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
BCC Expanding Collegiate Recovery Community
Berkshire Community College launched a Collegiate Recovery Community for its students last fall and will expand its efforts into the spring 2021 semester and beyond. According to the college’s website, The recovery community, Students for Recovery at BCC, is a shared space for studen…
Stay at Home Advisory Being Lifted on Monday
What a difference a day makes? Governor Charlie Baker announced during his daily briefing today (Thursday) that beginning Monday (Jan.25) the Stay-at-Home advisory, asking state residents to not be out from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., will be lifted...
Berkshire Hills Resuming In-Person Learning
The Berkshire Hills Regional School District will be getting back to in-person learning later in January. The Berkshire Eagle is reporting that in an email to families of the school district on Wednesday, Superintendent Peter Dillion wrote that COVID-19 data trends were "getting better&…
Fenway Will Be The States 2nd Mass-Vaccination Site
As COVID-19 vaccine distribution continues across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the state moves through the various phases of this effort, Governor Charlie Baker’s administration is moving forward with efforts to make the vaccines available to everyone...
Congregate Care Vaccinations Start Monday
As Berkshire County continues to see an increase in cases of coronavirus and a recent spike in deaths over the past couple of days, plans are set for the next phase of vaccine distribution.
Berkshire County saw six new COVID-19 deaths Thursday, for a new total of 178 deaths...
Berkshire County saw six new COVID-19 deaths Thursday, for a new total of 178 deaths...
State Sen. Adam Hinds Announces Rural Growth Fund
While the U.S. Congress is working to determine the fate of the 45th and current president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, who yesterday became the first president to ever be impeached twice – It’s good to know that our State Senator, Adam Hinds, is working hard for our …
Initiative Will Expand COVID-19 Testing in Schools
The Baker-Polito Administration today announced weekly COVID-19 pooled testing will be available within the next month to schools and districts across the Commonwealth, expanding on a rapid testing initiative that began in schools in December...
Gov. Baker Signs Police Reform Legislation
Ever since the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, there has been a call around the nation for police reform. Many even called for the de-funding of police departments. The incident led to Black Lives Matter rallies and protests all across the country...
Farley-Bouvier Authors Bill to Combat Sexual Violence on Campuses
The Massachusetts Legislature has passed S.2979, An Act relative to sexual violence on higher education campuses. According to a press release, the bill was authored by State Representatives Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D-Pittsfield) and Lori Ehrlich (D-Marblehead) and provides Massachusetts institutions …
Vaccination Plans for First Responders Announced
The Baker-Polito Administration outlined plans Monday to vaccinate the Commonwealth’s first responders, the next priority group within Phase One of the Commonwealth’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan.
According to a press release from the Governor’s Office, the administration also launched a new in…
According to a press release from the Governor’s Office, the administration also launched a new in…