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Pittsfield resident pleads guilty to kidnapping and other charges

Glen Chadwell, 52, plead guilty and subsequently sentenced on three charges related to a 2019 kidnapping.

Bits & Bytes: Juneteenth virtual reading; RYSE in October; ‘Ride for Roots Rising’; virtual staged reading

To help support the market, Roots Rising has launched the socially distant bike ride challenge “Ride for Roots Rising.”

PERSPECTIVES: Great Barrington Farmers’ Market to kick off 30th anniversary season with changes

Shoppers are asked to arrive with patience, flexibility and face masks as the community makes yet another shift to what will be the season’s “new normal.”

BUSINESS BRIEFS: People’s Pantry grant; masks from BMM; virtual town hall; MCLA Trailblazers Keep Going initiative

The panel will share the current outlook of food and agriculture in the region, creative approaches some businesses have taken and from which others can learn, and provide a point of perspective on the future of the Berkshires’ food system.

Business Briefs: Creatives respond to COVID-19; virtual farmers’ market; Elizabeth Freeman Center services; virtual Berkshire Nonprofit Awards; Greylock annual report

Shoppers can now order food online from a variety of farmers and food producers thanks to Roots Rising’s new virtual farmers’ market.​

Berkshire Education and Correction Services aquaponics lab steps up to help feed the community

What do you do with nearly 1,700 heads of lettuce in the middle of a health pandemic? You donate them.

Bits & Bytes: Handmade Holiday Festival; ‘Dreams That Money Can Buy’; Hawthorne Valley Yuletide Fair; Whimsy at the Whit; ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Ventfort...

“Dreams That Money Can Buy” combines the real setting of a gallery with the simplicity of bidding on work through Instagram.

Business Briefs: Berkshire Trendsetter Awards; Downtown Pittsfield fall cleanup; cultural council deadline; home-buying seminar; Flying Cloud board members

In accordance with Mass Cultural Council guidelines, a deadline of Tuesday, Oct. 15, has been set for organizations, schools and individuals to apply for grants for 2020 that support cultural activities in the community.

Bits & Bytes: Yo-Yo Ma’s Day of Action; ‘Green Inspiration’ art exhibit; ‘Bouquet of Baroque Concertos’; Laurel Hill Day; ‘A Movable Feast’ art tour

Bach Project’s Day of Action to be held at First Street Common Pittsfield -- Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach Project, in partnership with Hancock Shaker Village, will...

Business Briefs: Asian market opens in Great Barrington; ‘Giving Back’ guide; new VIM Berkshires board member; Roots Rising becomes nonprofit; grant for Villages in...

Roots Rising was launched in 2017 as a farm-based youth development program focused on providing meaningful work to Pittsfield teens.

Business Briefs: Berkshire Nonprofit Awards; Mickey to manage Red Lion Inn; CHP welcomes new physician; new phase for Roots Rising; Williams gains directors of...

Robert Mickey has joined Main Street Hospitality Group as senior director of regional operations and general manager of the Red Lion Inn.

Business Briefs: Mahaiwe to receive NEA grant; Garden Club of America award for Lenox Garden Club; BCC at Framework; Decumanus Green to participate in...

The Lenox Garden Club's $10,000 award will be used to launch a nonprofit, teen-run food truck in coordination with Roots Rising.

Business Briefs: Roots Rising meets goal; MNN meeting; GBRSS announces development director; Artist’s Resource Trust Fund awards grants; artist-in-residence sought

A number of emerging public policy issues at the state and federal level will have an immediate impact on Massachusetts nonprofits and span across subsector, budget size and region.
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