South County notes

12:00AM / Wednesday, March 03, 2004Print Story | Email Story

Benefit dance EGREMONT â€” The Eggs Foundation for Foster Children will hold a benefit dance at Egremont Country Club from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 5. Rob Putnam, Steve Ides and friends will provide music. The cost is $10 at the door. The dance will benefit foster children in the Berkshires. The Eggs Foundation provides educational gifts, grants and scholarships for foster children. Fairy tales SHEFFIELD â€” Christine Hobbie, a Jungian-oriented psychologist, will speak about â€œThe Inner Meaning of Fairy Talesâ€ at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at the Bushnell-Sage Library, 48 Main St. Hobbie will ask such questions as â€œCan you recognize the Wicked Witch, Selfish Giant, Handsome Prince or Sleeping Beauty in yourself?â€ and expound on a theme that fairy tales have timeless messages, whether people come to them in roles as parents, children, friends, teachers or spouses. Information: 229-7004. Village meeting HOUSATONIC â€” There will be a village meeting in Housatonic on Saturday, March 6, from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the fire station. The purpose is to follow up the visioning session held on Feb. 7, to present the task force report of that meeting and to identify and form committees to implement the interests expressed by the members of the community. The committees identified so far are arts, recreation, business recruitment, youth activities, elderly services, school reuse, the library, village common/playground and landscaping. Stained glass GREAT BARRINGTON â€” Julie L. Sloan, a stained-glass consultant from North Adams, will give a free talk on Sunday, March 7, at 2 p.m. at St. Peterâ€™s Church to mark the 100th anniversary of placing the cornerstone of the Main Street church. The centennial celebration will culminate in a special Liturgical Mass on May 16. Sloan has worked in stained glass since 1982 and is the author of â€œConservation of Stained Glass in Americaâ€ and many articles on stained glass history and conservation. She is also adjunct professor of historic preservation at Columbia University, where she has taught stained glass restoration since 1985. Sloan is currently working on research on the stained glass of artist John LaFarge and American stained glass history. In addition she is consulting on the restoration of significant stained-glass windows around the country, including H.H. Richardsonâ€™s Trinity Church in Boston. Paul and Maureen Hickey are co-chairmen of the St. Peterâ€™s Centennial Celebration Committee. Paul Hickey is leading a capital campaign to raise money for interior and exterior improvements to the church and chapel. Maureen Hickey is coordinating the program of speakers that will conclude when Milda Richardson talks about New England Catholic architecture on April 25. Programs are at the church and are free and open to the public. Information: The Rev. Dan Papineau, parish office, 528-1157 or Maureen and Paul Hickey, 528-9361. Open house GREAT BARRINGTON â€” The Rudolf Steiner School, 35 West Plain Road, will host its all-school open house on Saturday, March 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Storycrafters will perform at 11 in the auditorium. The award-winning recording and live performance duo of Barry Marshall and Jeri Burns regales audiences of all ages with their intercultural tales and songs. The performance will be followed by a brief presentation on the method of Waldorf education. The Waldorf educational movement is one of the fastest-growing independent school movements in the country, with over 300 Waldorf schools in the United States and 1,000 worldwide. Refreshments will be served. Teachers, staff, parents and students will be on hand to answer questions from parents and their children. Teachers will be available in classrooms from 12:30 to 3 p.m. The school store, Matrushka, featuring toys, books and gifts, will relocate for the day from its Main Street storefront. The store manager, Ruth Blair, invites visitors to the open house to browse. Raffle tickets to the school-sponsored a cappella performance, â€œVoicesâ€, will be on sale for $1 apiece. The concert, hosted by actress Karen Allen, will feature five college a cappella groups: The Noteables from Smith, The Accidentals from Williams, The Accents from Skidmore, Voicemale from Brandeis and A Completely Different Note from UConn. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. at the Allen Theatre at Berkshire Mountain School, 245 Undermountain Road in Sheffield. Proceeds will benefit the Steiner School and its music program. The Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School serves students from toddlers through 10th grade. The all-school open house is an opportunity for parents to learn about the schoolâ€™s Parent/Toddler Circle, the nursery, the mixed-age kindergarten programs, elementary grades one through eight and the new Great Barrington Waldorf High School. The school, which opened in 1971, has been accredited since 1991, and was reaccredited jointly two years ago by the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America and the Association of Independent Schools of New England. It serves students from Berkshire County, Connecticut and New York State. Directions or further information: Winslow Eliot, director of admissions, 528-4015, ext. 104. Trinity Evensong LENOX â€” The music office at Trinity Parish will offer a sung service of evening prayer, or Evensong, on Sunday March 7, at 5 p.m. in the church, 88 Walker St. The choir will consist of members of the Trinity Parish choir, as well as other singers from throughout Berkshire County. They will be led by Jeff Hunt, Trinityâ€™s organist and choirmaster. Interested singers are invited and asked to call 499-7320 to reserve scores. Choir rehearsal will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the choir room. This is the second in a monthly series of sung evening prayer, following the form in the Book of Common Prayer, Rite I. Trinity Parish offers evening prayer on Sundays at 5 p.m. Evensong will take place on the first Sunday of each month. The public is welcome. Information: Hunt, 499-7320. Art League SHEFFIELD â€” The Sheffield Art League 2004 show â€” dedicated this year to Martha Platt, one of the art leagueâ€™s founders and faithful members â€” will run from March 12 through April 4. The exhibit will be held at the Lifelong Learning Center in the Wagner Building at Noble Horizons, 17 Cobble St., Salisbury, Conn. An opening reception, to which the public is invited, will be held on March 12 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Between 40 and 50 pieces of framed art and sculpture will be on display at the show and will be available for purchase. Viewers interested in purchasing any of the works will be asked to contact the artist directly. A catalog listing pertinent information will be on display at the show and at the front desk to facilitate sales. The show will be open during business hours on weekdays and on weekends from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Sheffield Art League promotes the appreciation of fine art in the community. The members, now over 200, include artists working in many media as well as non-artists who appreciate and support art in the community. Centered in Sheffield, league members live mostly in southwestern Massachusetts, northwest Connecticut, and east central New York. Information: www.sheffieldartleage.org or P.O. Box 296, Great Barrington, MA 01230 Biblical storytelling LENOX â€” Barbara Briggs, Christian formation missioner for the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, will conduct a workshop on biblical storytelling and biblical drama at St. Helenaâ€™s Chapel, 221 New Lenox Road, on Monday, March 8, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The public is invited. The free session is designed to be of special interest to Sunday school leaders and religious educators. Member of all faiths are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Advance registration is not required. The workshop will be held in the parish hall, which is accessible to the handicapped. Sinai workshops LENOX â€” Sinai Academy of the Berkshires will present â€œFully Alive! Practical Steps to Renewed Energy and Health,â€ its third annual health series featuring presentations by key prevention and treatment staff from Canyon Ranch, local practitioners and national speakers, on two consecutive Sundays, March 21 and 28, at Lenox Town Hall. Anyone seeking state-of-the-art information on health and wellness is invited to attend. Tickets are $20 for each presentation. For those who register prior to March 15 and pay by check, the cost will be $30 for both workshops: $15 for one. The ticket price includes refreshments. The presenters will be Mark Liponis, M.D., corporate medical director; Stephanie Beling, M.D., specializing in endocrinology and metabolism and the relationship between nutrition and health; Kristine Huffman, a behavioral therapist conducting biofeedback, hypnotherapy and counseling; Kathie Swift, registered and licensed dietitian and nutritionist. Both Swift and Huffman have private practices in the Berkshires. Information: Sinai Academy, 499-4167.

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Lanesborough Fifth-Graders Win Snowplow Name Contest

02:13PM / Tuesday, December 23, 2025

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — One of the snowplows for Highway District 1 has a new name: "The Blizzard Boss."

The name comes from teacher Gina Wagner's fifth-grade class at Lanesborough Elementary School.

The state Department of Transportation announced the winners of the fourth annual "Name A Snowplow" contest on Monday.

The department received entries from public elementary and middle school classrooms across the commonwealth to name the 12 MassDOT snowplows that will be in service during the 2025/2026 winter season.

The purpose of the contest is to celebrate the snow and ice season and to recognize the hard work and dedication shown by public works employees and contractors during winter operations.

"Thank you to all of the students who participated. Your creativity allows us to highlight to all, the importance of the work performed by our workforce," said interim MassDOT Secretary Phil Eng.

"Our workforce takes pride as they clear snow and ice, keeping our roads safe during adverse weather events for all that need to travel. ?To our contest winners and participants, know that you have added some fun to the serious take of operating plows. ?I'm proud of the skill and dedication from our crews and thank the public of the shared responsibility to slow down, give plows space and put safety first every time there is a winter weather event."

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