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BCC Student Discovers Rare Osprey NestBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:21PM / Saturday, April 27, 2024 | |
Danielle Lemieux was able to snap a photo of the birds to confirm it was an osprey nest. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Danielle Lemieux was on her routine commute to class at Berkshire Community College when she spied a rare sight. The ornithology student discovered the third osprey nest on record in the county. While it isn't rare for the birds of prey to be seen in the area, they typically settle in coastal regions and finding a nest is "extremely unusual," said Lemieux, whose discovery last week took her environmental science education to a new level.
"It's really exciting that we have this amazing bird nesting right in our back yards," she
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Governor Forms Search Committee for Dept. of Correction Commissioner| 04:00PM / Saturday, April 27, 2024 | |
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced an update on the search process to identify the nextCommissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, following the retirement of Commissioner Carol Mici last month. The Administration has formeda six-member search committee, composed of diverse professionals and community leaders with wide-ranging expertise and lived experience, to guide a robust process to identify the new executive and administrative leader of the Department of Correction. With administrative support from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS), the Committee will guide the search process and provide multiple opportunities for
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March 2024 Unemployment and Job Estimates in Mass| 10:57AM / Saturday, April 27, 2024 | |
BOSTON — Local unemployment rates decreased in twenty-three labor market areas and remained unchanged in one labor market area in the state during the month of March 2024 compared to February 2024, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported. Compared to March 2023, the rates were down in seventeen of twenty-four labor market areas. Of the fifteen areas for which employment estimates are published, fourteen NECTA areas gained jobs compared to the previous month. The largest percentage increases occurred in the Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead (+0.9 percent), Barnstable Town (+0.8 percent), and Worcester MA-CT (+0.7 percent) areas. From March 2023 to 0 Comments
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DPI Supports Continued Parallel Parking for North StreetBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:32AM / Saturday, April 27, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Downtown Pittsfield Inc. proposed angled parking on North Street and was pleasantly surprised that the city responded with an in-depth study and new plans — even if they don't include angled parking.
The City Council mulled a study and resulting design on Tuesday that maintains parallel parking while expanding pedestrian zones and adding protected bike lanes. DPI last year requested that angled parking be considered in the corridor after polling showed 60 percent support for a reconfiguration. The study can be found here.
"When we brought the request to the City Council to reconfigure the parking patterns in downtown, we
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Pittsfield Resident Victim of Alleged Murder in GreenfieldBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
09:14PM / Friday, April 26, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A man found dismembered in a barrel in Greenfield on Monday has been identified as Pittsfield resident. The Northwestern District Attorney's Office identified victim as Christopher Hairston, 35, and subsequently arrested a suspect, Taaniel Herberger-Brown, 42, at Albany (N.Y.) International Airport on Tuesday. The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported that Herberger-Brown told investigators he planned on visiting his mother outside the country. Herberger-Brown was detained overnight, and the State Police obtained an arrest warrant on a single count of murder on Tuesday morning, the Greenfield Police Department said in a press 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Celebrates Robert 'Bob' Presutti on Arbor DayBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:33PM / Friday, April 26, 2024 | |
Bob Presutti, right, is presented the Hebert Award in 2017 for his volunteer efforts at Springside Park. He died in 2023 at age 88. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A tree has been planted next to the Berkshire Athenaeum in honor of local "giant" Robert Presutti.
Officials celebrated Arbor Day on Friday by installing a commemorative plaque next to the American elm sapling. This is a tree that James McGrath, the city's park program manager, said Presutti would have been particularly proud of.
"Today is a day where we yes, celebrate trees, but today is also a day where here in the city we intentionally try to acknowledge the good work of folks in our community who
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Dalton Preview Town Meeting Set April 29By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
03:51PM / Friday, April 26, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — Residents will have the opportunity to review the town meeting warrant in advance during a preview meeting at Wahconah Regional High School on Monday, April 29, at 7 p.m. The town started to do "baby" town meetings last year to give voters the chance to ask questions regarding the warrant articles. "We can get into as much detail as people like there. It's a great opportunity for people to become educated about what's on the warrant and why, if they so choose," Town Manager Thomas Hutcheson said at a recent Select Board meeting. "And that is hopefully going to make for better discussion at town meeting 0 Comments
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Tickets On Sale for Berkshire Flyer | 02:10PM / Friday, April 26, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Amtrak, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), announced tickets are now on sale for the Berkshire Flyer. The Berkshire Flyer is a seasonal summer passenger rail service that operates between New York City from Moynihan Train Hall and Pittsfield. The service, which began as a successful pilot in 2022, is scheduled to resume on Friday, June 21 through Monday, Sept. 2 for Labor Day weekend. Trains depart New York City Friday nights and return at the end of the weekend, leaving Pittsfield Sunday afternoon. In addition, for the first time this year, the 0 Comments
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@theMarket: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Keep Traders on Their ToesBy Bill Schmick,
02:09PM / Friday, April 26, 2024 | |
The S&P 500 bounced by more than 2 percent this week, retracing almost half of the 5 percent decline we have suffered so far in April. The jury is still out on whether this is only a dead-cat bounce or a signal that the downside is over. It was a week of mixed messages for sure. Good earnings drove markets up on Monday and Tuesday. About 43 percent of companies listed on the S&P 500 Index have reported so far. Overall, 57 percent of them are beating estimates. Those that have been beaten are doing so by a median of 8 percent. There have been stand-out winners and losers among them. Meta, for example, had good results, but its future guidance (higher capital 0 Comments
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State Fire Marshal: New Tracking Tool Identifies 50 Lithium-Ion Battery Fires| 10:35AM / Friday, April 26, 2024 | |
STOW, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services' new tool for tracking lithium-ion battery fires has helped to identify 50 such incidents in the past six months, more than double the annual average detected by a national fire data reporting system, said State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine. The Department of Fire Services launched its Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Investigative Checklist on Oct. 13, 2023. It immediately went into use by the State Police Fire & Explosion Investigation Unit assigned to the State Fire Marshal's office, and local fire departments were urged to adopt it as well. Developed by the DFS Fire Safety Division, the checklist can 0 Comments
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Dalton Town Hall Lift Solutions in DevelopmentBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:32AM / Friday, April 26, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — Solutions are being sought for the lift in Town Hall that has been out of service since December because of safety concerns. Building Grounds Superintendent Jeff Burch told the Americans with Disabilities Act Committee meeting on Tuesday night that Hill Engineering has been contracted to come up with a potential option. The lift is in the police station and the only other lift for the town hall is in the library, which is not accessible after library hours. Previous attempts by Garaventa Lift to repair it have been unsuccessful. Replacing it in the same location is not an option because the new weight limit requirement went 0 Comments
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The Retired Investor: Real Estate Agents Face Bleak FutureBy Bill Schmick,
04:49PM / Thursday, April 25, 2024 | |
It has been a month since the National Association of Realtors (NAR) was forced to scrap a system of broker fees that has been in place for a generation. A federal court still must approve the change in June or July, but if it does, it could alter the way Americans buy and sell homes for decades into the future. The change was precipitated by a series of class action lawsuits from home sellers that accused Realtors and the Realtors Association of keeping agent compensation artificially high. In October 2023, a federal jury in Kansas City found the NAR and some of the largest brokers in the country guilty of colluding to inflate real estate commissions. The damages of that suit 0 Comments
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