Join us for the 59th Annual Fall Foliage Festival Parade on Sunday,October 5, 2014. Participants will help celebrate 100 years of adventure and culture in the Mohawk Trail Region with this year's theme - 100th Anniversary of the Mohawk Trail!
Join the Natural Bridge's Park Interpreter for a three-part program for pre school-aged kids. Learn about forest animals, geology, plants, and more. Dress appropriately for the weather!
Let the music move your body and experience the joy and exhilaration that comes from dancing freely. Absolutely no experience necessary. Lights will be dimmed and no one will be watching. Dance floor is heated!
Get Down with DownStreet Art for the last time this season at our Closing Art Party September 25, 2014 from 4–11 PM. There will be music, dance, poetry, art making, artist meet and greets and closing receptions!
Support the North Adams Library and get great books at great prices! There will be a silent auction, bake sale and a special book table. There will be hundreds of clean, well-sorted books which start at 25 cents – in addition to CDs and DVDs.
Marvelous Marble Tour Visitor Center
Natural Bridge State Park (413) 663-6392 10 AM and 2 PM
FREE / $2 Parking
Come enjoy our beautiful studio space and connect with the kula - or local community – through yoga! These are open doors classes welcome to all levels and fitness abilities. Our Community Yoga classes will vary in response to the group. This is a fun upbeat class for everybody, every level, and every wallet.
Friday Night Fun Club
Northern Berkshire YMCA
22 Brickyard Court (413) 663-6529 6-8 PM
FREE
YMCA opens its doors for any youth aged 8-14 for an evening of fun and games. Swimming, gym games, athletic tournaments, and many more activities will be available; come in and play!
Open Mic Night at The Parlor Café
The Parlor Cafe
303 Ashland Street (413) 346-4279 8 PM
FREE/Donations accepted
Interested in listening to some fantastic local talent? Head on over to The Parlor Café. Have a coffee, tea, or beer while you enjoy poetry, music, and so much more in the relaxing company of friends.
Karaoke Friday at State Street Tavern
167 State Street (413) 664-9151 9 PM-1 AM
FREE
Boogie on over to State Street Tavern and sing some tunes! Serenade the crowd by yourself or pull a group together and give them a show they’ll never forget!
The market offers a variety of fruits, vegetables and more for those looking for delicious and healthy eating alternatives. People can also enjoy music, entertainment, and info booths, all of which change week to week. This event is going to be held on each Saturday till October 25.
Marvelous Marble Tour Visitor Center
Natural Bridge State Park
(413) 663-6392 10 AM and 2 PM
FREE / $2 Parking
Imagine if Kurt Cobain was the lead singer for Blink 182 and that band then had a week long affair with Green Day. The resulting bastard love child would be the sound of Gusto!/p>
If you would like to contribute information on this article, contact us at info@iberkshires.com.
Your Comments
iBerkshires.com welcomes critical, respectful dialogue. Name-calling, personal attacks, libel, slander or foul language is not allowed. All comments are reviewed before posting and will be deleted or edited as necessary.
No Comments
Clarksburg FinCom, Select Board Agree on $1.9M Town Operating Budget
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The town is looking at an operating budget of $1,859,413 for fiscal 2025, down a percent from this year largely because of debt falling off.
Town officials are projecting a total budget at about $5.1 million, however, the School Committee is not expected to approve a school budget for two more weeks so no final number has been determined.
Town officials said they've asked the school budget to come in at a 2 percent increase. Finance Committee member Carla Fosser asked what would happen if it was more than that.
"Then we would need to make cuts," said Town Administrator Carl McKinney, adding, "I'm a product of that school. But at the same time, we have a town to run to and, you know, we're facing uncertain weather events. And our culverts are old, the roads are falling apart. ... ."
The assessment to McCann Technical School is $363,220, down about $20,000 from this year.
The major increases on the town side are step and cost-of-living raises for employees (with the exception of the town clerk at her request), the addition of a highway laborer, an increase in hours from 16 to 24 for the town accountant, and insurance and benefits that are about $70,000. There is a slight increase for employee training and supplies such as postage.
Select Board Chair Robert Norcross at Wednesday's joint meeting with the Finance Committee, said the town's employees are hard-working and that wages aren't keeping up with inflaction.
The closure was announced on the store's Facebook page late Sunday night, where it immediately drew comments of remembrance and well-wishing.
click for more
Spring arriving in all its raucous and deliberate awakening is heralded by a symphony of vanguard spring peepers, hyla crucifer, that transform the cold and drear into a circus of vivacious trilling. click for more
The fate of the facility attached to Brayton School has been in limbo since the closure of the pool last year because of structural issues and the departure of the Berkshire Family YMCA in March.
click for more