Lanesborough Local Country Store at 20 Williamstown Road is hosting a day of vendor popups, tastings, and pictures with Santa on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Santa arrives at 10 and will stay for pictures taken by Browtine Photography. There will also be houring drawings for giveaways to recognize Small Business Saturday.
Bousquet is hosting a free preseason terrain park event this Saturday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Bring a helmet and a waiver and show off your best tricks in the park built in the tubing area for opening weekend.
The tuning shop will be open to purchase a set of skis or boards for the season with some opportunities to win prizes. The Kitchen will also be open for food and drinks.
All participants must check in at the Guest Service Desk in the lodge to turn in their waiver and get their free ticket.
The Cranberry Jam ticket will only be valid for the tubing hill carpet. If you want to access any other lift, you will need a season pass or paid ticket there will be a 50 percent off discount for four- and eight-hour tickets this weekend.
Berkshire Athenaeum is hosting a day of crafts and other rotating activities for kids 12 and younger on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
All children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult 18 or older.
The festivities are part of the library's monthly Stop in the Children's Library drop-in program. More information here.
Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness Open House
55 North St., Pittsfield
Berkshire Yoga hosts an open house Saturday to celebrate Small Business Saturday.
From 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., the community is invited to check out the studio and participate in free sample classes and mini reiki sessions.
There will also be opportunities to win prizes in addition to learning about the center's current promotions, holiday gift specials and membership offers.
Guild of Berkshire Artists holds an opening reception for the current exhibit "Color, Texture & Form" in the Art on Main gallery, located at 38 Main St., this Saturday.
Come and chat with the artists Sally Lebwohl, Margie Skaggs, and Sarah Morrison. The gallery opens at 11 a.m. and the reception is from 2 until 4 p.m.
Check out our last article on the exhibit here. More information here.
Misty Blues Performance
Berkshire Palate, Pittsfield
Misty Blues is performing at Berkshire Palate, located at 297 North St., this Saturday from 7 until 10 p.m.
Call 413-464-0695 for reservations. More information here.
Santa in the Berkshires
Currency Coffee Co., Pittsfield
Santa will be visiting Currency Coffee at 5 Cheshire Road, Suite 140, this Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
There will not be a photographer on site but visitors are encouraged to take pictures with their phone. Kids will receive free hot chocolate.
Unwrapped toy donations to Toys For Tots are encouraged.
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A local developer and property management company has agreed to pay $40,000 to settle fair housing complaints on its properties.
Moresi Commercial Investments LLC and Moresi & Associates Property Management LLC, owned by David Moresi, were alleged to have discriminated against families with children in renting out apartments at 262-268 Ashland St. and 16 and 20 Blackinton St.
The allegations are that the apartments were being advertised as "student housing" and that inquiries from "testers" stating they had children were referred to other apartment listings. Fair housing laws prohibits discrimination, including refusing to rent to families with children or to students.
Moresi has denied the allegations but agreed, according to the agreement, to "enter in this assurance in order to resolve this matter without further costly and time-consuming litigation." The company also agreed to adopt a non-discrimination policy, have employees attend trainings on fair housing rules and to inspect for and abate any lead hazards.
The Ashland Street property was sold last October and the Blackinton buildings last August.
All of the buildings are located in the neighborhood of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, which has historically catered to students. That's changed somewhat in recent years, particularly with the well-known Boardman building being converted into recovery housing. An editorial in the college's Beacon newspaper last year lamented the lack of affordable off-campus housing for students and noted Moresi's apartments were no longer available.
The investigation in Moresi's rentals dates to 2018, when the Massachusetts Fair Housing Center conducted three tests. The first tester inquired about a three-bedroom apartment for themselves and roommates and the second for a couple with a 3-year-old child. The second was told the apartment would not be suitable because of college students on the property and was directed to units in Adams and Williamstown.
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