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WINDSOR â When the weather turns rainy, Windsor celebrates anyway. The town kicked off its 250th anniversary celebrations Saturday as new and longtime residents huddled under tents in Windsor Town Park, amid a drizzle, to recognize the milestone. âIt was touch-and-go with COVID, followed by this weather,â said Kim Tobin, chairperson of the townâs Select Board. âWe just decided to carry forward, to carry on.â As a largely maskless crowd milled about in the early afternoon, exploring the vendors and booths set up by town officials and volunteers, Tobin was thrilled to see everyone vaccinated and in public again. âWe were really insistent on doing this today,â Tobin said. âIt wasnât just about the 250th. Itâs about the community, and celebrating all of the stuff we did, from the beginning of the pandemic.â ....
Help is on the way from the state â totaling nearly $1 million â for Berkshire County cultural projects in Becket, Lenox, North Adams, Stockbridge, Williamstown and Windsor. The cultural facilities awards are from MassDevelopment through the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund. Statewide, the agencies approved $9.1 million in grants to nonprofits, colleges and towns that own or operate facilities primarily focused on the arts, humanities and sciences. The awards are targeted for the acquisition, design, repair, renovation, expansion and construction of nonprofit and municipal cultural facilities. The grants range from a maximum of $200,000 to $2,400 and require one-to-one matches from the private sector or other non-state sources. ....