SHELBURNE FALLS — “We Just Felt Like It: Four Feltmakers, Four Directions” is the featured exhibit at the Shelburne Arts Co-op now through Oct. 30.
Felting is a fiber-arts technique using barbed needles or hot water to roughen and tangle fleece and silk fibers into textured fabrics and three-dimensional sculptured objects.
Lynn Perry’s felted landscapes, animal figures and masks, Flo Rosenstock’s mushroom and fungus inspired wall sculptures, Sue McFarland’s wall hangings with embedded natural materials, and Paul Cohen’s kinetic, levitating characters operated by wooden gears represent distinctive ways of working with the medium of felt. The artists utilize both needle felting and wet felting techniques.
The Co-op is located at 26 Bridge St. in Shelburne Falls, and is open Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The gallery is closed Tuesdays.
An artists reception will be held on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 2 to 5 p.m. www.shelburneartscoop.com 413-625-9324.
HAWLEY — Anybody lose two folding cots on the side of Route 8A (West Hawley Road), just north of the Plainfield town line? Town officials believe someone may have lost them when they fell off a truck, or other vehicle.
For now, the Town is holding them at the Town Garage. If they are yours, call the Town Garage at 413-339-5509, or the Town Office at 413-339-5518.
You will be asked to describe the cots in more detail, to assure they are being returned to the right person.
COLRAIN — A potluck supper, election of officers and an important discussion of the future of the Pitt House will be on the agenda for the final 2017 meeting of the Colrain Historical Society on Thursday, Oct. 12, at the home of Joan McQuade, 7 Main Road. The potluck supper begins at 6 p.m., followed at 7 by the business meeting, and after that a “Show and Tell” of items in the society’s collection.
For the potluck, attendees are asked to bring a main dish, vegetable or dessert to share. Cider will be available, BYO wine optional. The public is welcome to attend. For information, call Belden at 624-3453.
SHELBURNE — Brook Road has been closed indefinitely, following a recent state inspection of one of the bridges over the Hinsdale Brook, according to Highway Superintendent Mark Shippee.
Shippee said the state bridge inspector deemed one of the bridges unsafe and asked the town to close the road, as a safety precaution.
Brook Road runs parallel to Route 2 between Colrain-Shelburne Road in Shelburne and Colrain Road in Greenfield.
BUCKLAND — School districts are responsible for identifying and offering educational programs and support services to 3-to-5-year-old children, living in their districts, who may have significant developmental delays or disabilities. Children already participating in the public school early childhood programs within the Mohawk system will be screened now through October or in April-May 2018.
In the Mohawk and Hawlemont school districts, an early childhood screening is available as a first step to find children needing special education services and to plan for meeting those needs. The screening focuses on development in areas of large and small muscle control, speech/language, reasoning, vision and hearing. Research shows that appropriate early intervention gives young children with disabilities the best opportunity to reach their potential.
For more information, or to set up an appointment for a screening (3- to 5-year-olds), please contact Kate Dwyer, early childhood coordinator, at 625-6194 or kdwyer@mohawkschools.org.