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Polling Stations in Berkshire County
11:30AM / Tuesday, September 06, 2022

Polls are open in Massachusetts from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for state & federal elections, including primaries; municipal election times vary.

Where to vote:

Adams: Memorial Building, Valley Street
Becket: Town Hall, Main Street
Cheshire: Cheshire Community House, 191 Church St. 
Clarksburg: Community Center, Cross Road
Dalton: Senior Center, 40 Field St. Ext.
Egremont: Fire station, Egremont Plain Road
Florida: Town Office, 379 Mohawk Trail
Great Barrington:

Precincts A, C, D: Fire Station, 37 State Road Precinct B: Housatonic Community Center, Main Street

Hancock: Hancock School, Route 43
Hinsdale: Town Hall, South Street
Lanesborough: Town Hall, 83 North Main St.
Lee:

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Wahconah Park Demo Not Off the Field
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:25AM / Tuesday, September 06, 2022

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Wahconah Park's historic nature will likely not impede replacing the structure, if needed.

 The Wahconah Park Restoration Committee was told last week that the Massachusetts Historic Commission said "razing and rebuilding" park is not out of question. The park is on the National Register of Historic Places.

"There's certainly more conversation but it's not out of the realm of possibility that Mass Historic would work with us on an option, which would either repair or raze and rebuild," said Parks, Open Space, and Natural Resource Program Manager James McGrath, adding that it would likely be expected that the city maintain

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West Side Legends Hosts Soap Box Derby
By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
11:50PM / Saturday, September 03, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Local non-profit West Side Legends hosted its first soap box derby on Saturday, giving children and their families a chance to race down Robbins Avenue in handmade gravity racers.    Approximately 125 residents attended the races, cheering on their community members as they sped down the hill.    West Side Legends strives to improve the quality of life of others and revitalize the neighborhood on a local level through education, local events, and fundraisers.   This event brings back a tradition that was greatly missed by the residents for the past 45 years when William Johnson ran it for the Christian Center.   "Basically it gets

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West Side Legends to Host Soap Box Derby
05:21PM / Friday, September 02, 2022

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The West Side Legends is hosting its first West Side Super Soap Box Derby on Saturday, Sept. 3, from noon to 3 with a rain date of Sept. 4.

Check-in for the event starts at noon and the first race starts at 12:30 p.m. It will be held at the corner of Columbus and Robbins avenues. The racers will zoom down Robbins Avenue and the finish line will be at Southern Avenue.

There will be two race classes: an adult class for ages 18 and older and a class for kids from ages 10 to 17.

Trophies will be presented for first and second place in each division and Best Show Car.

"We are excited to partner with such great entities as Berkshire Environmental Action

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@theMarket: September Is Tough Month for Equities
By Bill Schmick,
02:52PM / Friday, September 02, 2022
Since 1928, the S&P 500 Index has lost ground in September more than 55 percent of the time. It looks like this year will be true to form.   It is called "The September Effect" and no one market or news event has been responsible for this anomaly. Some attribute the negative results to seasonal behavior bias. After a good summer of gains, like this summer’s bear market rally, investors make portfolio changes and cash in on their gains.   Since 1950, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has booked a decline of 0.8 percent on average. If we go back further in history (since 1928), the S&P 500 Index has averaged a 1 percent decline during September. However, over

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Pittsfield Man Gets Jail Term for Embezzlement
10:45AM / Friday, September 02, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Pittsfield man who embezzled approximately $220,00 from his employer has been sentenced to jail.    Judge Douglas Wilkins sentenced Leonard Curtis, 27, to serve 2 1/2 at the Berkshire County House of Correction and two years of probation afterward, during which the defendant must pay restitution.   Curtis pled guilty on Aug. 1 to a single count of embezzlement from a bank, three counts of forgery of a check, three counts of uttering a false check, and a single count of larceny over $1,200 by a single scene.   The Berkshire District Attorney's Office requested a sentence of two to three years in state prison, two years' probation

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Barbalunga Campaign Says Election Post Was in Error
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
07:00PM / Thursday, September 01, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Barbalunga campaign says a volunteer made the now deleted post on Facebook alleging that the state was "closely" watching primary voting in Pittsfield.    "Shortly after the post was made by our campaign volunteer, a campaign leader saw the post, and it was immediately removed, due to being technically inaccurate," the campaign responded on Thursday evening.    But the post had prompted City Clerk Michele Benjamin to issue a release rebutting "irresponsible false claims about the integrity of the voting process" on Thursday.    She did not identify which candidate made the post or when it was

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Pittsfield Police Board Quits in Protest
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:27PM / Thursday, September 01, 2022

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Five members of the Police Advisory Review Board have resigned, leaving only Lt. Col. Thomas Grady of the Sheriff's Department on the panel.

Chair Ellen Maxon confirmed on Thursday that being barred from reviewing the report on the fatal police shooting of Miguel Estrella was the final straw.

She, Michael Feldberg, Erin Sullivan, Marie Richardson, and Dennis Powell have called it quits on the PARB.

Last month, PARB was notified that its ordinance does not allow them to cover Estrella's report because the board is intended to "review all final investigative reports regarding citizen complaints." 

This left members questioning its purpose

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The Retired Investor: The Supreme Court Loves Business
By Bill Schmick,
05:55PM / Thursday, September 01, 2022
Over the past seven decades, the U.S. government has embraced business. Both political parties and their leaders have continued and expanded a broad, business-friendly agenda. However, the judiciary tops the list when it comes to ruling in favor of American business.   In fact, the current Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) appears to top the tape in handing down favorable decisions to corporations and small business, according to a research paper by the Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research. The authors, Lee Epstein of the University of Southern California, and Mitu Guli at the University of Virginia School of Law compared the last decade and a half of Justice John

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Monkeypox Vaccine Available for Eligible Individuals
04:53PM / Thursday, September 01, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems, in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, will be offering monkeypox vaccination clinics in Pittsfield and North Adams in mid-September.    The clinics are open to individuals who are at risk for monkeypox and eligible to receive the vaccine. Monkeypox vaccination requires two doses a month apart.    The monkeypox clinics will be held on Saturday, Sept. 17, as first dose clinics. In Pittsfield, the clinic will be held at the BHS Testing & Vaccine Center, 505 East St., St. Luke's Square, from 9 a.m. to noon, with a capacity to vaccinate up to 54 people. A first dose clinic will be held in

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Defendants in Delacruz-Batista, Tatro Homicides Arraigned
04:42PM / Thursday, September 01, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Superior Court on Monday arraigned the third of four defendants charged with murder in the homicide of Reymon Delacruz-Batista.   Naquan Miller, 43, faces charges of murder, armed kidnapping with serious bodily injury, accessory before the fact, accessory after the fact, and description of documents and objects. The court ordered that Miller be held without the right to bail.   He is one of four co-defendants, all of whom are currently detained without the right to bail and charged with murder in the case.    The court has also arraigned:   • Jamel Nicholson on Aug. 16 on charges of murder, armed kidnapping with serious

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Community Honors Loved Ones on Overdose Awareness Day
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
01:44PM / Thursday, September 01, 2022

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County had 62 fatal overdoses last year, 33 occurring in Pittsfield.  

Community members marked National Overdose Awareness Day on Wednesday with a memorial at the Common and a vigil at Park Square.  

The event — organized by Living in Recovery — aimed to memorialize those who have lost their lives to overdose, bring light to an often stigmatized topic, and offer harm reduction and grief support resources.

Program Director Julie MacDonald said overdose rates continue to rise and emphasized the importance of breaking the stigma surrounding substance abuse. 

"There's still so much shame attached to this and so,

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