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BERKSHIRE TOWNS IN RED ZONE: The following Berkshire communities are now listed as red in the state s COVID-19 chart, the category signaling a concerning presence of the virus, as adjusted for community size. After community name, the figures reflect the number of new cases in the last 14 days out of a stated number of tests:
Adams (29 cases of 739 tests); Cheshire 34 of 340; Great Barrington (30 of 1,325); Lee (74 of 745).
The following communities were ranked yellow, one category below red: Lanesborough (18 cases of 317 tests); Lenox (21 of 901); North Adams (62 or 1,344); Pittsfield (290 of 6,238); Williamstown (26 of 1,413).
Note: Pittsfield s own website listed the city in the red category on Friday. City officials have immediate access to case data.
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GREAT BARRINGTON â As pot shops bloom in a legal landscape, so might problems.
But there is a tariff on recreational cannabis that state and local officials hope will counter them called Community Impact Funds â one that already has amounted to $1.7 million in town revenue from Theory Wellness.
Now, $185,000 of that fund money can be spent, and the town is giving it to four local organizations and the school district to help prevent or solve any fallout from legal pot. That amount represents the companyâs first-quarter fee to the town, after opening in January 2019.
On Monday, the Select Board announced the recipients of the Community Impact Fund program, after a committee made the decision:
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‘Good old fashioned snow day’; Western Massachusetts superintendent announces snow day with song on social media
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Central Superintendent Sheryl Stanton announced the snow day through song on Twitter Wednesday.
“I know exactly what to do,” the video states.
Then Stanton brings out the guitar and begins singing.
“The forecast is absurd, a foot or more I heard,” she sings. “Tomorrow is gonna be a snow day.”
She tells students to get outside, help their families and read.
Stanton’s not the only one ready for a snow day.
Peter Dillon, superintendent of schools for Berkshire Hills Regional School District and Richmond Consolidated School, announced Thursday to be a “true snow day” for students.