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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 EquitiesBy 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 0 Comments
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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 0 Comments
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Barbalunga Campaign Says Election Post Was in ErrorBy 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 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Police Board Quits in ProtestBy 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 BusinessBy 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 0 Comments
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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 0 Comments
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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 0 Comments
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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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BCC Hires Diversity, Equity, Inclusion DirectorBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
10:45AM / Thursday, September 01, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has hired a director of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Former Director of Alumni Relations Antonia "Toni" Buckley has taken on the role of DEI director for the college. President Ellen Kennedy announced her appointment at the BCC Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday.
"I just want to share that I'm really grateful and super excited about this opportunity to support the college in this next phase to becoming the most inclusive organization that we can be," Buckley said, adding that her heart lies within equity efforts and with BCC.
Buckley was born in Germany to two Syrian parents and moved to the United
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Dalton Board Discusses Possibility of New Wahconah Track By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:42PM / Wednesday, August 31, 2022 | |
 Rich Peters, co-chair of the Wahconah building project, contacted iBerkshires on Thursday and said the track may have events next year but that the school could receive a warning and not be able to use it the following year if it was not fixed. The rubber, he said, was not so much peeling as worn off exposing asphalt, not cement, and the running shoes have micro spikes, not nails. Most importantly, he noted that the $2 million being discussed by the board does not actually exist — it simply won't be borrowed. "There will be no monies being returned to the towns," he wrote. "This only impacts the total amount that the 19 Comments
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District Attorney Candidates Meet in Final DebateBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:50PM / Tuesday, August 30, 2022 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — With one week to go until the Democratic primary, incumbent Andrea Harrington and challenger Timothy Shugrue participated in the final debate for Berkshire County district attorney at The Mount on Tuesday. Berkshire Democratic Brigades sponsored the debate and BDB Chair Michael Wise moderated. Shugrue began by arguing that he has more experience as a former assistant district attorney and 36 years of experience as a prosecutor and defense attorney. He described himself as a "smart progressive ... who advocates for and actually achieves progress." He said he wants to hold people accountable for breaking the law and argued that 0 Comments
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