“I worry about what happens to our students when their leaders lose sight of whom they serve," said Du Bois Middle School Spanish teacher Mercedes Girona. “I understand that there are budget cuts, but I feel like there needs to be a little bit more humanity."
Comprised of two parts, the historic structure report will provide a detailed assessment of the physical condition of the building, recommendations for immediate actions needed to stabilize the building and a catalog of specific elements of architectural or historic value.
Jacob’s Pillow Dance recently received a $225,000 grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund to support the construction of its new dance rehearsal and event space, the Perles Family Studio.
'Bach on Parade: Voices, Strings and Keys' will feature performances by the Mendelssohn Glee Club, a string quartet, selected vocal soloists and conductor Gene Wisoff.
The Center for Motivation and Change’s Training Institute will team up with Railroad Street Youth Project for a daylong training session on Saturday, April 8, that is geared toward parents of young people who are currently struggling with substance issues.
Hazza Abu Rabia is a lecturer of Arabic language and Islamic studies at the University of Hartford’s Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies and at Central Connecticut State University.
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation distributed over $708,000 in grants to individuals, schools and nonprofits and grants totaling nearly $800,000 from donors with charitable funds at the foundation during its 2016 winter grants cycle.
Thanks to a collaboration with the Women’s March on Washington-national team and the Women’s March on Washington-Massachusetts Chapter, rally coverage from Washington will be live-streamed throughout the event at the Colonial.
For its ninth annual Fill-the-Basket campaign, Salisbury Bank collected food throughout the months of November and December at all 13 of its branches in Litchfield County; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; and Dutchess and Orange Counties in New York.
Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires (VIM) has received a $6,000 quality of life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The award will be used to help pay for an electric wheelchair lift at VIM’s newly expanded clinic.