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'Dark Shadows': Eternity RevisitedBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
12:45PM / Thursday, May 17, 2012 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Johnny Depp teams up with Tim Burton yet again in the vampire film 'Dark Shadows.'Explaining Johnny Depp's niche in the film world, my daughter Erin, a promising player in the New York art scene, informed that the lead in Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" is an iconoclast for the masses. Joanne, her mother, my wife and a college professor, simply exclaimed, "I just want to see my Johnny." My obsolescence couldn't be more satisfying. Neither a fan of the series when it played the small screen from 1966 to 1971, nor of vampires in general, approaching this assignment I would then be Filmdom's Alexis de Tocqueville, an 0 Comments
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3rd Thursday Celebrates 6 Years of Downtown RevelryBy Joe Durwin, Pittsfield Correspondent
12:45PM / Thursday, May 17, 2012 | |
 Local businesses point to the uptick in sales during the monthly festival. Third Thursday kicks off tonight from 5 to 8.PITTSFIELD, Mass. — North Street shopkeepers expressed a range of cautious optimism to beaming enthusiasm as they prepared Wednesday for the city's sixth year of 3rd Thursday festivities to begin tonight.
"Shopping or not shopping, they're coming downtown, they're checking things out," said Michael Moore of Persnickety Toys, a co-sponsor of this month's event, which is themed around local youth. Moore, like other downtown merchants, said even the customers who don't make purchases the night of the event are more likely to return.
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Cultural Pittsfield: Third Thursday For May 17| 10:15AM / Thursday, May 17, 2012 | |
 YES!! 3rd.Thursdays is back! The largest party in Pittsfield is here, bringing music, food, and fun to the streets of Pittsfield this Thursday, May 17, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and beyond! And YES, it's going to be SUNNY! Thursday, May 17 | 5-8 p.m. & beyond | Downtown Pittsfield | 499-9348 | FREE Click here to download the map & schedule of events! We're Celebrating Youth This Month! This month enjoy dozens of incredible young performers on FOUR stages downtown. Pittsfield's own Youth Alive (pictured left), Pittsfield High School drama students, YMCA breakdancers, Focus is Our Children, the CYC cheerleaders & MANY more! Plus Berkshire Rocks hosts their
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Pittsfield Parks Look Ahead to Summer EventsBy Joe Durwin, Pittsfield Correspondent
03:35PM / Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | |
 The Parks Commission approved a host of events for this summer.PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Parks Commission on Tuesday issued approval to a number of summer events slated to take place in city parks beginning next month, from the newly reconstructed Common to its recently opened Pittsfield Skate Plaza.
The Berkshire Cycling Association will hold weekly cyclocross races for kids at the Pittsfield Common from June 14 to Aug. 2 on Thursday evenings from 5 to 7:30. These events are open to youths age 12 and younger. Races will be held rain or shine, except the final week's event, which will be postponed for weather if necessary.
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Western Mass. Program Recycled 31K Tons of Material| 03:18PM / Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Seventy-seven Western Massachusetts municipalities recycled more than 31,000 tons of plastic, paper, metals and glass during 2011, with the communities receiving more than $1.4 million in payments for the recyclables delivered.
The 15 participating Berkshire communities received more than $200,000 and recycled almost 4,500 tons. Pittsfield received about half that amount and also recycled almost half the total materials for the Berkshires.
The recyclables were processed at the Springfield Materials Recycling Facility, a public facility owned by the state Department of Environmental Protection and operated by Waste Management Recycle America.
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Public Meetings Set On Housatonic River Cleanup StatusEnvironmental Protection Agency,
10:10AM / Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — The federal Environmental Protection Agency and the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut will be holding public meetings in both states next week to discuss next steps for the potential cleanup of the Housatonic River in Western Massachusetts and Connecticut.
EPA and the states have been working cooperatively for the last several months to discuss potential approaches to clean up the so-called "Rest of River" portion of the Housatonic River contaminated with pollutants from General Electric's former Pittsfield facility. These discussions have focused, in part, on the need to address the risks from polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to humans, fish, wildlife 0 Comments
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Cummington Creamery Co-op Finds Financing SupportOld Creamery Cooperative,
06:52PM / Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | |
 CUMMINGTON, Mass. — The transition of the Old Creamery in Cummington to a community-owned cooperative grocery store took a giant leap forward this month with Florence Savings Bank's commitment to provide necessary outside financing.
Thanks to the bank's commitment, just one more fundraising task remains before the Old Creamery Co-op can purchase the business. In a drive to raise a total of $285,000 in member-owner loans or additional gifts — the final financing component — three community members have challenged the greater co-op community by promising $25,000 if member-owners pledge an additional $75,000 by the end of the month.
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Pittsfield Bar's License Suspended After Police RaidBy Joe Durwin, iBerkshires Correspondent
05:58PM / Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city's licensing authority Tuesday issued a minimum license suspension of 60 days for a Lyman Street bar that was raided by local police on April 27.
"This has been nothing but a troublesome bar," opined board Chairman Carmen C. Massimiano Jr., following presentations from both the Pittsfield Police and attorney Peter Sullivan, who spoke on behalf of Hermann Alexander's owner Mitchell Grossjung.
Police Lt. Michael Grady told the board the April 27 search warrant raid followed an extensive six-month investigation by members of the Pittsfield Police and Berkshire County Drug Task Force.
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Ex-School Counselor Pleads Not-Guilty To Rape ChargesStaff Reports,
03:30PM / Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A former elementary school counselor had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf in Berkshire Superior Court on multiple charges of child sexual assault.
Scott M. Muir, 36, of Church Street, Stockbridge, was arraigned before Judge Daniel Ford on Tuesday afternoon. He was arraigned in Southern Berkshire District Court last month.
Muir is alleged to have assaulted three different children between 2003 and 2005 while working as a student center support coordinator at the former Stockbridge Plain School. The allegations relate to three girls under the age of 14 at the time, including two who lodged complaints about Muir in 2004.
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Montessori School to hold 'Speakeasy' Silent Auction| 12:54PM / Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Montessori School of the Berkshires' annual silent auction fundraiser is looking to be the "cat's pajamas" of events this month.
Shakespeare & Company's Bernstein Theatre will have its lobby transformed into a scene straight out of the '20s for the "Swingin' Speakeasy Revival" on Saturday, May 19. The event runs from 7-10 p.m. and will feature the jazz sounds of The Lucky Five band.
A committee of parents has been soliciting sponsors and donations for the last few months and to find wonderful items to bid on for all ages. Students have also been busy creating functional works of art that will be auctioned off, including canvas bags, a bird bath, a 0 Comments
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