Mass MoCA Teen Invitational Reception Set Thursday

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The 14th annual Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Teen Invitational is a weeklong exhibition featuring over 250 works of visual art by students and teachers in 10 high schools in the Northern Berkshires. 
 
The opening reception is on April 16, from 6 to 9 p.m., and the exhibition is on view through Sunday, April 26. The reception is free and open to the public.
 
The Teen Invitational exhibit is on view and open for drop in from Thursday, April 16, through Sunday, April 26, during normal museum hours.
 
Participating schools include: The Academy at Charlemont, Berkshire Arts & Technology Public Charter School, Buxton School, Darrow High School, Drury High School, Hoosac Valley Middle and High School, McCann Technical High School, Miss Hall's School, Mount Greylock Regional School, Pine Cobble School, Pittsfield High School, and the Greater Commonwealth Virtual School. 
 
The goal of the Invitational is to reach students who engage with visual art inside or outside school settings.
 
Free and open to all.

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Clarksburg Applies for Home Rehab Program, Continues Budget Talks

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The town is applying with New Ashford for $1.1 million that would allow for 14 homes to be rehabilitated. 
 
Brett Roberts, a senior planner with Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, updated the Select Board on Monday about the application for the federal Community Development Block Grant. 
 
"The home rehab program has been going on in Berkshire County for around 15 years," he said. "We do all sorts of housing rehab trying to bring homes up to code. And so we do new roofs, new septic, new wells, lots of new windows, basically anything that a homeowner might need to bring their home up to code."
 
He estimated that there would be about $70,000 available per home to cover 10 homes in Clarksburg and four in New Ashford.
 
The loans would mean a 15-year lien on the property, which would depreciate each year until it falls off. Anyone selling the property before the 15-year term would have to repay the balance at that time. 
 
"This is a really important way to keep low- to moderate-income households in their homes and to stay in community that they love," he said.
 
The board also reviewed budget issues with the Finance Committee. The town budget draft is just under $1.9 million, up about 2.3-2.4 percent. 
 
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