NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jennifer Marlowe's prekindergarten class visited North Adams Fire Department on Wednesday afternoon, a much anticipated moment for the children.

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Northern Berkshire United Way will holds its annual campaign Celebration Breakfast on Thursday, May 30, at the Williams Inn.

The breakfast, which begins at 7:45, concludes the annual drive to raise funds to aid more than 20 member agencies ranging from Elder Services of Berkshire County to the Girls Scouts of Western Massachusetts.

This year's goal was $550,000. Officials and campaign Chairmen Osmin Alvarez and Robert Abel will present the results of the drive, which they say has been very positive. The campaign is expected to reach its goal for the first time since the economic collapse.

Timothy Jones, president and CEO of Northern Berkshire

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Affordable Housing Committee on Tuesday grappled with the question of how it can operate in a climate in which more and more of the town is discussing an issue that is the panel's sole focus.

The only outcome of April's special town meeting on land use and affordable housing is that the voters want more discussion and clearer direction from Williamstown's elected and appointed boards.

And the Selectmen on Monday took a step in that direction by forming a Long-term Coordinating Committee to facillitate communication

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Emergency Medical Services Committee of Berkshire County will hold its annual awards banquet on Friday, May 17, at Itam Lodge.

The dinner, which starts at 6, is open to all emergency responders in Berkshire County. More than 25 "Save" certificates will be given to emergency responders who played an integral part in saving a life, as well as the distribution of individual awards, such as the EMT of the Year, Emergency Physician of the Year, etc. Survivors will also be in attendance to help honor the rescuers.

The Emergency Medical Services of Berkshire County will be holding its EMS Expo this Sunday, May 19, at the Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Since running his first marathon in 1994, Hank Art has duplicated the feat on numerous occasions.

He is proudest of those days when his times were the slowest.

Since 2007, Art, a professor of biology at Williams College, has put his marathoning skill to work as a guide for Achilles International, a New York-based non-profit that helps mobility-impaired runners compete in distance running events, including 26.2-mile competitions like the Boston Marathon or the New York Marathon.

The latter is where Art had

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The Transportation Advisory Committee is supporting BRTA's plan to phase in natural gas-powered buses and expanded routes and hours.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — With a proposed state budget that would "forward fund" the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority, leaders are already eyeing nearly $10 million in expansion in five years.

Robert Malnati, BRTA assistant administrator, presented a schedule for the use of federal funds for the next five years at Tuesday's Transportation Advisory Committee meeting.

The organization has been using federal reimbursements for operating costs, but with an increase in state funding, Malnati said they hope to use federal funds for

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Last summer I had the pleasure of heading up north, from my home in Princeton, N.J., to the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where I saw the last performance of Steve Lawson's fine adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Valley of Fear."
 
Though the show was wonderful, it was a moment about half an hour after the curtain came down that really struck a chord in me. In the world of the theater, it was nothing unusual, basically the moment just before "strike," (the final dismantling of the set,) where everyone — actors, ushers, apprentices, the director, etc. — will take a moment, pop a bottle or two of perhaps not terribly expensive

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The Honor Guard honored five officers who were killed in duty while working for the city.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — County law enforcement honored more than 19,000 police officers who were killed in the line of duty, including five from Pittsfield, as part of National Police Week.

The weeklong memorial began in 1962 with a declaration of then President John F. Kennedy. Hundreds of officers from  across the country flock to Washington, D.C., each year as names of fallen officers are added to a memorial.

This year, 321 new names will be added, 120 of whom died in the line of duty last year.

Locally, five names are already on that plaque — Capt. Michael Leonard, who

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Selectmen on Monday authorized the town manager to sign a $6.1 million Hazard Mitigation Grant Contract that will result in the town's acquisition and eventual closure of the Spruces Mobile Home Park.

Town Manager Peter Fohlin explained that although an agreement has not been signed with the park's current owner, he is confident that such an agreement will be reached. But he advised that the town not spend a dollar of the grant money until Morgan signs

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Selectman Robert Barton is resigning from the Board of Selectmen two years into his three-year term.

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Selectman Robert Barton is resigning from the board.

Barton submitted a letter asking the Board of Selectmen to accept his resignation effective at the end of June while he runs for a seat on the School Committee.

Barton had hoped to resign earlier enough for his selectman's seat to be filled at the June 25 town election but didn't provide quite enough notice.

In a subsequent letter, Barton agreed to stay on the board until his seat is filled at a special election.

That can only happen if he does not win election to the School Committee. The

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