UCPWMA Hosts HOWL 2 Go Dueling Pianos Fundraiser

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Friday, April 24, the United Cerebral Palsy of Western Massachusetts (UCPWMA) is organizing HOWL 2 Go Dueling Pianos at the Berkshire Hills Country Club.
 
The event aims to raise funds for the UCPWMA Assistive Technology PATCH Scholarship Fund.
 
HOWL 2 Go Dueling Pianos features two musicians performing popular songs while engaging with the audience. Attendees can request songs, and bids are accepted for song selections. The event supports the UCPWMA Assistive Technology PATCH Scholarship Fund, which aids members who may not qualify for certain government services but are living on fixed incomes with other forms of government support, such as SNAP or WIC, to apply for Assistive Technology devices.
 
Tickets for the fundraiser are $30 per person, including appetizers, or $350 for a table of 10, also including appetizers. A cash bar will be available. Tickets can be purchased through EVENTBRITE, and more information is available at ucpwma.org.
 
 
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Dalton Town Meeting May 6 Preview

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — Voters at the annual town meeting on Monday, May 6, will decide 22 articles, including articles on sidewalks and the authorization of a number of spending articles, including an approximate $22 million budget. 
 
The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at Wahconah Regional High School. Town meeting documents can be found here.
 
A little more than a dozen voters attended the nearly two-hour town meeting information session on Monday. 
 
"That budget is going up about 8 percent from what it was last year. Sounds like a lot, it is a lot, the majority of that is coming from increases in insurance, and schools, and other things the town does not have direct control over," Town Manager Thomas Hutcheson said.
 
"So, the actual town increase is a little under 4 percent. Everything else we're at the mercy of outside forces."
 
Of the $22 million budget, $10,537,044 is the assessment for the Central Berkshire Regional School District and about $10 million is the town operating budget.
 
"Last year, that part of the budget went up 10 percent. So, we're going in the right direction. It's not as low as we'd necessarily like to see, but I think both the Select Board and the Finance Committee did a great job this year of trimming away where they could," Hutcheson said. 
 
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