Tag: Allen Harris

Berkshire County has been gearing up to support her more vulnerable citizens who have lost work, can’t leave their homes or are otherwise struggling with the vast new restrictions on everyday life.

Berkshire Community College and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts have announced that the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education has awarded the institutions $24,980 to establish the STEM Transfer Summer Bridge Program.

The Massachusetts Dental Society Foundation has awarded a total of more than $75,000 in “Expanding Access to Dental Care” grants to four organizations in Massachusetts, including two in Berkshire County.

The New Marlborough Land Trust has announced that Edward “Ned” Goodnow has given it 300 acres of land along the Konkapot River.

The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation awarded $6.5 million in grants and scholarships in 2017, an increase of over $500,000 from 2016.

Paleologos served for 14 years as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives where his primary focus was education and the arts.

Sen. Hinds, stated in an accompanying letter, that he '...wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate the [Lenox] community and the Chamber of Commerce on this designation.'

Seventy-four percent of Berkshire Business Confidence Index survey respondents indicated strongly that they expect their businesses to look moderately to substantially different in the next 10 years.

In conjunction with the Berkshire Juvenile Court system, adolescent offenders in the Shakespeare in the Courts program study rehearse and perform Shakespeare as an alternative to more punitive consequences.

Fairview has provided administrative support, access to training resources and in-kind donations to Berkshire Medical Reserve Corps since 2010.