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Community Activities and Events for Families in the Berkshires, Berkshire County Massachusetts
GREAT BARRINGTON — Whether you’re a little girl or little boy, trucks are cool, and next Sunday, May 19, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. the Great Barrington Cooperative Preschool will let Berkshire County kids of all ages get up close and personal with them during its sixth annual Truck Day. This day provides a unique opportunity…
THE BERKSHIRES — Lenox High School kicked off the high school prom season in the Berkshires last Friday, and in the upcoming weeks prom season will be in full swing. Why not make it the best night of your life? I plan on having a prom night filled with good music, good food and good friends.…
THE BERKSHIRES — Today Berkshire Family Focus and the Pittsfield Prevention Partnership are kicking off their #SafePromBerkshireCounty campaign to run through June 7, one day after the last high school prom in the Berkshires takes place. Although the Center for Disease Control reports that teen drunk driving is down by 54 percent since 1991, car…
GREAT BARRINGTON — On Thursday, May 1, the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School kicked of the spring/summer season with good ole’ fashioned May Day celebration. The festivities drew hundreds of revelers that included GBRSS students and staff, alumni, community members and a slew of students from the local high school, and Berkshire Family Focus was…
PITTSFIELD — Berkshire United Way, in partnership with Face the Facts — an initiative to reduce teen pregnancy — will host a free community conversation and dinner on Monday, April 29, from 5-7 p.m. at Taconic High school in Pittsfield during which a conversation will continue regarding what’s been happening with our the BUW’s teen pregnancy initiative, its next steps and…
Note: The following is the first in a series of environmentally conscience columns by Wahconah Regional High School junior Dom Carnevale. Through the darkening of our planet by the hands of industry and the care-free lifestyle exhibited by many in the greater part of the 20th century, the drive to “go green” or demonstrate a…
BOSTON — After word of the Boston Marathon Bombings took place Facebook was flooded with messages and images of support for those affected by this tragedy. We were inspired to share those photos and messages with our readers as well as a few recommendations via usatoday.com as how people can help with relief efforts in…
THE BERKSHIRES — Earth Day 2013 is set for Monday, April 22. According to earthday.org, “each year, Earth Day marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.” The movement went global in 1990 and has come to be known throughout the country and around the world as a…
PITTSFIELD – Have you heard of Operation Feline Fix,a focused and concerted effort to spay and neuter community (stray) and house cats in strategic locations in Pittsfield? Berkshire Animal DREAMS’ Executive Director Yvonne Borsody is calling for the support of the community for the continuation of this project. Targeted areas include the northern portion of the…
What better way to get kids to give back than encouraging them to help those in need in their community. Fifth-grade Girl Scouts in Williamstown and Lanesborough are doing just that by organizing a community cleanup day on Sunday, April 28, from 1 to 4 p.m. The troop will be organizing groups to help senior…
