Recycling for Monday, October 5th: Paper

Please place trash and recyclables in an easily accessible location by 7:00 AM. Contact the hauler directly at 442-8390 with questions or concerns. Please note: the trucks used are dual functioning. Trash and recyclables are collected together but placed in separate compartments within the truck.

Tues., Oct. 6, 2020 - Board of Health Virtual Meeting - 5:00 pm

Wed., Oct. 7, 2020 - School Council Virtual Meeting - 3:30 pm

To access updated information regarding the Town Hall and recent orders, please visit the website at richmondma.org under COVID-19 Information and alerts at the top of the page

Early voting by mail will be available for all 2020 elections

Deadline to apply for a vote by mail ballot before the General Election -

With the significant lack of rain across Berkshire County we would like to remind residents to be conservative with their water usage and to check their wells.  

Flu Clinics:

Monday; October 5^th  - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

                              Every Thursday (starting October 1^st) 10:00am - 11:00am

                              Tuesday, October 6^th  - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

  Every Monday and Wednesday (starting September 30^th) 9:00am - 10:00am

No clinic on Monday, October 12^th due to the holiday

  The Richmond Cable Advisory Committee

Any and all constructive feedback is welcomed via email to cacinfo@richmondma.org , whether you are a current cable subscriber or not, although the process and scope of the relicensing is prescribed by Massachusetts law. Areas for comment include but are not limited to – service and reliability experience, service availability and ideas for new services such as streaming public meetings, school, and library programs, etc. 

Covid-19 in Berkshire County With Dr. Daniel Doyle M.D.Specialist in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Medical Director, Berkshire Public Health Alliance

September 24th at 4:00 PM Please click here for more information.

BERKSHIRE HEALTH SYSTEMS HAS ESTABLISHED A TOLL-FREE HOTLINE FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). IT IS OPEN FROM FROM 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM PM SEVEN DAYS A WEEK .

More information is available on the Berkshire Health Systems website:: https://www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/body.cfm?id=4261&fr=true

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health also provides daily updates on Massachusetts-specific information and resources at: www.mass.gov/2019coronavirus

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also has helpful information at: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 – 5:00 and Saturdays from 9:00 – 2:00.

You can call the library during our curbside hours and request items or you can go online (https://bark.cwmars.org/eg/opac/home) to place a hold. If you go online, make sure to select Richmond from the drop-down menu. After our library staff has received your request, we will call you to let you know your items are available. We will check the items out to you and place them in a paper bag outside the door with your name on it. We are also taking returns. 

Don’t forget that WIFI is available in the Library parking lot and Virtual Zoom Meeting tutorials are being offered by the Library! If you would like to learn how to participate in an online Zoom meeting, please call the library and schedule a telephone appointment with a volunteer. 413-553-7795   

To be held outdoors in back of the library - Rain Date October 31st. Nature Matters is home to a diverse collection of animals who have been injured or were born in captivity and unable to fend for themselves and cannot released back into the wild.

Get up close and personal with furry, scaly, prickly animals from Nature Matters, Inc.

WOWbrary.org is an e-mail sent every Wednesday that lists all the new items added to the library's collection in the last week.

You will receive an email with a link which you must activate. Emails should begin to arrive within a week.

If you would like to read an online magazine, just go to https://cwmars.overdrive.com/collection/184768 . You will need to sign in using your library card number. If you don’t know the number, please call the library.

Library patrons have free access to Tumble Books, Tumble Math, TeenBookCloud, AudioBookCloud and RomanceBookCloud. You can access these databases by going to the Richmond Free Public Library website. http://www.richmondfreepubliclibrary.org/

The Boston Public Library has a lot to offer and you qualify because you live in Massachusetts! Interested, click here, https://www.bpl.org/online-resources/

You can sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard here: https://www.bpl.org/ecard/

Please make sure you are registered for code red