“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.
The closure of the bridge is to facilitate the removal of the temporary bridge and implement a new traffic pattern onto the newly constructed Phase I bridge.
In a letter to the editor, Mark Shapp writes, "... if the service, should it ever see implementation, starts as small as I think is being indicated, it will in all likelihood not operate at times that meet Berkshire residents' travel needs.'
The Massachusetts Senate voted unanimously to restore nearly $2 million in funding for the arts, humanities, and sciences through the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
The Berkshire Flyer, seasonal weekend passenger rail service between New York and Pittsfield, would have free wifi, accessible stations with parking, a café car and a bicycle storage car.
The purpose of the program is to assist in the development of an integrated healthcare network, specifically in communities where such programs have never previously existed.
While Toomey saw action at both the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, it was the fact that the peace treaty was signed in Tokyo Bay in 1945 aboard the very ship on which he was serving that he was most proud.
First founded as a chapter for Pittsfield in the early 1960s and later for all of central Berkshire county, the League of Women Voters of Central Berkshire County is one of many Massachusetts chapters of the national League of Women Voters that influences public policy through education and advocacy.
MassDOT is taking several steps to ensure safe and reliable travel for all citizens who utilize transportation systems across the Commonwealth and will be shutting down scheduled roadway construction for the Memorial Day travel period effective at noon on Friday, May 26.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission not only failed to engage in meaningful consultations with the Narragansett Indian Tribal Historic Preservation Office, it also delayed studying the cultural resources until it was too late to protect them.
Sheffield Police Chief Eric Munson Munson said responding officers did not perform a field sobriety test because the driver showed no signs of intoxication. And there is no indication that the driver was distracted by technology.
MassDOT says it will continue to update the public as it implements this phase of the project and that crews will work "24/7" to complete installation of the temporary bridge.
The existing bridge will remain open to pedestrian traffic throughout these operations and the temporary bridge is expected to be open to traffic by the beginning of May.
MassDOT will continue its comprehensive evaluation process and will update the public in the coming week as it analyzes the current status of the bridge.
