In Great Barrington, town officials put out a statement yesterday, and at Monday's selectboard meeting, town health agent Rebecca Jurczyk briefed officials on measures the town is taking to prepare for the virus.
On Wednesday, April 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Berkshire Country Day School will host a workshop with child psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., based on the theme of his best-selling book “Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Community, Friendship, Social Power and Bullying in Childhood.”
Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Jay Ash will serve as the keynote speaker at Berkshire Community College’s 58th commencement exercises.
The funding will enable Jacob’s Pillow Dance to expand its free offerings for community members and create opportunities for Berkshire residents to connect with Pillow artists in onsite and offsite performances, workshops, classes and other participatory events.
In Boston, Alsop will deliver a letter he's carried from the Berkshires in a quest for a clean Housatonic River, free of the PCBs that GE dumped there years ago.
“Each time I fought for something I believed in, and won, I believed I could do it again.”
-- U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, addressing the Berkshire Community College graduating class
