Berkshire Immigrant Center Benefit

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LENOX, Mass. — The Berkshire Immigrant Center presents its fourth annual One World Celebration on Sunday, June 4, 2023. 
 
The live event returns to Shakespeare & Company in Lenox. with a headline performance by the Wanda Houston Band.
 
Performers Jason Ennis and Natalia Bernal will open the event with songs for voice and guitar. UK native and Berkshire resident James Warwick will be the Master of Ceremonies, with State Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli as guest auctioneer for the paddle raise.
 
Tickets are $100/person, with sponsorship opportunities also available. T
 
he event begins at 5:30 p.m. on seats in the outdoor tented area adjacent to the Tina Packer Playhouse. The evening will include complimentary wine donated by Domaney's Liquors and Fine Wines, and beer donated
by Hot Plate Brewing. 
 
Tickets also include heavy hors d'oeuvres by KJ Nosh, and In My Dreams Events, a local immigrant-owned business, has helped plan the event.
 
For details and tickets, visit: https://www.berkshireic.org/one-world-celebration.
 
All proceeds benefit the legal and educational services that Berkshire Immigrant Center offers to all members of the region's immigrant community. 
 
If you would like to contribute information on this article, contact us at info@iberkshires.com.

Dalton Finance Makes Reserve Fund Transfers

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Finance Committee made two reserve fund transfers last Wednesday night. 
 
The reserve fund balance is currently $60,000. This is the first reserve fund transfer the town has made this fiscal year, committee clerk Karen Schmidt said. 
 
A transfer to the vocational education tuition account for $16,000 was approved. The original appropriation was $605,020 and the present balance is $4,527. 
 
It had been previously demonstrated that setting the budget for this account can be challenging due to the uncertainty about how many students will choose to attend vocational education programs.
 
The vocational education account was reduced by $90,000 during a September special town meeting; however, a spot opened up at a vocational program, so a student decided to transfer after the start of the second quarter. 
 
A transfer for the employee fringe benefits account was approved for $10,000. The original appropriation was $64,180. 
 
The present balance is $4,412.77 and is not sufficient to cover the vacation payouts and sick buy backs of the six employees who left this year. 
 
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