Counter Sues Berkshire Concrete

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The dispute between Berkshire Concrete and the town has taken another turn as the town pursues a countersuit against the excavation company.
 
On April 13, Berkshire Concrete Corp., a subsidiary of Petricca Industries, launched legal action against the town, seeking damages, the overturning of the Planning Board's denial of its special permit, and additional proposed orders of a court. 
 
The town has responded with a countersuit of its own, seeking a preliminary injunction requiring Berkshire Concrete to fully restore Lot 105-16 and a permanent injunction mandating an effective dust mitigation plan. 
 
The suit also requests that Berkshire Concrete pay all fines assessed against them, along with the town’s legal costs and attorney's fees, and other relief deemed by the court. 
 
The claim explains the timeline of events dating back to 2024 when Berkshire Concrete started mining without town approval on parcel 105-16, clearing trees and vegetation that abuttors claimed acted as a natural barrier. 
 
The removal of this vegetation resulted in the creation of a corridor for wind to carry dust from the lot and onto residential properties in the abutting neighborhood, the suit claims. 
 
Almost a year ago, both the Select Board and Planning Board expressed that they wanted parcel No. 105-16 fully mitigated to abide by the town's bylaws.
 
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