Community Contra Dance in North Adams

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NORTH ADAMS — Saturday, August 10th: a community contra dance! North Berkshire Community Dance will hold its monthly contra dance on Aug. 10 with calling by Andy Davis, and live music provided by local musicians.
 
All are welcome.  Come alone, or with friends - most people change partners for each dance throughout the evening. New dancers and families with children are encouraged to arrive by 7:30 for instruction in the basics.
 
The dance will run 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Community Hall of the All Saints Episcopal Church, 59 Summer St., North Adams.  Use the door closest to the post office.  Admission is pay-as-you-can:  $5 - $15, or barter equivalent, suggested. For community health, please stay home if you feel unwell or have any cold symptoms.
 
Andy Davis will teach all dances, starting the evening with easy dances friendly to newcomers and families with children. The caller teaches new moves and skills as needed, so that beginners can dance with everyone right from the start.  Music will be live, by local musicians in varied small ensembles, organized by Eric Buddington. 
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Clarksburg School Gets New Playground Equipment, Awaits Stairlift

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

The school has an existing playground for the older children. 
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Brand-new playground equipment will welcome children returning to Clarksburg School this fall. 
 
The school received a $64,000 Feigenbaum Foundation grant a couple years ago, but because of supply and shipping delays from the pandemic, the equipment was not delivered until this past winter. Cascades had stored the playground until it could be installed.  
 
"The two main pieces that are actually concreted into the ground were $37,000 just to purchase and $16,000 to install," Jordan Rennell told the School Committee on Thursday. "Then there's a couple thousand worth of woodchips and a couple of thousand to take the old playground down that was there."
 
Rennell, a speech pathologist and director of summer programming for the Northern Berkshire School Union, said the 30-year-old wooden structure had to be discarded because it was decaying from dry rot, splintering the children's hands and the plastic pieces were all cracked. 
 
"We cut it up and threw it away," she said. School Committee member Mary Giron commented that the old playground was "an accident waiting to happen."
 
The Parent-Teacher Group had helped with the extra funds to have the new equipment installed and Whitney's Garden Center had offered a "good price" on the wood chips. 
 
Rennell thought the funds would be enough for one large fixture but the prices were quite high. 
 
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