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The Drury Drama Team presents "Dracula" on Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 19-21.

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Bazaars

Nov. 21

St. Stanislaus School benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.

Blackinton Union Church, 1373 Massachusetts Ave., North Adams; 10 to 2. Crafts table, bake sale, Chinese auction, the Christmas table, and kid's grab bag. Lunch $4, $2 kids.

First Congregational Church, North Adams, 9-2.

Nov. 28

Becket Federated Church
, Route 8, holiday bazaar from 9-3. Lunch, crafts, baked goods, holiday and other items. Information: Mary Peltier, Parish House, 413-623-5217.


Dec. 5

Holiday Fair at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, Lee, from 10 to 3; handcrafted items, raffles, children's shop, bake sale, cut Christmas trees and lunch from 11 to 1. Includes angel-themed goods from SERRV. Information, 413-243-1033 or www.ucc-lee.org.


Dec. 12-13

North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Information: Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.

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Williams College Men's Basketball Season Outlook
2009 MIAA Girls Soccer - State Division 2

Final: Wahconah vs Cardinal Spellman
Date / Time: 11/21/2009; 3:30pm
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Covanta Pittsfield Partners with Goodwill

08:50AM / Wednesday, October 21, 2009

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Covanta Pittsfield is partnering with the local Goodwill chapter to encourage employees and local residents to recycle their gently worn clothes.

Mayor James Ruberto and representatives from the Berkshire County regional Goodwill chapter joined Covanta Pittsfield employees today to place a permanent Goodwill bin at the facility, located at 500 Hubbard Avenue in Pittsfield.

“The folks at Covanta do a great job turning leftover waste into renewable energy, but they’re also always on the lookout for ways to help Pittsfield boost its recycling rate. It’s great that they’ve taken the initiative to work with Goodwill to collect shoes and clothing from Pittsfield residents,” said Mayor Ruberto.

Pittsfield residents along with Covanta employees are encouraged to donate all articles of usable, clean clothing and shoes.

“We’re on the campaign trail to increase our inventory of gently worn clothing and shoes as we move into the colder months,” said Tom Speckert, Executive Director at Goodwill. “Our clothing drives not only support people with limited resources by providing clothing and shoes but offer training to some others so that they can get a job.”

Covanta Pittsfield operates the Pittsfield Resource Recovery Facility, which processes the municipal solid waste remaining after curbside recycling into clean, renewable energy. An active member of the local community, the Pittsfield facility recently participated in the Housatonic River Clean up efforts sponsored by the Berkshire Environmental Action Team and is a long-time sponsor of the annual 4th of July Parade, among other community activities.

“Covanta Pittsfield is thrilled to be partnering with Goodwill on this initiative. Giving clothes a second-life by encouraging their recycling is a great way for us to give back to our community. We should all realize that reuse is the highest form of recycling,” said Meg Morris, Covanta’s New England Regional Director for Environmental Science and Community Affairs. “We believe that we have a responsibility to give back and do so by investing in the communities in which we operate, by providing jobs for local residents, and by supporting local initiatives such as this.”

About Covanta

Covanta Energy is an internationally recognized owner and operator of large-scale Energy-from-Waste and renewable energy projects and a recipient of the Energy Innovator Award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Covanta’s 44 Energy-from-Waste facilities provide communities with an environmentally sound solution to their solid waste disposal needs by using that municipal solid waste to generate clean, renewable energy. Annually, Covanta's modern Energy-from-Waste facilities safely and securely convert more than 20 million tons of waste into more than 9 million megawatt hours of clean renewable electricity and create over 10 billion pounds of steam that are sold to a variety of industries.

For more information, visit www.covantaenergy.com.
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The Covanta I know mistreats its workers and violates federal labor law.

http://www.cjcw.org/
from: employeeon: 10-31-2009

Covanta's partnering with Goodwill is a wonderful start in the right direction of recycling what we no longer need. Going to the recycling center on Hubbard Ave and seeing "right before your eyes" the blue bin of Goodwill will make people more aware of the need of recycling. The BLUE BIN is the color bin to keep jobs in the Berkshires and southern Vermont.
from: Jean Haywoodon: 10-22-2009



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