The Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership is soliciting feedback from the public on its new written 10-year plan. Part of this process entails hosting virtual listening sessions about the plan. The first listening session will be held Wednesday, Aug. 24, at 4 p.m.
To register for the listening session, email sargetsinger@newenglandforestry.org. Another listening session will be held Sept. 14, at 7 p.m.
The mission of the Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership is to support sustainable natural resource-based economic development, forest conservation and municipal sustainability in western Franklin and northern Berkshire counties.
HEATH — All municipal offices — with the exception of the town nurse at Community Hall — have moved to the former elementary school building on Jacobs Road.
In a recent Selectboard meeting, members said all town employees are expected to have office hours in their new offices where residents can meet with them.
“Now that we have larger spaces, there is room for social distancing and better ventilation,” Selectboard Chair Robyn Provost-Carlson said.
The board hopes there will be posted office hours on the door of the Jacobs Road building and on the Heath website.
BUCKLAND — The Buckland Historical Society’s buildings will be open to the public on Sunday, Aug. 28, from 2 to 4 p.m.
The Wilder Homestead, located at 129 Route 112, will be open. Buildings at the homestead include the 1775 salt box home, the 1779 English barn with a weaving demonstration, and the circa-1820 shoemaker shop.
Additionally, the Buckland Historical Society Museum at 20 Upper St. will also be open. The building is a former schoolhouse that now houses three floors of artifacts and town records.
SHELBURNE FALLS — Works from Turners Falls printmaker William H. Hays will be on display at the Salmon Falls Gallery, located at 1 Ashfield St., from Sept. 1 through Oct. 30. The reception will be held Sunday, Sept. 25, from 2 to 4 p.m.
The show will include reduction woodcuts and linocut prints. The artist picked his favorite works to display alongside five new prints that have never been displayed before. The pieces are from a new series using New England architecture in a way similar to how Japanese artists use temples and scenes of everyday life.
SHELBURNE FALLS — Works from Williamsburg printmaker Carolyn Webb will be on display at the Salmon Falls Gallery, located at 1 Ashfield St., from Sept. 1 through Oct. 30. The reception will be held Sunday, Sept. 25, from 2 to 4 p.m.
The show includes featured prints from three of the artist’s recent series that address issues surrounding grief, building, patterns and reflections. Webb finds new patterns through changing plate orientations, colors and ink transparency in her work.
COLRAIN — Griswold Memorial Library and Pine Hill Orchards are partnering to bring local author Astrid Sheckels’ book, “Hector Fox and the Giant Quest” to the orchard, at 248 Greenfield Road, in a StoryWalk starting on Labor Day weekend.
The StoryWalk includes a special kickoff event on Saturday, Sept. 3, at 11 a.m. Scheckels will read the book to visitors in the fields.
A StoryWalk allows children to read and walk outside at the same time. Pages from a children’s book are displayed outdoors, where readers can enjoy the story as they walk along a designated path. The StoryWalk Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont, and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.