Route for Sept. 24 Tour De Greylock Bike Ride Finalized

By Brian RhodesiBerkshires Staff
04:51AM / Monday, June 27, 2022Print Story | Email Story

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Economic Development Committee is in the final stages of planning the first annual Tour de Greylock bike ride, which will take cyclists through six communities navigating the base of Mount Greylock.

The committee discussed Thursday the final 41-mile route that will take riders through Lanesborough, New Ashford, Williamstown, Adams, North Adams and Cheshire. The inaugural event, which has been in planning for several months, is slated to begin at 8 a.m. on Sept. 24, with the ride's start and end points at the Berkshire Mall.

The group is also working on securing sponsorships and merchandise for the event. Committee Chair Barbara Davis-Hassan plans to write a cover letter inviting every business in Lanesborough to participate as a sponsor.

"I think that would be wonderful; to say we would like to invite all of Lanesborough businesses to be sponsors of this first annual Tour De Greylock," she said.

Berkshire Regional Planning Commission representative Laura Brennan said she will try to spread information about the event in Pittsfield. Recording secretary Patricia Hubbard is also trying to get people informed.

"I think it's just about promoting, promoting, promoting, now," she said. "I'll send [information] out to all the bike shops so they can get it on their websites and I generated a list of all the bike clubs in the northeast."

Committee member Thomas Voisin said he was concerned about the stretch of the ride from Adams to North Adams, particularly the section going through Curran Highway. The group agreed they must take precautions to ensure the safety of both cyclists and drivers.

"I think that's probably a stretch that we need to have extra conversations with the police departments about," Brennan said. "And talk about what kinds of precautions we can take; can we put up extra signage along that stretch to warn cars? I agree it's definitely the most hectic stretch."

In other business, the committee discussed its new business guidance booklet, which is almost complete. Brennan said she wants to get more info on the timeline for the town's new website before publishing it.

"The key thing that is sort of putting this whole thing on hold is that the website is going to switch to a new platform," she said. "Every single link that we've been incorporated into this draft will be wrong."

The committee discussed the possibility of having a home-based business-to-business event. The committee has coordinated several such events to bring exposure to local businesses, which Davis-Hassan said have been successful.

"It was a small intimate group, but it was so amazing ... Everybody kind of did what they're supposed to do; network, do business, create," she said.

The committee does not plan on holding another business-to-business event until after the Tour De Greylock bike ride.

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Companion Corner: Buster at Berkshire Humane Society

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
02:19PM / Wednesday, October 28, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – There is a fun and loving boy who is ready to get a fresh start with a new family who will take care of him.

iBerkshire's Companion Corner is a weekly series spotlighting an animal in our local shelters that is ready to find a home.

Buster is a one-year-old Husky mix who has been at the shelter for about two months.

Canine caregiver and adoption counselor Simone Olivieri introduced us to Buster.

"He is very sweet and social. He loves people. He likes kids. It does take him a little while to warm up to new people and build some trust. And then once you do build that trust with him, he's very goofy, and he likes to play and jump on you and mouth playfully and gently, and he does get really excited with his people that he has a strong connection with."

Olivieri said Buster was an unclaimed stray who fell on hard times before going to the shelter. Olivieri said they assume he is approximately one, but his exact age is unknown.

She said that they are unsure of his history, but he could have some kind of soft tissue damage. They conducted X-rays, but they came back inconclusive. There are no breaks in any of his bones, but he has some periodic lameness, and some further diagnostics would be something the shelter requires.

Furthermore, he does occasionally lift up one paw, but he does not show that he is in any pain.

"He came in pretty emaciated. We've gotten some weight on him. He's a little bit hunched in his spine. And again, the X-rays didn't show anything, but there could be something else going on that, like MRI, ultrasound could detect."

She said he needs a home and family that would be willing to keep him current with a veterinarian and able to address anything that comes up health-wise.

"He occasionally will show these symptoms, whether it was just from an old injury or something that possibly could still bother him. So right now he is on some restricted exercise. We're doing leash walks with him only," she said. "He can't really, at this point, run around freely because he could kind of further damage that leg if there's anything really really going on there, so he's a little bit of a puzzle. Like we said, we don't know exactly what happened to him in his past, and we are trying to keep him comfortable. He's not in any pain right now, but that lameness will crop up every once in a while with him."

But Buster can go to a home with cats and kids eight and up.

"He can go to a home with cats, and while he does like other dogs, we're saying he will do best as the only dog, just because he's got a couple medical issues going on and roughhousing with other dogs probably isn't best for him at this point. While he could have some doggy friends and go for some walks and gentle playdates with other dogs."

"He does like kids, but again, he is a little bit kind of sensitive to some body handling and being grabbed and that kind of thing. So we just want to keep him nice and comfortable with where he goes home," she said.

Buster loves to play and be pampered. He loves walks and being out in the woods and can be silly, especially with his picky eating.

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