Dalton Library Getting a New Website

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
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DALTON, Mass. — The Dalton Free Public Library is getting a new website in the near future. 
 
The Library Director Janet Forest has been redesigning the website since April using Squarespace and hopes to launch it sometime in July. 
 
The new website will have a page that showcases the library's events and programming. Forest would also like to have a separate page on the site for the Friends of the Library so patrons can make donations.
 
The website also runs through the Central and Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing (CW-MARS) library consortium, so patrons can easily see the books available. 
 
The current website is run through WordPress, which is antiquated and hard to update and customize, Forest said. 
 
The library wanted to make its website user-friendly for both patrons and staff. Using Squarespace will make it easier for the library to update and customize the website, she said.

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BRTA Announces Free Rides Extension

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Governor Maura Healey announced that Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) will receive $699,733 for fare free service from Jan 1, 2025 through Sept. 30, 2025. 
 
Working together, 13 Massachusetts Regional Transit Authorities submitted a joint application to disburse the $30 million made available in the state budget based on ridership within their service areas.
 
Customers riding the fixed route bus and/or the complementary ADA paratransit service will be fare free from Jan. through Sept. 2025. BRTA was already awarded funding to provide free rides for the 2024 Holiday season.
 
Members of the MassDOT and MBTA boards of directors voted on an agreement to deliver $600 million in state funding to the MBTA for rail and station upgrades that will improve safety and reliability across the system. The funding was made possible by Healey’s proposal in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget that leverages Fair Share funding  to support infrastructure investments. The total amount of funding unlocked through this provision is expected to grow throughout the Fiscal Year. 
 
"Our administration is proud to be delivering the most state funding to the MBTA in 20 years. Secretary Tibbits-Nutt and General Manager Eng have been delivering significant results when it comes to improving safety and reliability at the T, and this funding will allow us to build on that progress even further," said Governor Maura Healey. "We're grateful to the Legislature and the MassDOT and MBTA Boards for their partnership on this funding mechanism that will continue to deliver more resources for transportation infrastructure improvements across the state this year and for years to come." 
 
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