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It's a month of fun, crafts, and learning, the Berkshire Athenaeum has some wonderful craft kits for Kids, Thanks also to Friends of the library

Troopers today continue to assist Chicopee Police in the search for missing 11-year-old boy Aiden Blanchard. The Massachusetts State Police Marine Unit is conducting another search of the Connecticut River for any evidence related to Aiden's disappearance.

Anyone with information about either Cassidy or Chelstowski is asked to contact the North Adams Police at (413) 664-4945, ext. 1.

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

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

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

According to an article in The Berkshire Eagle, free dinners are being offered to all children in the city from the North Adams School system.  Beginning on Monday the curbside grab-and-go program will be in operation between 4:30pm to 5:00pm at the Brayton Elementary School...

I just took a phone call from a mom who has had to deal with a parent passing away last month and both she and her husband have had to file for unemployment which neither are getting yet. She is the mother of children some over the age that they have aged out of the giving tree program.

Late in the evening of Friday, November 6, 2020, the Pittsfield Public Schools, in partnership with The City of Pittsfield Department of Health, was notified that a staff member at Conte Community School tested positive for COVID-19.

For Years BCAC along with the help of so many giving people here in the Berkshires, has been helping children here in the Berkshires stay warm during the harsh winter months that we get here in this area.