Bus Organized to People's March

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — State Reps. Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Leigh Davis, state Sen. Paul Mark, and the Rural Freedom Network are organizing a motorcoach bus from the Berkshires to Washington, D.C., for the 2025 People's March.
 
Rural Freedom Network is a federally registered political action committee and as a grassroots media organization it supports Democratic candidates and issues such as civil rights.
 
The People's March is a rebranding of the Women's March that first occurred in 2017 and broadened to include such rights to free speech, health care and economics.
 
The bus departs on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 2 a.m. from the parking lot of The Center at Lenox (Price Chopper) on Route
7/20 and returns around 1 a.m. on Sunday, Jan.19.
 
Bus tickets are purchased through a $75 per ticket donation to the Rural Freedom Network. Reserve a seat and purchase a ticket here. For more information, contact Mirabai Dyson at mirabai.dyson@mahouse.gov.

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Multiple Fire Companies Battling Motel Blaze on Route 7

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
LENOX, Mass. — Multiple fire companies are battling a structure fire at the Wagon Wheel Inn on the Pittsfield/Lenox Road.
 
Motorists are asked to avoid Holmes Road, Pomeroy Avenue and surrounding areas near Route 7. 
 
Pittsfield Police say traffic is being rerouted off Route 7 and into neighborhood streets. 
 
The blaze was reported at about 6:30 a.m. when a Lenox resident on a BRTA saw the fire coming up through the middle of the building; a CVS employee in the plaza across the street saw flames and also called it in. 
 
The front of the one-story motel was fully engulfed with a "yellow glow," one said. 
 
Images from the Pittsfield Fire Department show the building in flames that spread through the north side of the structure. Smoke could be seen billowing over Route 7. 
 
An occupant of the motel said they thought it started in the laundry room and said no fire alarm went off until after everyone was out. 
 
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