Great Barrington Participating in National Drug Take Back Day

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Great Barrington Police Department (GBPD) is participating in National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30.
 
Anyone wishing to safely dispose of unused or expired prescription medications may drop these off at the GBPD. 
 
Substance use often starts with the misuse of prescription drugs found in medicine cabinets in homes all across America. These prescription drugs can be dropped at participating police departments, with no questions asked and no consequences.
 
Participating police departments in South County include Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Otis, Sheffield and Stockbridge.

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Hoffmann Bird Club: Birds and Bartholomew's Cobble

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Join a naturalist for a guided walk along the Housatonic River looking for spring ephemerals  and migrating warblers at Bartholomew's Cobble.
 
This joint program is offered by the Trustees in partnership with the Hoffmann Bird Club.  
 
Expected birds: mergansers in the river, warblers in the trees, maybe  a glimpse of a bald eagle or black vulture, shore birds on exposed mudflats, and returning tree/rough-winged swallows over Corbin's Neck. Easy to moderate hiking.   
 
Meet at Bartholomew's Cobble, 105 Weatogue Road, Sheffield.
 
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