Berkshire

The Volunteer Center has started a mentoring program where children of all ages can meet with an MCLA mentor live online.

The weather the first weekend of 2021 is looking good!  Mostly sunny both Saturday and Sunday with highs in the upper 20s and low 30s.  Temperatures at night will be dipping into the teens.
On average January delivers the coldest temperatures of the year...

The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield’s public library, is pleased to offer a host of newly adjusted library services to continue its support of patron needs during the pandemic.

The Kids 4 Harmony music program run by a Pittsfield nonprofit will be able to expand its scholarships thanks to a gift from the Mockingbird Foundation

The four small schools in the North Berkshire School Union went back to the classroom as of today, even as some larger school districts are planning a remote learning quarantine for the first weeks of the new year.
Superintendent John Franzoni said,
"We haven't had any positive cases for anybody …

Vulchev of Houlton, Maine was arrested and charged with several counts of malicious damage and three counts of arson at the church on Concord Terrace in Springfield.

Two new COVID-19 deaths Monday, raising the total to 131, with the confirmed case count up 56, to 2,733,

One woman was killed and another was injured Monday afternoon.

Berkshire Health Systems COVID-19 Testing Centers Added to Massachusetts Stop the Spread Program

For you who don't know what Berkshire Horseworks does, The healing power of the horse/human interaction is evidence-based and well documented.