Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this warm weekend including live music, Bingo, outdoor activities, and more. Look for Easter egg hunts and scrambles here.
Head to Downtown North Adams on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. for the monthly First Friday event.
Galleries, businesses and organizations are participating in the April First Friday "Clean & Green" event.
Second Chance Composting and the city of North Adams will be accepting recyclables and composting materials under the Mohawk marquee, the Hissing Booth is back at Plant Connector, WallaSauce will be making fanny packs out of old material and a number of galleries will be hosting receptions and works.
New and experienced photographers have the opportunity to meet up and take pictures of Roaring Brook and mountain landscape. Participants will explore the west side of the mountain.
Meet up at Roaring Brook trailhead, on Roaring Brook Road, at 1 p.m. The program is free and open to all ages.
Children 4 to 12 are encouraged to explore reading and story-telling through movement with dancer and educator Olivia Martin.
This free event starts at 10:30 a.m. More information here.
Indoor Pittsfield Farmers Market
Zion Lutheran Church, Pittsfield
The region's first teen-run market, Roots Rising, will be having a indoor farmers market this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Zion Lutheran Church.
This market features live music, chief demos, workshops, children's activities and more.
Join drag queen, Bella Santarella for Bingo and get a chance to win prizes like cash, gift certificates to local businesses, gift baskets, and tarot readings.
There will be seatings at noon and 2 for a performance by comedian Shawn Hollenbach and Daire Rooney. Santarella will also be doing a number
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Dalton Green Committee Selects Greenhouse Gas Inventory Platform
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Green Committee has voted to use the Metropolitan Area Planning Council Greenhouse Gas Inventory Platform.
At its August meeting, the board was presented with three options: ClearPath, an MAPC model, and an in-house Excel model.
After reviewing each platform, the committee selected the MAPC model because of its consistency and comparability with the state, user-friendliness, and sources included.
The platform is completely free and was built by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in Massachusetts, said Cisco Tomasino, BlueStrike climate and events manager.
Since it was built in Massachusetts for Massachusetts, it is the most popular model used by many towns in the state, he said.
Committee Chair David Wasielewski said MAPC is his initial preference as it will allow the town to compare its data with other towns.
The state can "more or less control that kind of information" and the town has to keep monitoring the, Wasielewski said. The committee unanimously agreed
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