🌱 How will PCB-laden river sediment bound for Lee be handled?
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In today's newsletter:
- How will PCB-laden river sediment bound for Lee be handled?
- How Lee Bank’s grant is helping pets and people in crisis.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 88 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 83, low: 55.
- Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 88 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• GE, EPA Detail Plans for Pittsfield Rest of River Cleanup (iberkshires.com) — Lee is slated to host the Upland Disposal Facility that will receive contaminated sediment from GE’s five-year cleanup of the Housatonic River in Pittsfield, with site work expected to start in late 2027. Materials will be staged, dewatered, and then shipped either to the Lee facility or off-site, prompting health and safety questions from nearby residents. Public comments on the cleanup design are open through Aug. 10. 
• Berkshire Humane Society Receives $120K in Grants to Help Pets, People (iberkshires.com) — A wave of new grants is boosting animal welfare services across the Berkshires, including a $5,000 award from the Lee Bank Foundation to support Berkshire Humane Society’s SafePet program for people in crisis. Additional funding will underwrite spay/neuter surgeries, low-cost veterinary care, children’s education visits, and thousands of Pet Food Bank requests. These investments aim to keep local families and their pets healthy and together.
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Marketing, Tourism, and Business Relations between Jacob’s Pillow and the Town of Lee →
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Storytime with Nandi the Dog
Lee Library Association 100 Main Street, Lee, MA 01238
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Tuesday June 16
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Wild Thing 5K/10K Trail Race and Walk →
Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Inc (BEAT) Mass Audubon Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, 472 West Mountain Rd, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States
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Building Better Soil: A Three-Part Soil Health Intensive →
Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Inc (BEAT) Mount Wachusett Community College, 444 Green St., Gardner, MA
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West Stockbridge Historical Society Presents: Frog Fables and Salamander Stories
Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Inc (BEAT) Old Town Hall, 9 Main St, West Stockbridge, MA, 01266, United States
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Pittsfield Farmers Market
Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Inc (BEAT) Pittsfield Common, 100 1st St., Pittsfield, MA
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Second Saturday Volunteer Day at Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary →
Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Inc (BEAT) Mass Audubon Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, 472 West Mountain Rd, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States
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Great Barrington Farmers’ Market →
Great Barrington Farmer's Market, Church St, Great Barrington
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Becket Moving Freestyle — Becket Arts Center →
Becket Arts Center, 7 Brooker Hill Rd, Becket
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Downtown Pittsfield Walk – Neighbors and Strangers
Herman Melville's Arrowhead Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, United States
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Berkshire Botanical Garden Announces âDrawing on the Landâ Design S
Berkshire Grown 314 Main St #15, Great Barrington, MA 01230
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Stuffed Animal Repair
Lenox Library MA
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Friday June 12
Saturday June 13
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💬 Chatter
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- Domino's Pizza, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Rep in Lee. Apply here.
- CRH plc posted a job opening for Cost Accountant in Lee. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lee here.
🗞 Nearby News
Stockbridge
- Housatonic invites community to celebrate at Party in the Park 2026 (theberkshireedge.com)
- Forensic audit, lawsuit, and budget concerns loom over Great Barrington's June 29 Special Town Meeting (theberkshireedge.com)
Lenox
- Maynard Stops Lenox in State Semi-Finals (iberkshires.com)
- Edith Wharton Summit draws global scholars to Lenox estate for 2026 gathering (berkshireeagle.com)
- Lenox: LMMHS names Meesala, Parsenios top seniors (berkshireeagle.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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