Outdoor Activities, Cultural Classes Offered by Tamarack Hollow

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WINDSOR, Mass. — Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center will host a First Day Snowshoe/Hike on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM.

Participants will explore the Boreal forests, newly conserved land, and a trail featuring Georgie's Falls. The program, led by Director and Naturalist Aimee Gelinas, M.Ed, will include winter tree identification, wildlife tracking, and forest ecology.

Registration is required by emailing aimee@gaiaroots.com. The program fee is $20 per person, with a $5 snowshoe rental fee (or participants can bring their own). The event will proceed as a hike if snowshoes are not needed. More details are available at www.tamarackhollow.org.

Tamarack Hollow and Gaia Roots World Music also offer West African & Caribbean Drum and Song Classes every Monday at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Pittsfield. Beginner sessions start at 5:30 PM, followed by advanced classes at 6:30 PM. Registration is required for new participants by emailing aimee@gaiaroots.com. The class fee is $10 per person, with a $5 drum rental fee. More information is available at www.tamarackhollow.com.

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Suspect Arraigned in 'Horrific' Dragging Case

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
12:56PM / Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Complete write-thru 3 p.m., Feb. 18.

District Attorney TimothyShugrue says the community has been 'really upset' by this case.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Hancock man has been charged in last week's gruesome dragging that killed 69-year-old William Colbert.

William Gross, 65, was arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court on Wednesday for negligent motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene. He was arrested Monday after police investigators narrowed down the type of car seen on video at the accident scene.

Police say Colbert had fallen in the road at the Francis Avenue and Linden Street intersection on Feb. 10 before he was struck and dragged nearly four miles. His body was found on West Housatonic Street.

Gross is being held on $250,000 cash bail in the Berkshire County House of Corrections. District Attorney Timothy Shugrue said the case will go to a grand jury and foresees additional charges being placed.

"I think this community was really upset by this case," Shugrue said while being interviewed by the press after the morning arraignment.

"It's a horrific case, and the fact that someone was fleeing, and there was someone that was stuck there that could have been treated, and potentially in the initial stages, could have been potentially saved."

Colbert was coming from a house on Francis Avenue about 11:30 on Feb. 10 when fell in the road and had trouble getting up, according to Shugrue.

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