The event was a big success—collecting almost 50 Christmas trees and other holiday greens and multiple boxes of food donations and $1,700 for the Lee Food Pantry, which serves residents from several communities in the area.
The Berkshire Hills Regional School District has been awarded a 31/2-year 21st Century Community Learning Center Exemplary Grant. This federal grant is designed to support high-quality, out-of-school learning, and the total grant amount of $821,600 will be used to continue operating Project Connection.
Chuck Leach will succeed David Bruce as the next president and CEO of Lee Bank. Leach, a Lee resident, has most recently served as senior vice president in charge of wealth management at Berkshire Bank.
Bring one or two damaged but repairable items to be fixed for free by neighborhood volunteers: Clothing, cushions, bags, chairs, small tables and other wood items, lamps, vacuums and other electrical items, bicycles, and more.
Terry A La Berry is a fixture at the Lenox Library's summer reading program, where children can sign up to read books or be read to for prizes and to keep their reading skills up to par through the summer. This summer’s theme is “Every Hero Has a Story.”
Waldorf High School’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Stockbridge –– The Berkshire Waldorf High School will present William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at the Unicorn Theater...
“I thought it was important to portray the subjects of this story primarily with old-fashioned black and white film, since this is a venerable relationship between the farms and these traditional breeds which is now being rekindled. Many of the portraits I was able to create have an antique feel and seem to speak through the centuries.”
-- Photographer Erik Hoffner, whose photo exhibit is now on view at Galerie Giroux in Great Barrington
"We are honored to be the new owners of the Great Barrington Bagel Company. We look forward to serving our customers with the same level of attention to detail that they have come to expect and to providing a gathering place for the community."
-- Bob Climo, new owner of Great Barrington Bagel Company
