CDC info session on Log Homes project, Sept. 24
Great Barrington — At the Mason Library on Thursday, Sept. 24, the Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire will conduct an open information session from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the development plans, titled 100 Bridge Street, for former New England Log Homes site. (The date this meeting was incorrectly reported in a local newspaper.)
The agenda will cover an update on the site clean-up; plans for developing the site for housing and business; and a question-and-answer period to address concerns of neighbors and town residents.
For a number of years the CDC has been developing a strategy — and securing the funding — to transform the 8-acre 100 Bridge Street parcel into a safe and productive neighborhood.
For information, call CDC Executive Director Tim Geller at 413-528-7788 or email him at tim@cdcsb.org.
— D.S.
Becket Democrats hosts legislative forum
Becket — State Rep. William “Smitty” Pignatelli (D-Lenox) will be the featured speaker at a legislative forum hosted by the Democratic Town Committee in the community room of the Becket Town Hall at 557 Main St. at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 24.
Topics will include Pignatelli’s proposed legislation to allow cities and towns to levy a tax on gasoline; the “We the People Act,” the constitutional amendment that would reverse the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision; state support for arts, culture and tourism; recreational marijuana; opioid dependence; alternative energy; and others.
Moderated by longtime Town Moderator Bruce Garlow, the forum will be an opportunity for interested citizens to hear the latest from the area’s state representative and to ask questions about a wide range of issues. Light refreshments will be served.
–E.E.
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Fall prescription drug take-back day
Pittsfield — Community coalitions from across the county have joined forces to host the biannual prescription drug take-back day on September 26 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. There will be four locations across the county.
This event is free and open to the public. Anyone with unused, unwanted, or expired prescription, over-the-counter, or controlled medications is welcome to participate to dispose of them safely. Personal needles in puncture-proof plastic containers will also be accepted.
The Rx Round-Up will occur at the Adams Police Station, the Dalton CRA (400 Main Street), the Lee Ambulance Service at 177 Main St. in Lee, and the Lenox Town Hall at 6 Walker St. in Lenox.
In addition to the take-back day, there are 14 drop-off boxes across the county that serve as collection sites for unwanted, unused, or expired medications. The drop boxes can be reached at any time throughout the week and are located inside police stations in Pittsfield, Adams, Dalton, Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, North Adams, Sheffield, Williamstown, Otis, Sandisfield, West Stockbridge, and Stockbridge.
Please note that because the aim is to collect prescriptions, the take-back day locations cannot accept thermometers, IV bags, blood or infectious waste, nebulizers, and oxygen tanks.
For more information about drug take-back days, please contact the area representatives: Wendy Penner in North County at wpenner@nbccoalition.org; Nataly Garzon in Central County at ngarzon@berkshireunitedway.org; and Ananda Timpane in South County at ananda@rsyp.org
–E.E.
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EGLahr PR & Media earns certification
Great Barrington – EGLahr PR & Media, a full service communications business, has been certified as a Massachusetts women-owned business enterprise (MWBE) and is also now authorized to participate in the state’s Small Business Purchasing Program (SBPP).
These two designations for the business will expand the state’s options for contracting with a woman-owned communications business for services in website development, graphic design, public relations, crisis communications and publishing. The Small Business Purchasing Program provides small businesses with additional consideration in state vendor contracts, in order to promote small businesses around the state.
Ellen G. Lahr is a former journalist and editor who has been providing strategic communications services to nonprofit and private businesses, higher education facilities, public school districts, and others since 2012.
Now with a second office in Albany, N.Y., EGLahr PR & Media will seek WBE certification in New York state as well.
–E.E.
