Bidwell House Summer History Talk with Pulitzer Prize Winner Nicole Eustace

The Bidwell House Museum is hosting its second summer history talk of the summer, "Murder and Mercy on the Susquehanna: Captain Civility of Conestoga Teaches Pennsylvania Colonists New Principles of Justice" with Pulitzer Prize winner and National Book Award Finalist Nicole Eustace at 11 a.m. on July 9.

The lecture will be streamed via Zoom and participants will receive a link to the lecture in advance. 

Eustace is a professor of history at New York University. She is the author of 1812: War and the Passions of Patriotism and Passion Is the Gale: Emotion, Power, and the Coming of the American Revolution. Her most recent book, Covered with Night: A Story of Murder andIndigenous Justice in Early America, won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in History.

This program is sponsored in part by grants from the Monterey, Tyringham and Sandisfield Cultural Councils, local agencies which are sponsored by the Mass Cultural Council.

Dalton Fire District Community Meeting Works to Find Solutions Various Problems

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
12:40PM / Monday, June 03, 2024

Dalton Fire Chief Christian Tobin established the monthly meetings for input on how to address the department's challenges and to foster collaboration with other town entities. 

DALTON, Mass. — The Fire District held its first community meeting on Thursday, starting the process in navigating the next steps in addressing problems the district is facing. 

 

The district's new Fire Chief Christian Tobin, established the monthly meeting to get different perspectives from residents to develop solutions to the town's problems and work together to solve them. 

 

During the meeting each attendee introduced themselves, providing background on their expertise. 

 

The nine residents had diverse backgrounds and expertise in finance, environmental, traffic and fire safety, local government, and more. 

 

Attendees included Finance Committee and Traffic Commissioner William Drosehn, Finance Committee clerk Karen Schmidt, Green Committee member Todd Logan, Prudential Committee member Daniel Filiault, former Select Board member William "Bill" Chabot, Water Commissioner Camillus Cachat, Assistant Fire Chief Chris Cachat, retired fire chief Rich Kardasen, and Dalton Democratic Committee Chair Michele Marantz. 

 

Tobin also mentioned that he had received more comments from other residents who could not attend on Thursday but expressed an interest in attending future meetings. 

 

During the meeting, attendees touched on problems the district is facing, including funding, building improvements to make the firehouse Americans with Disabilities Act accessible, building reorganization to optimize space utilization, and making the most of and expanding on tax dollars and emergency medical services fees.