North Adams, Mass. — Dr. Lisa Watson, associate dean of research and graduate programs and associate professor of marketing at the University of Regina, will give a talk titled “Consumer Demand for Fuel Efficient Vehicles and the Role of Social Marketing” as part of MCLA’s Green Living Seminar Series at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Green Living Seminar … Read More

On February 24 at 7 pm Bidwell House presents the last of three Zoom lectures in the off-season series Hidden in Plain Sight: Native Peoples and the Struggle to Recover Their History in New England. Though the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohicans were forced to leave their homelands in 1783, they have never relinquished their ties to the Mahicannituck River Valley and have … Read More

Berkshire South is honored to announce Mark Gross as the newest member of our Board of Trustees. Mark has been a full time Richmond resident since his retirement in 2015, and a weekender since 1986. Mark joined Berkshire South shortly after retirement and participated in gym and water aerobics classes. He has served on the Berkshire South Finance Committee.  He … Read More

Cassandra M. Houle, CPA has been named Associate Manager of Audit Services at Adelson & Company PC, an accounting firm located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, specializing in audit, tax and advisory services. Gary Moynihan, president of the firm, made the announcement. Miss Houle, a certified public accountant, has been with the firm since 2016. She graduated from the Bay Path University … Read More

Stockbridge, Mass. – February 3 – William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty announced today the record-breaking property sale of a historic Berkshire Cottage in Stockbridge, Mass. The property, located at 3 Ice Glen Road, sold for $6,750,000 and was represented by agent Pat Melluzzo. The previous price record in the Berkshires was last set in 2007. Villa Virginia, one of the … Read More

Great Barrington, Mass. — Community Access to the Arts (CATA) is proud to announce the appointment of two new full-time staff members. Dorothea Oakes joins CATA as the organization’s new Administrative Associate, and Norma Stobbe joins as Program Associate. The appointment of Oakes and Stobbe comes as CATA works to strategically expand its innovative arts programming for people with disabilities, … Read More

Williamstown, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute hosts two artmaking webinars on Zoom in preparation for the upcoming Valentine’s Day celebration. The free webinars are scheduled for noon on Thursday, February 4, and Thursday, February 11 and are open to people of all ages and all skill levels. These “craft-along” programs include tips for making and mailing artful valentines to … Read More

Pittsfield, Mass. – The Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative has announced the launch of a new website containing comprehensive information on how to access the Berkshire area COVID-19 vaccination clinics. The new site, www.getvaccinatedberkshires.org, was developed to provide a consolidated resource with information about the COVID-19 vaccines, to provide resources on the state’s Vaccination Phases and vaccine availability, and to aid the … Read More

Sheffield, Mass. – January 28 – In February 2021, the award-winning maker of a select line of premier craft spirits, Berkshire Mountain Distillers (BMD), will release a trio of whiskeys in partnership with three brewers in the Northeast as part of their Craft Brewers Whiskey Project (CBWP). The five-year collaboration includes the distilling of a dozen different popular beers from … Read More

Great Barrington, Mass. — January 27 — The Town of Great Barrington’s AAA bond rating has helped secure an interest rate of .979% on a $4,990,000 bond. The 20-year bond is for the financing of various capital projects. S&P Global Ratings, a municipal bond credit rating agency, attributed the town’s AAA bond rating — the highest attainable — to the … Read More