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Dalton CRA Offers Daylong Anniversary Celebration on Friday

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DALTON, Mass. -- The Dalton Community Recreation Association will celebrate its 95th anniversary with a full day of free events open to the public on Friday, Nov. 9.
 
The festivities kick off with a trio of 5:15 a.m. fitness classes: Sunrise "45" with Katie West; and Spinning with James McMahon; and Grind 21 with Mike Whitehouse.
 
And the day ends with a family swim session from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
 
In between, the CRA will offer yoga, water aeorobics, high school pickup basketball, a kindergym and more.
 
One of the highlights comes from 5 to 7 p.m., when there will be a special celebration in the lobby with a cake, arts and crafts and the drawing for an anniversary raffle.
 
The center will offer a pair of promotions in honor of the celebration. Purchase six months at the regular price on Friday and receive two months free. Or, get 20 percent off any membership, punch card or personal training package.
 
For the full schedule and more information about all the CRA's offerings, visit www.daltoncra.org.
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Dalton Health Dept. Develops Temporary Food Event Info Sheet

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass.—The Board of Health approved an amended version of a Temporary Food Event Informational Sheet.
 
Health Agent Agnes Witkowski and her Administrative Assistant Christina Parkington developed this information sheet to streamline the permitting process for temporary food events. 
 
Before this information sheet, Witkowski would work with event organizers to determine the vendors. Then Witkowski and Parkington would reach out to the vendors with applications and information. 
 
"There's times when we even had somebody show up as a vendor not being permitted and then they're looking for what we require. Well, this is to help organize that and to make it smoother," Witkowski said. 
 
This document will be given to the event organizer and the vendors. 
 
"I think it's just good communication, and it's helping guidelines and expectations," Witkowski said. 
 
The sheet instructs the event coordinator to provide the Board of Health with a contact list of all vendors 30 days before the event. The list must include the vendor's name, contact person, phone number, and email address.
 
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