Dewey Presents Considering Your Community Presentation and Concert

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SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Folk duo Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards will continue Massachusetts Walking Tour in Sheffield Friday, May 20 from 7 to 9 pm at Dewey Hall.
 
The Massachusetts Walking Tour strives to celebrate local artists and to help raise awareness of recreational greenspace throughout the state while its core group of musicians walks with instruments along the chosen tour route.
 
The first 20 tickets sold will be subsidized by LCC grants and will be $10. The remaining tickets sold will be $18 in advance and $25 day of/at the door
 
Mandeville and Richards will first offer a 45 minute presentation and 15 minute Q&A where they will discuss:
  • how to consider your community when planning events
  • how to collaborate with a variety of others towards creating an enriching public event for your town
  • promoting your event in a realistic and manageable manner
  • obtaining funding for your event
 
The discussion will be followed by a concert by Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards, performing music from their three studio albums.

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Great Barrington Unveils 9/11 Memorial Featuring World Trade Center Steel

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — A piece of history will now stand in front of the Great Barrington Fire Department, serving as a lasting reminder of the courage, sacrifice, and heroism of those who rushed in, stepped forward, and answered the call on Sept. 11, 2001.
 
Hundreds of community members gathered outside the Fire Department for the unveiling of a 9/11 memorial featuring a steel I-beam salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center.
 
The monument marks the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, and its effect reached far and wide beyond New York, said Deputy Fire Chief James Mead.
 
"There are moments in our lives that become markers of time. Moments when we remember not only what happened, but where we were, who was beside us, and how the world somehow felt different afterwards," Town Manager Liz Hartsgrove said. 
 
"For those of us who experienced September 11, 2001 — it is one of those moments for us to share."
 
The acquisition of the beam was a multi-year effort initiated by the late Andy Moro, former commander of American Legion Post 298 in Housatonic, and was carried on by the Legion's second vice commander, John Morris. 
 
Morris said he was able to obtain the warped steel I-beam through connections he made during his time as a New York City firefighter.
 
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