MassDOT Schedules Work on MassPike

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STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will be performing overnight and daytime milling, paving, bridge repair, and bridge painting operations on I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) eastbound and westbound in the towns of Stockbridge, Becket, Montgomery, and Russell. All work is weather dependent and will take place at the following locations and times:
 
Stockbridge:
  • Milling and paving operations will be conducted on the MassPike eastbound from mile marker 2.0 to mile marker 7.8 nightly from Sunday night, July 20, through Thursday night, July 24, from 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. 
  • The MassPike eastbound Exit 3 on-ramp will be closed for paving operations on Monday morning, July 21, from 1 to 5 a.m.
  • Bridge repairs will be conducted on MassPike eastbound and westbound at mile marker 6.4 nightly from Monday night, July 21, through Thursday night, July 24, from 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
Becket:
  • Bridge painting will be conducted on MassPike eastbound and westbound at mile marker 18.4 nightly from Sunday night, July 20, through Thursday night, July 24, from 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
Montgomery/Russell:
  • Bridge repairs will be conducted on MassPike westbound from mile marker 35.9 to mile marker 36.5 on Wednesday morning, July 23, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Appropriate signage and law enforcement details will be in place to guide drivers through the work area. Drivers traveling through the area should expect delays, reduce speed, and use caution. All scheduled work is weather dependent and subject to change without notice.
 
For more information on traffic conditions, download the Mass511 mobile app or visit www.mass511.com. Users can subscribe to receive text and email alerts for traffic conditions; dial 511 and select a route to hear real-time conditions.
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South County Farm Grows Community

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
TYRINGHAM, Mass. — Woven Roots Farm offered the ideal venue for the message Massachusetts' commissioner of agriculture wanted to deliver: the barn.
 
That is where Commissioner Ashley Randle addressed a group of about two dozen attendees at Berkshire Grown's Berkshire Farm Tour.
 
"With everything that is happening around us, it can feel very disheartening and very heavy," Randle said Wednesday after the group shared a meal in Woven Roots' community gathering room. "And two things that I've talked about have been leading in community and with compassion.
 
"And, certainly, Woven Roots has embodied that every day."
 
Jen and Pete Salinetti founded Woven Roots at the turn of the 20th century on a quarter acre of land they owned in Lee.
 
Today, they have almost 850 garden beds on 2 and a half acres in Tyringham, where they moved full-time in 2014.
 
The community-supported agriculture farm produces 70 crops and produces enough food for 1,600 people per week, Jen Salinetti said while leading a tour of the property the couple leases on McCarty Road.
 
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