Berkshire Music School Hosts Matt Cusson Performance

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Music School (BMS) will present a performance featuring Grammy-nominated alumnus Matt Cusson on April 26, 2025, at the St. Germain Stage. 
 
The event will also include performances by BMS scholarship recipients and community group classes.
 
The event aims to celebrate community and support BMS's outreach programs. BMS reports serving 1,900 students through community outreach in Berkshire County schools and providing financial aid to 51 students, totaling over $35,000 annually. Additionally, 60 percent of the 250 students enrolled in BMS's "pay-what-you-wish" group classes do not pay for the classes.
 
Matt Cusson, a BMS alumnus, has collaborated with artists including Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Dua Lipa, Boys II Men, and Christina Aguilera. He has received a Grammy nomination, a Billboard Songwriting Award, and the Maxell Song of The Year award.
 
Other performers at the event will include Artois Sancho, Zoe-Ruth Brizan, James Ryan, the Berkshire Music School Adult Flute Ensemble, and the Youth Rock Band.
 
Sponsorship opportunities are available starting at $500. Proceeds from the event will support BMS's efforts to provide accessible music education.
 
The event will be held at the St. Germain Stage, located at 36 Linden St, Pittsfield. Food service begins at 5:30 p.m., doors open at 6:00 p.m., and performances start at 7:00 p. Each ticket purchase includes a meal. Tickets are available for purchase, starting at $25.
 
 
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Dalton Air Quality Report Links Dust to Digsite

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — For more than a year, neighbors of Berkshire Concrete's unauthorized dig site have complained that sand drifting into their neighborhood is affecting their air quality.
 
A five-month study is providing data that may support these claims.
 
Air Partners Collaborative of Needham monitored the air quality over five months — from October to April — using a network of monitoring sensors at strategic locations surrounding the site. 
 
Sensors were positioned west and southeast of the site at four locations: Raymond Drive, Off Prospect Street, Renee Drive, and the shooting range 80 meters northwest of the site to provide background measurements for the northwesterly winds. 
 
During the observation period, it was determined that Dalton is experiencing "extreme events of coarse particulate matter, with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 micrometers (PM10)
 
The National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM10 is 150 micrograms per cubic meter within a 24-hour period, the report says. But Dalton is seeing concentrations reaching 1,000 to 10,000 micrograms per cubic meter during individual events. This is seven to 67 times the national standards.
 
The wind direction analysis indicates that 10 of the 12 exceedance events, or 83 percent, suggest the digsite may be contributing to the issue, but this cannot be proved with certainty.
 
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