Tom Conklin

Tom Conklin is the News Director and lead news voice for the Berkshire News Network and the Townsquare Media Berkshire Radio Group. Tom is also a musician and voiceover talent. He has been a guitarist for more than three decades and plays lead guitar for the New England based band, The Matchstick Architects. He also does voiceover narration work for clients all over the world from his home studio in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Tom is also a founding member of Berkshire Organization for Original Music, or BOOM, which is a Berkshire County based organization that advocates for the local original music scene and performers of original music in the Berkshires.

18 Berkshire County Venues Getting a Share of Federal Grant Money
Congressman Richard Neal visited the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield on Monday to announce roughly $3,7 Million in funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venues Operation Grant program.  
The grant money a…
Girls Rock The Berkshires… It Could Work!
Camp Meade in Middlesex, Vermont is doing something very cool, that I’m sure could work here in the Berkshires... Girls Rock Vermont! It’s a very similar concept to the “Rock On” camp that we have here in the Berkshires, but this one i…
18 Wacky Places I’ve Found My Cats
My family has had several cats over the years, and one thing was true about every single one of them. They all like to make their way into the strangest places. Sometimes they would simply find a nice warm place to sleep, and sometimes they just want to be somewhere where they haven't been befo…
Voting Rights Rally Set for Pittsfield’s Park Square Saturday
State and local leaders will be speaking at a rally in Pittsfield on Saturday. Joining concerned citizens across the country, a coalition of 10 Berkshire County advocacy groups have organized a rally in support of voting rights. More specifically, th…
Stressed Out At Work? Here’s 7 Things That Can Help
So, you're stressed out at work. You have a deadline to meet. The internet is down. The printer is out of ink. The coffee maker is on the fritz. Your co-workers are driving you crazy. The work pile keeps growing bigger. You're not making the money you feel you deserve...
Berkshire Hazy Skies May be Due in Part to Western Wildfires
Hazy Skies in the Berkshires today could have to do with the wildfires that are burning in the western U.S. It seems unbelievable, but according to AccuWeather forecasters, that could indeed be the case. 
Forecasters say that with nearly 120 wildfires burning across the western United …
NASA, EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY TAKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE
The arguments about climate change, and whether or not it is the most urgent issue of our time, will probably never really be settled. While we are arguing about it down here... there is somebody “up-there” approaching the issue from above.  
Accor…
Gov. Baker in Adams to Announce $6.5M For Greylock Glen
It seems like work has been going on at the Greylock Glen in Adams forever. An announcement this morning announcing additional funding for the outdoor recreation center could help to give the project the push it needs to finally complete work there.  
Governor …
Second Funding Round Awards $64K to Eight Berkshire Orgs
Another round of funding will help eight Berkshire County organizations keep their local programming going.  
The Lee Bank Foundation has awarded $64,500 to eight Berkshire area organizations in its second round of 2021 community grant awards. The local recipients we...

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