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New oral history project aims to preserve Black history in the Berkshires

Oral history interviews are sometimes “the only lasting artifact that we have of a person’s life,” Frances Jones-Sneed says. A new collaborative will provide a formal home for Black oral

New oral history project seeks to collect, preserve the stories of African American Berkshire residents

Three Berkshire County institutions are joining forces for a new oral history project to preserve the stories of the region’s African American community.

Great Barrington Community Impact Funding Committee Awards Funds Local Agencies

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The town's Community Impact Funding Committee has recommended that $350,000 in cannabis revenue funds should be distributed to eight local.

Seven Berkshire County Organizations Receive SHARP Grants

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — Mass Humanities has announced grants to 90 organizations across Massachusetts to support the response and recovery of the cultural sector from the ongoing impacts of the.

Effort to restore historic Black church gets $500,000 boost

Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church restoration project gets nearly $500K boost from National Park Service grant

An interpretive display installed in May sits before the historic Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church at 9 Elm Court in Great Barrington. Community members formed Clinton Church Restoration to rehabilitate the historic Black church, which W. E. B. Du Bois attended as a child, and repurpose it as a heritage site and visitor center. The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area on Thursday announced a grant of nearly $500,000 that will go toward structural work on the building.BEN GARVER — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE GREAT BARRINGTON — The effort to restore the former building of a historic Black church is “a multi-phase, multi-million dollar project that’s going to take years,” says Eugenie Sills, interim executive director for the nonprofit Clinton Church Restoration.

Great Barrington annual town meeting preview: cannabis laws, downtown parking lot, public bathrooms on agenda

Where: Monument Mountain Regional High School, 600 Stockbridge Road/Route 7 Highlight: For a second year, Great Barrington will hold its annual town meeting drive-in style, in the Monument High parking lot. A second date, of June 10, is reserved, should the meeting run late and into darkness, as it did last year, or encounter bad weather. Select Board Chairman Stephen Bannon said if voters are familiar with the warrant and prepared, voting could be finished Monday. He said town officials “look forward to an efficient town meeting.” The warrant can be found on the town’s website. Child care won’t be available this year, though children can attend if they are supervised. Transportation is offered for those who need it. Call the Claire Teague Senior Center by June 4 to reserve a seat in a town van.

Great Barrington annual town meeting preview

Where: Monument Mountain Regional High School, 600 Stockbridge Road/Route 7 Highlight: For a second year, Great Barrington will hold its annual town meeting drive-in style, in the Monument High parking lot. A second date, of June 10, is reserved, should the meeting run late and into darkness, as it did last year, or encounter bad weather. Select Board Chairman Stephen Bannon said if voters are familiar with the warrant and prepared, voting could be finished Monday. He said town officials look forward to an efficient town meeting. The warrant can be found on the town s website. Child care won t be available this year, though children can attend if they are supervised. Transportation is offered for those who need it. Call the Claire Teague Senior Center by June 4 to reserve a seat in a town van. 

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Display set up to explain influence of historic Black church in Great Barrington

An eight panel kiosk in Great Barrington will honor Black figures and their influence on local history. Read more on Boston.com.