Bascom Lodge to Open Memorial Day Weekend

ADAMS, Mass. — Bascom Lodge will open to overnight guests and visitors on Memorial Day weekend.

Manager Peter Dudek told the the Mount Greylock Advisory Council on Wednesday that the lodge has overnight reservations starting on May 24. Park roads are scheduled to open on May 18 and the War Memorial Tower on May 25.

John Dudek and Brad Parsons retired from the Bascom Lodge Group last year, 13 years into the group's 25-year lease with the state. Peter Dudek, John's brother, is running the operation this season.

"We're opening on Memorial Day weekend and want to have the usual assortment of the cultural programming every Sunday," he said, adding that the historic building is booked for weddings and other events, too.

Built in 1930, the lodge sits atop the state's highest mountain and offers nine rooms for boarding at different privacy levels, dining, and special events. It has accommodations for about 34 people and has hosted popular dinners and an array of programming. 

Dudek said it has full lodging staff but needs additional employees in other areas.

"When we first started it was really easy to find help. They just came to us automatically," he added. "But over the years, you have to advertise more and more and that seems to get very little."

He said the operating hours, as usual, will be just on the weekends to start and then move to five or seven days a week during the summer. It will be closed on most Mondays and Tuesdays but reservations won't be refused on those days, Dudek added, though dinner may not be available.

In the coming week, a program will be added to the Bascom Lodge website. There is Sunday programming starting on opening weekend into early September and some on Wednesdays as well.

Community Hero of the Month: Christine Hoyt

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:25PM / Saturday, May 04, 2024

Selectwoman Christine Hoyt, in green, came up with the idea of celebrating local business by having a ribbon cuttings with board members present. 

ADAMS, Mass. — Selectmen Chair and 1Berkshire Director of Member Services and Christine Hoyt has been nominated for the April Community Hero of the Month.

 

The Community Hero of the Month series, in partnership with Haddad Auto, recognizes individuals and organizations that have significantly impacted their community. Nominate a community hero here. 

 

Hoyt has been a valuable member of the Berkshire County community since moving to Adams in 2005 from central New York state. 

 

With no friends or family in the area, she became involved with her new community by working with numerous organizations and serving on multiple committees. 

 

She participated in the Berkshire Leadership Program through the then-Berkshire Chamber of Commerce. This started her on the path to working with nonprofit boards, so she started serving with Youth Center Inc. and then ran for election as a town meeting member. She has been on the Board of Selectmen since 2017 and is currently serving her second term as chair. 

 

"[Berkshire County is] a welcoming community. So, when I moved here, I didn't have any friends or family, and I still felt like I was able to connect with people. I was able to get involved in a number of different initiatives," Hoyt said.

 

"So, I've always felt like this community just opens their arms and welcomes everybody into it. I try to do my part to extend those arms and welcome people into the conversation and into various groups and committees."