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Warm Clothes Drive! Festive Food Drive! Kid/Teens Gift Drive! December 4-24, drop off at Spring St. biz! Details below..

Dec. 4-10: Non-Perishable Festive Food Drive! Please donate cake, brownie and cookie mixes, frosting, baking supplies, and dried fruits to benefit the Williamstown Food Pantry.

Dec. 11-17: Children & Teens Gift Drive! Please donate NEW unwrapped toys, crafts, books, and games to benefit Berkshire Community Action Council.

Dec. 18-24: Warm Clothes Drive! Please donate NEW coats, hats, gloves, scarves, and mittens to benefit North Adams Veterans Services..

Donation items can be dropped off at the following locations:

Amy’s Cottage (39 Spring St)…The Print Shop (36 Spring St)…Spring Street Market & Café (66 Spring St)

For more info visit: Williamstown Chamber of Commerce

“Holiday Shindy” on Sat, Dec. 11, 10am-5pm, at Zion Lutheran Church, Pittsfield

A magical tradition, the Shindy showcases regional artisan vendors. Meet & watch local farms & makers weave, sew, preserve, whittle all will be set aglow in the magical splendor of a new location, The Common Room at Zion Lutheran Church. Admission is $3 for the general public. Children under the age of 12 are free. Located at Zion Lutheran Church, 74 1st Street Pittsfield MA 01267. Masks required for admission, additional restrictions may apply as the city mandates.

W’town Rural Lands offers virtual “Talks on the Hill” on Thu, April 7, 7-8:15pm.

On, April 7, “Playing Well With Others on the Applachian Trail” presenter Cosmo Catalano tells how the Appalacian Trail came to be in Massachusetts and the many players involved in managing & protecting it.

To register and receive zoom link go to: https://rurallands.org/