Berkshire Serve can make saving money and eating well easier

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Saving money and still eating well can be a real challenge. Berkshire Serve can make saving money and eating well easier. As a chapter of Serve New England, a large New England wide volunteer community food co-op, Berkshire Serve offers a $26 food package at 40% off local grocery store prices. Open to everyone this food program also offers other restaurant quality food packages.

There is no income guidelines, no information gathered other than your name and address, members are required to put in 2 hours of volunteer work per month. This work is a simple as helping out a friend or neighbor, making phone calls for Berkshire Serve or helping at other programs. Orders for the April 25 food pick-up date must be in by April 9. Cash, checks and food stamps are accepted. Credit Cards are accepted at www.servenewengland.org.

This months offerings in the $26 regular food package are; Chef's Choice Flame Broiled Meatballs, vegetable chicken pot pie, center cut pork chops, oriental pork, vegetable medley mix, potatoes, onions, carrots, apples, bananas, oranges, kiwis, and parsnip. Also offered Are; 3lbs chicken melt combo for $19, 8lbs chicken tender bites for $15, and 8lbs Italian pasta box for $17.

For more information in the N Adams area call 664-7400 or stop by our office at St John's Church, through the red door on the parking lot side of the building. North Adams office is staffed only on Thursdays 2-6. To order in the Dalton area call 684-2000, in Great Barrington call 429-8110. In Bennington call 442-3466. Order online at www.servenewengland.org.
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Pittsfield Council Says 'Yes' to Soccer at Crane Park

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

The pitch will have the logos of the city and the US. and Massachusetts soccer associations. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city is gladly accepting a "mini-pitch" from the U.S. Soccer Foundation to bring games back to Crane Park. 

Fueling excitement around the World Cup, U.S. Soccer has been working with the Massachusetts Youth Soccer League to make these facilities available to 20 communities — one of which will be at the park at the intersection of Benedict Road and Springside Avenue. 

The City Council accepted the gift on Tuesday during its regular meeting. 

A mini pitch is a compact, modular field typically used for soccer, and it can also accommodate inline skates. It has a galvanized steel border with built-in goals and a rubber plastic surface that is clicked together; installed on the existing inline hockey court. 

Ward 2 Councilor Cameron Cunningham said he has gone door to door speaking with nearby residents, and they are "really excited" about the upgrade. He also sees it as a great addition. 

"They say that nobody really uses the court a ton now, and they are excited to see kids back on there playing," he said. 

Decades ago, the Crane Park facility was a wading pool. It closed in 1980, and before the turn of the century, it was filled in and marked for hockey. 

Parks, Open Space, and Natural Resources Manager James McGrath explained that the wooden border around the rink is showing its age, has been vandalized and tagged, and the facility is seeing a "real decline" in use. 

"This would seem to be an appropriate spot for us to remove the board system that's in place and install the mini pitch system through this grant," he said. 

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