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.
Tom Conklin
RSVP Seeking Volunteer Drivers for New Program
How's your driving? Perhaps you would like to give back to your community? Check this out!
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Berkshire County is seeking volunteer drivers for a new collaborative initiative, the Wheels for Wellness Program...
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Berkshire County is seeking volunteer drivers for a new collaborative initiative, the Wheels for Wellness Program...
Vaccine Available to 55+ and Those with One Certain Medical Condition
Beginning today Massachusetts residents 55+ and residents with one certain medical condition are eligible for COVID-19 vaccine. With these new groups becoming eligible today, the Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative has announced that it will open appointments in Pittsfield, North Adams, and Great Barrin…
Massachusetts Tax Deadline Extended to May 17th
It looks like Massachusetts tax payers will get a little more time to get their State Taxes filed. The Baker-Polito Administration announced on Friday the extension of the 2020 state individual income tax filing and payment due date from April 15th to May 17th...
Massachusetts Reopening Plan Moves to Phase IV on Monday
Governor Charlie Bake announced Thursday that Massachusetts will advance to Step 1 of Phase IV of the Commonwealth’s reopening plan on Monday, March 22nd. The Administration continues to take steps to reopen the Commonwealth's economy with…
P.1 COVID-19 Variant Detected 3-hours East of Berkshires
The Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that the first case of the P.1 COVID-19 variant of concern, which originated in Brazil, has been detected here in Massachusetts. The individual infected with the variant is a woman in her 30s residing in Barnstable County, about three-hours East of t…
Massachusetts Fire Officials Asking for Your Help in Preventing Brush Fires
As we get closer to spring, when many residents in the Berkshires will be seeking a permit to conduct open burning, it’s a good time to start thinking about fire safety. State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey is sending a strong message for those who might be thinking about doing some bu…
New Tool May Help You Get A Vaccine Appointment Sooner
Berkshire County residents that are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination shots know all too well how difficult it has been to get an appointment. Well, there is yet one more plan underway to help make that task a little bit easier.
People that are looking to schedule an appointment can begin using a new…
People that are looking to schedule an appointment can begin using a new…
Lenox Woman Doing Her Part to Make a Difference
Sometimes, you just can’t drive by. That was the thinking of Lenox resident Patty Brown who was on her way home Wednesday afternoon at around 3 O'clock when she happened to see something in the middle of the road on Williams Street in Pittsfield&nbs…
Massachusetts Parents Group Urges Return to Classrooms
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education was expected to vote Friday on emergency regulations that would grant State Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley the authority to determine when hybrid and remote models may no longer count towards required student learning time hour…
Sen. Adam Hinds Chairs First Meeting of New Special Senate Committee
State Senator Adam Hinds on Thursday chaired the first meeting of the newly created Special Massachusetts State Senate Committee on Reimagining Massachusetts: Post Pandemic Resiliency. According to a press release from Hinds’ office, the Committee will examine weaknesses in areas of the Commonwealth…