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Guest Column: Time to Reassess growth Across the Commonwealth By state Sen. Adam Hinds & Dan Hodge, Guest Column
05:38PM / Wednesday, May 31, 2017 | |
 The Massachusetts budget process demonstrates economic progress does not always create revenue for the commonwealth. Total employment is eclipsing previous highs, unemployment rates are below 4 percent, and per capita state GDP is strong. Yet the state's budget is difficult to balance and news stories about revenue shortfalls feel like waking up in Groundhog Day.
Balancing the budget in an imbalanced economy with limited income growth, regional disparities and outdated tax codes will always be difficult. Health care costs and other non-discretionary budget items pose central expenditure challenges that we must address. But underperforming revenue – statewide and regionally
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Law Enforcement Golf Tournament Supports Child Abuse Victims| 01:16PM / Wednesday, May 31, 2017 | |
Steve DelNegro and Chris Ware's team. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The 25th annual Berkshire County Law Enforcement Golf Tournament (BCLEGT) to benefit victims of child abuse will be held on Thursday, June 2.
Local law enforcement, prosecutors and members of the community will tee it up at Berkshire Hills Country Club to support the programs and services provided by Berkshire County Kids' Place, a children's advocacy center that provides services to approximately 400 child victims and their non-offending family each year at no cost.
This event began a quarter century ago as one of the first fundraising efforts to support Berkshire County Kids' Place, even contributing to a
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Unpublished Edith Wharton Play Discovered by Scholars| 12:55PM / Wednesday, May 31, 2017 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Two scholars have made a new archival discovery: a previously unknown, original, full-length play by Edith Wharton called "The Shadow of a Doubt."
The location of the discovery at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin was unexpected. Wharton scholars have been traveling to the Ransom Center for more than three decades to research Wharton's papers. The source of their interest, however, was the author's correspondence to her lover, Morton Fullerton. What scholars missed was hidden, in plain sight, in the center's Playscripts and Promptbooks Collection (Performing Arts): two typescript copies of "The Shadow of a
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What Does Conservative Investing Mean to Older Investors?Submitted by Edward Jones,
12:02PM / Wednesday, May 31, 2017 | |
 If you're a certain age, or getting close to it, you might hear something like this: "Now that you're older, you need to invest more conservatively." But what exactly does this mean?
For starters, it's useful to understand that your investment preferences and needs will indeed change over time. When you're first starting out in your career, and even for a long time afterward, you can afford to invest somewhat aggressively, in stocks and stock-based investments; because you have time to overcome the inevitable short-term market drops. At this stage of your life, your primary concern is growth – you want your portfolio to grow enough to provide you with the
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Pittsfield Police Creates Traffic UnitBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
02:35AM / Wednesday, May 31, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The most frequent complaint the Police Department receives is regarding traffic. Whether it is speeding on roads or intersections or crosswalks, Sgt. Marc Maddalena said the city's driving behaviors have been getting worse — especially when it comes to distracted driving. But patrol officers can only do what they can when they get a chance. "For the last 20 years, we haven't had the ability to really focus on traffic and a lot of bad habits were the result of that," Maddalena said. "We get a lot of complaints of speeding on a lot of the same roads. We just haven't had the manpower and opportunity to focus on those 5 Comments
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Berkshire Force Softball Team Wins Greenfield Tourney| 11:37AM / Tuesday, May 30, 2017 | |
 The 10 and under Berkshire Force softball team won the Greenfield Memorial Day Bash Tournament with a 5-0 record over the weekend of May 27-28. The team was 3-0 in pool play, outscoring the competition 35-5. The girls then won the semi-final game, 5-3, before securing a 6-5 win in the championship with clutch hitting, great fielding, and tremendous pitching. The team is coached by Will Glebus, Jessica Potter, Rick Arpante and Kevin Sherman and includes: Kamryn Renata, Audrina Maloney, Caroline Sherman, Natalie Arnhold, Taryn Bannon, Ja’Leah Rosa, Michaela Hinckley, Jaezsa Bartolotta, Amanda Pou, Cheyann Goddard and Mia Arpante. 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Reluctant to Accept Streets From Controversial SubdivisionBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
01:16AM / Tuesday, May 30, 2017 | |
Kara and Giovina streets are still not accepted as the city continues to be adverse to doing so over concerns about the sidewalks' ADA compliance. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In 2012, developer Joseph Kroboth said he would finish the Yola Esther Development. As of Tuesday, city officials are still contending that he hasn't done his part. But a failure in communication in 2015 has given the city little recourse while the residents are petitioning the City Council to accept the roads. "The folks on these streets are in an odd predicament. They want the streets accepted but there are some things that haven't been done for it be an accepted street," 0 Comments
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Berkshires Beat: Cancer Center Community Crusaders Annual Event Joins with Survivors Day| 05:00PM / Monday, May 29, 2017 | |
 Kicking cancer: For the last few years, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt., has hosted two cancer-related events during the first weekend in June: The Cancer Center Community Crusaders Day of Celebration on Saturday and National Cancer Survivors Day on Sunday. For the first time in 2017, the events will be combined. Both events will be held on Saturday, June 3. The program schedule begins with an opening ceremony at 10 a.m. Cupcake tasting, raffles, music and kids’ activities — like inflatable bounce houses and face painting—continue throughout the day. Attendees are invited to tour the Cancer Center’s newest addition, the linear accelerator,
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North County, Pittsfield Remember the Fallen on Memorial DayBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:38PM / Monday, May 29, 2017 | |
Pittsfield Mayor Linda Tyer speaks at Memorial Day services. See more photos from the event here. This Memorial Day, Mayor Linda Tyer put on a commemorative bracelet featuring the name of Marine Capt. Francis E. Visconti with the date of Nov. 22, 1965. The bracelet was her mother's and it was supposed to be worn until the serviceman whose name is inscribed returns home, or his remains do. At age 2, her father was deployed to Vietnam but she was too young to understand exactly what that meant. But a few years later, when she was age 6 or 7, she felt the "sad tug" at her heart. "My mom and I were watching TV. There was video footage of 2 Comments
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Mass MoCA Holds Grand Opening for Massive Building 6By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:01PM / Sunday, May 28, 2017 | |
Museum director Joseph Thompson listens to speakers at the grand opening event in Courtyard D. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday officially became the largest contemporary art museum in the world when it opened its doors to another 120,000 square feet of gallery and event space. With the clipping of an abstract (invisible) yet "shiny and glittery" ribbon, Executive Director Joseph Thompson ushered the crowd gathered in Courtyard D into Building 6 — the Robert W. Wilson Building. Thompson's brevity on this day is understandable. He's been talking about what the doubling of gallery space at 5 Comments
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@theMarket: Markets Climb HigherBy Bill Schmick,
06:37PM / Friday, May 26, 2017 | |
 In the absence of any earth-shaking news, stocks tend to follow the recent trend. That trend, since the election has been up, so ... The question to ask: when we can logically expect that trend to change? As readers may recall, my target for the S&P 500 Index is somewhere between 2,443 and 2,475, which I expect we will hit before the end of the second quarter. This week, we broke 2,400, regaining everything that was lost in last Wednesday's 2 percent downdraft. Now, that 2,400 price level should act as a support for the bulls. "Are you still bullish?" asked one of my clients yesterday. "That depends upon your time frame," I 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Man Charged With Firearms Violations| 04:08PM / Friday, May 26, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A city teen was arrested early Friday on firearms charges after dispatchers received multiple reports of shots fired in the area of Francis and Danforth avenues.
Pittsfield Police patrol officers, detectives, and anti-crime units responded to the area and encountered two individuals, one of whom was found to be in possession of a handgun.
Jason Sefton, 18, was arrested and charged with carrying a loaded firearm without a license and possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card. He was arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court early Friday afternoon.
No injuries were reported, and there is no known threat to the safety of the general public
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