Tom Conklin

Tom Conklin is the News Director and lead news voice for the Berkshire News Network and the Townsquare Media Berkshire Radio Group. Tom is also a musician and voiceover talent. He has been a guitarist for more than three decades and plays lead guitar for the New England based band, The Matchstick Architects. He also does voiceover narration work for clients all over the world from his home studio in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Tom is also a founding member of Berkshire Organization for Original Music, or BOOM, which is a Berkshire County based organization that advocates for the local original music scene and performers of original music in the Berkshires.

Pittsfield Announces Christmas Tree Pick-up
It’s time to dispose of your Christmas Tree, and the City of Pittsfield has announced this year’s pick-up schedule.
It certainly was beautiful this year and you don’t want to see it go, but if you’ve had your Christmas tree up since long…
Authorities Identify Victim in Fatal GB Crash
Updated in information has been made available about a fatal crash that occurred earlier this week in Great Barrington. Investigators have released the name of the Great Barrington woman who died on Monday afternoon after a two-car collision on Route 7 in Great Barrington near Monument Mountain...
Annual First Week Hikes at State Parks Return
For the 30th year in a row, the Baker-Polito Administration is offering state residents and visitors with the opportunity to explore the great outdoors through the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s First Week Hikes program in celebration of the start of the New Year...
Structure Fire Destroys Family Residence in Great Barrington
The Great Barrington Fire Department was dispatched for a structure fire at 26 Berkshire Heights Road at approximately 7:30 am Tuesday. The Great Barrington Fire Department's chief, Charles Burger, immediately requested the first alarm.
According to a press release, the first-arriving Great Barringto…
Soldiers’ Home Residents Receive COVID-19 Vaccination
The first veteran residents at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke and the Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea received the COVID-19 vaccination today (Tuesday). Vaccination was done onsite at each Home, through a federal Long Term Care pharmacy partnership program with CVS and Walgr…
ABCC Stepping Up New Year’s Eve Enforcement
This New Year’s Eve will require additional efforts by the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission enforcement team. According to a press release from the office of State Treasurer, Deborah Goldberg, in addition to its annual impaired driving program, agency Investigators will be ensuri…
Pittsfield Board of Health Lifts suspension of Indoor Dining
Restaurant’s in the city of Pittsfield can resume indoor dining today. The Pittsfield Board of Health voted unanimously Wednesday night to rescind its November 12th order which suspended indoor dining following a spike in COVID-19 cases.
The move comes after pressure from a coalition …
Pittsfield Restaurant Owners Petition City to Resume Indoor Dining
At least 28 restaurant owners in the City of Pittsfield have signed a petition in an effort to persuade local officials to let them reopen their restaurants for indoor dining. The effort comes after the Pittsfield Department of Health issued an emergency order on November 12th suspending table servi…
10 Quirky Horror Flicks for Halloween
Looking for some scary good fun for Halloween? Perhaps a movie or two? When it comes to movies that scare, you can probably come up with a list of the most iconic of them ever filmed. These are not them. Here is a list of ten “horror” films that don’t quite live up to the iconic status of the likes …

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