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Tag: Federal Emergency Management Agency

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News Brief: Lenox to hold hazard mitigation listening workshop

These goals and projects were identified through a day-long resilience building workshop held at Lenox Town Hall in November 2019, where a diverse collection of stakeholders convened to learn about the risks posed by climate change and how the community could be impacted in the not-so-distant future.

by Edge Staff
Posted on March 8, 2020
News

News Briefs: Division Street bridge to close to vehicular traffic; federal grant for Lee firefighters

Barriers and detour signage will be installed to alert drivers to the closure of the Division Street bridge over the Housatonic River. The bridge will remain open to pedestrian and bike traffic.

by Edge Staff
Posted on September 5, 2019
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: Oldtone Roots Music Festival; emergency skills training; ‘Our World Remade: World War I”; ‘The Field is the World’ at WCMA; ‘Mar-a-Lago: From Cereal Heiress to Winter White House’

In conjunction with National Preparedness Month, Fairview Hospital will host a series of classes during September to improve the community’s emergency response skills.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on August 31, 2018
Business

Business Briefs: Excellence Award for Berkshire Immigrant Center; LEEF grant recipients; EFSP application sought; artists’ guild name change; business-growing seminar

The Richmond-West Stockbridge Artists Guild has changed its name to the Guild of Berkshire Artists.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on June 6, 2018
News

News Brief: Gov. Baker files bill to provide funding for hurricane evacuee education

This bill fulfills the commitment made by the Baker-Polito administration to seek additional funding for school districts that have enrolled significant numbers of evacuee students and will include $15 million in fiscal year 2018 supplemental local aid.

by Edge Staff
Posted on January 30, 2018
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: Equipment grant for GBFD; Egremont zoning changes; Behold! New Lebanon tours; Hilda Banks Shapiro CD release; Laszlo Gordony Quartet; ‘tree-torials’ at Olana

Hilda Banks Shapiro began taking piano lessons when she was 4 years old and, at 16, made her solo debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City and Symphony Hall in Boston.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on July 13, 2016
Environment

Selectboard gives fairgrounds go-ahead

“It is a general blessing to proceed,” said Janet Elsbach, of the Great Barrington Fair Ground (GBFG). The situation has evolved into “a constructive partnership” between the organization and the town.

by Heather Bellow
Posted on July 2, 2014
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