The Berkshire Humane Society will host the Second Annual “Luv of Buns†Event on Saturday June 9th. Because of the great response to last year’s celebration, the event has been expanded from 10am until 4pm at the shelter at 214 Barker Road in Pittsfield. Nikki Kellogg, small animal technician at BHS, said “The event is in conjunction with 3 Bunnies Rabbit Rescue for all rabbit lovers and those interested in celebrating the wonderful, intelligent, social companion animal; the Rabbit.
There will be several raffles, including one for a gift Basket from Leif Petwerks, one for a pair of Webkinzâ rabbits and a dog Webkinzâ, and one for Oxbow Bunny Basics-T feed pellets as well as Oxbow Orchard Grass Hay courtesy of Oxbow Hay Company. The featured speaker will be Dr. Michelle Looney, DVM of Pittsfield Veterinary Hospital; her talk will begin at 11am on the topic of general care and husbandry of rabbits.
The event will be filled with fun; including a huge bake sale, jewelry and crafts goods, face painting and vendors of bunny related items. Proceeds and donations will go to BHS and the 3 Bunnies Rabbit Rescue Inc. There will be bunnies from the 3 Bunnies foster program available for adoption along with rabbits currently available at BHS. Rabbit care information; nail clipping, gender identification, bonding advice and much more information will also be available during the event.
The Berkshire Humane Society is an open admission shelter, providing refuge for homeless animals in Berkshire County, free educational programs for local school children, a pet-food bank for economically distressed pet owners, and assistance for The Elizabeth Freeman Center in providing women with a safe haven for their pets during crisis. BHS receives no public funding and relies and memberships and donations to continue with its mission of “Helping Animals and People Since 1992â€. The shelter is open Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm, Thursday evenings 5-8pm, and Sundays 1-4pm. The phone number is 413-447-7878. www.bershirehumane.org
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Lanesborough Considers Keeping Keeler Island
By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The town is considering keeping a Pontoosuc Lake island as its own.
Last week, the Select Board voted to consider selling three tax title properties and maintaining Keeler Island, located on Pontoosuc Lake. New statewide tax title laws that went into effect on Nov. 1, 2024, altered some options available to towns, and officials see this as a way to raise some funds.
Treasurer Jodi Hollingsworth explained that these properties have gone through the land court process, and with the new laws, the town needs to determine if it wants to keep or sell them. This includes lots on South Main Street (Parcel ID: 116-17), Chickatabot Avenue (114-8), C Street (112-140), and Keeler Island (115-1).
"These properties have been in the system through the changes in legislation," Town Administrator Gina Dario said. "And so this really is the first point that they're coming to the town for consideration of how to maintain."
Keeler Island, with an assessed value of $48,700, and the parcels on Chickatabot and C Street had been owned by Franklin Perras of North Adams, who died in 2017. Perras had owned properties across the county that have been tied up in Land Court for years as attorneys have tried to find any heirs.
According to documents on file at the Registry of Deeds, Perras purchased the island and the Chickatabot property with a building together in 1998 and the C Street lot the same year.
Lanesborough has about 15 properties in various stages of tax title. This is a way for the town to start recovering money that has been deferred and ultimately determine whether or not there's any public value to the properties, Dario explained.
"I think the town should maintain Keeler Island," Selectman Timothy Sorrell said.
"I use the lake. I boat on it, I fish on it. Hey, be nice for the town to have a piece of property out there on that island so people can swim from Narragansett Park out to the island, if that's what they want to do."
During his time on the police force, he heard multiple complaints about trespassers on the island, and "If we own that property, the island, at least people would be able to use it from Narragansett Park." He pointed out that town property can be posted as no use after dark, similar to town parks.
"But also give a place for some of our fishermen, too, if they want to go out and leave their boat on the island to walk around the shore and fish from there," Sorrell said.
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