September is Library Card Sign-up Month in Pittsfield

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — During the month of September, residents can show  their Berkshire Athenaeum library card at participating local businesses for discounts and freebies.
 
Those in need of a library card can sign up or renew at the Berkshire Athenaeum. When doing this, patrons will also receive a raffle ticket for a $50 Downtown Pittsfield Gift Card or a free Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum membership.
 
Participating businesses include:
  • 413 Shirts
  • Ayelada
  • Berkshire Art Center
  • Berkshire Fitness & Wellness Center
  • Berkshire Music School
  • Berkshire Thistle 'n Thorn Floral
  • Garden Blossoms Florist
  • Hot Harry's Burritos
  • Hot Plate Brewing Co.
  • Mana Crypt Gaming Center
  • Marie's North Street Eatery & Gallery
  • Nene's Deco
  • On Pointe Barre & Fitness
  • Sally Tiska Rice Art Studio
  • Solarium Plant Shop (Opening this September!)
  • WANDER Berkshires
 
This promotion is a collaboration with Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. and is made possible through the contributions of the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum. 
 
A brochure listing the discounts offered is available at Athenaeum service desks and online at www.downtownpittsfield.com and www.pittsfieldlibrary.org
If you would like to contribute information on this article, contact us at info@iberkshires.com.

Dalton Finance Looks to Form Contracts Subcommittee

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Finance Committee wants to create a subcommittee to review contracts presented to the town.
 
Chair William Drosehn brought up the idea to help bring focus to the many town contracts and should the committee be aware of them.
 
"This will be to review all of the contracts that are presented to us by the Select Board and our town manager," he said.
 
He noted how the committee had no input on use of the American Rescue Plan Act funds the last three years. 
 
"The Finance Committee was supposed to be involved, and they kept us out of it completely. We had no say or no talk of what was going on with the relationship to ARPA funds," Drosehn said.
 
The committee determined the subcommittee be formed with four members, including Drosehn. 
 
"I was hoping that I was going to be one of the volunteers for the committee, because the size of the job, having the chair seated on that committee is probably going to be a good thing, considering the size and scope of the work that needs to be done," he said.
 
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