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Oysters Are Being Recalled In 9 States Due To Possible Bacteria Contamination, FDA Warns
Oysters have shipped to restaurants and retailers in nine different states have been recalled after it was discovered they may be contaminated with Campylobacter jejuni, a bacteria that can cause diarrhea, nausea, and stomach cramps at best, and life...
Farmer’s Almanac Calling for Lots of Snow and Rain for Maine, New Hampshire, & Massachusetts This Winter
Last winter was definitely abnormal. With the exception of a few really nasty storms (one in mid-December and one in mid-January), the winter was fairly mild. With the exception of a handful of rain and snowstorms, last winter was calm. Even the temperatures remained mild. According to records kept by...
Coastal flood statement issued for 4 Massachusetts counties until 3 a.m. Tuesday
A coastal flood statement was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 3:18 p.m. valid from 8 p.m. until Tuesday 3 a.m. for Suffolk, Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol counties. The weather service comments, "Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near...
Nigerian man arrested in New York for role in $10 million scheme concerning Massachusetts, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Montana, Maine, Ohio, Washington
BOSTON – A Nigerian man was arrested on Tuesday upon arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on charges that he, and others, conspired to fraudulently obtain at least $10 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits. According to the Massachusetts Department of Justice, Yomi Jones Olayeye,...
Mass. State Lottery player buys winning $250,000 Powerball ticket
A lucky Massachusetts State Lottery player bought a winning $250,000 Powerball ticket at a North Shore convenience store on Saturday. The ticket was purchased at Railroad Variety on Railroad Avenue in Gloucester for $2. Another Massachusetts lottery player bought a winning “Keno” ticket worth $100,000 on Saturday. The ticket was...
The LAVA Center Hosts Theater and Storytelling Workshop with Alex DeMelo
GREENFIELD, MA — The LAVA Center is excited to host a theater and storytelling workshop led by Brazilian actor and director Alex DeMelo. This workshop will be a unique and enriching experience, centered around a celebration of diversity, resilience, and the power of storytelling. This workshop is open to...
Pittsfield Events to Raise Awareness of Overdose Danger
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city will remember those lost to overdose with events in August and September. Last week, Mayor Peter Marchetti delivered a proclamation for International Overdose Awareness Month to local mental health leaders in council chambers. All are members of the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Advisory Committee.
Update: The current severe thunderstorm warning will expire at 4:45 p.m.
The warning was for Berkshire County. "The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, heavy rain is still possible with this thunderstorm," says the National Weather Service.
Voices in Food Equity Event at BCC
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts will host its third Voices in Food Equity event on Wednesday, Aug. 21, from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM at Berkshire Community College. The panel discussion brings together community leaders and residents to discuss school-and college-age food insecurity in the...
Northern Berkshire ROPES Offers Grants, Scholarships
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — More than 200 local children spent two weeks every summer zipping through the trees and overcoming obstacles at Windsor Lake for nearly a quarter century. But the pandemic and a decline in volunteers delivered a double whammy to the annual ROPES summer camp. The organizers...
Live Wire: Northampton’s Concert for Community adds new twists this year
Jamie Kent said he learned to dance as a young boy when he’d attend Roger Salloom’s annual summer concert with his family. Kent has now been playing at the concert for years, and Salloom passed the baton to him last year. Now he’s running the yearly event, which again takes place this year from 1-7 p.m. on Aug. 25 at the Pines Theater in Northampton’s Look Park. In case of rain, the show will move under a big tent by the Garden House at Look Park.
This weekend at Tanglewood: Chopin, Elgar, Ravel, Brahms, Beethoven, August 23, 24, 25
Lenox — The BSO’s final weekend at Tanglewood begins with Bruce Liu performing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 on Friday evening, led by emerging American conductor Ryan Bancroft. On the same program, the BSO will perform Edward Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations, a work that contains some of the most sublime music ever written. On Saturday, it is Beethoven, Brahms, Chausson, and Ravel, closing with the French composer’s sensually ravishing “Daphnis et Chloé,” Suite No. 2 (with chorus). On Sunday, it is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, which means the Tanglewood Festival Chorus will be present to help several thousand people experience transcendence.
Wrongful death lawsuit filed against man accused of killing Chicopee woman
CHICOPEE — The criminal case of Jason Chapdelaine, who is facing a murder charge for allegedly stabbing to death his girlfriend Eileen Monaghan in April, is ongoing. He is now also facing a civil case. Monaghan’s estate filed a wrongful death suit against Chapdelaine in June. The complaint also...
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