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Mass Cultural Council Festivals, Projects Grants Available | 11:00AM / Monday, April 15, 2024 | |
BOSTON — The next grant round of Festivals and Projects will fund activities that provide public benefit using the arts, humanities, or sciences and take place between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025. These awards of $2,500 will support cultural celebrations, concert series, film festivals, public art projects, art workshops, pop-up markets, art and nature hikes – and more – across the Commonwealth. Eligible festivals, projects, and programs are publicly available or community-based. Funds will be available to support activities that are open to the general public, or focused on serving the needs of a particular community. This could be a geographic 0 Comments
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Dalton Board of Health Approves Green Burial VerbiageBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:18AM / Monday, April 15, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Board of Health approved wording for the green burial guidelines during its meeting on Wednesday. The guideline stipulates that "Ebola or any other diseases that the CDC or Massachusetts Department of Public Health deem unsuitable for green burials can not be approved by the town Board of Health." The board has been navigating how to include communicable diseases in its guidelines to prevent them from spreading. Town Health Agent Agnes Witkowski has been working to clarify the state's guidelines regarding infectious diseases and green burials. She attended a presentation on green burials and 0 Comments
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No Drought Conditions in Berkshire County| 04:01PM / Sunday, April 14, 2024 | |
BOSTON — Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper declared that Berkshire County remains at a level 0 drought designation. As outlined in the Massachusetts Drought Management Plan, Level 0-Normal Conditions?status warrants continued monitoring of drought conditions, close coordination among state and federal agencies, and technical outreach and assistance to the affected municipalities if drought conditions return.? Tepper added that following several months of above normal rainfall, the Islands Region will be downgraded from Level 1-Mild Drought to Level 0-Normal Conditions. All other regions of the state remain in Level 0-Normal 0 Comments
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Pittsfield ConCom OKs Zebra Mussel TreatmentBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:43PM / Sunday, April 14, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Conservation Commission has OKed a zebra mussel pesticide treatment in Onota Lake if the invasive species are confirmed.
On Thursday, the panel approved a notice of intent application for the use of EarthTec QZ within a specified treatment area of the lake.
"We're not entirely 100 percent sure that there is an infestation of zebra mussels at Onota Lake. Last September, a water sample was taken and the DNA of zebra mussel was detected in that water sample. This was a water sample taken near the boat ramp at Burbank Park. Subsequent water samples were taken later in the fall and very early this spring, there were still non-detects in those
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Market 32 Raises Funds to Benefit Muscular Dystrophy Association | 03:51PM / Saturday, April 13, 2024 | |
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Price Chopper and Market 32 customers and teammates raised $182,990 to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) during its annual March fundraiser where customers were encouraged to round up their change at the register. Combined with a $10,000 corporate match, the total gift of $192,990.36 -- nearly $78,000 more than last year's campaign -- directly benefits MDA's mission to empower the people they serve to live longer, more independent lives. The Muscular Dystrophy Association is committed to saving and improving the lives of kids and adults living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related life-threatening neuromuscular 0 Comments
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West Side Residents Build Ideal Neighborhood At Zoning SessionBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:39PM / Saturday, April 13, 2024 | |
Program manager James McGrath opens the session at Conte Community School. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Residents mapped out a West Side they would like to see during an input session this week, utilizing multi-use properties to create robust density. Held at Conte Community School on Monday, this was the second meeting of a project to examine zoning in the neighborhood. The Department of Community Development, in partnership with Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity, has been working with an urban planning and design consulting team on the effort that will conclude on June 30.
"This is a really important project for your neighborhood," Park, Open Space, and Natural
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Marchetti Announces Jazz Art Contest WinnersBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:22PM / Friday, April 12, 2024 | |
Brooklyn Duck is this year's winner of the contest and her work will be used for the Pittsfield City Jazz Festival. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield High School has 75 jazzy artworks in City Hall, one of which was chosen to represent the 2024 Pittsfield City Jazz Festival.
Mayor Peter Marchetti on Thursday congratulated the winners of the annual Berkshires Jazz Student Art Contest. PHS junior Brooklyn Duck won first place followed by senior Nye Stedman and sophomore Karalin Melendez.
Duck's artwork features a colorful array of musical instruments and musicians with piano keys winding down the center. She said that she was inspired by her teacher Lisa
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@theMarket: Sticky Inflation Propels Yields Higher, Stocks LowerBy Bill Schmick,
03:11PM / Friday, April 12, 2024 | |
"One's a dot, two's a line, three's a trend," is how the saying goes. When applied to the inflation data this week, it spelled bad news for the financial markets. Over the last two months, inflation showed increases in both the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as well as the Producer Price Index (PPI). This week, the March CPI data came in warmer than investors had hoped (0.4 percent versus expectations of 0.3 percent). The PPI was slightly below forecasts, but the monthly core index matched expectations. Not good. Economists might say the jury is still out on calling a backup in the inflation rate, but traders shoot first and ask questions later. Stocks fell 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Street Improvement Project: April 15-19| 11:06AM / Friday, April 12, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Starting on Monday, April 15, street improvements continue. Work for the week of April 15 consists of: April 15: Paving the first course on South Onota Street & South John Street April 16: Paving the first course on West Union Street, Acorn Street & Mohegan Street April 17: Finishing first course on Mohegan Street & pave first course on Sherrill Avenue April 18: Paving the first course on Montgomery Avenue Extension In addition, raising structures on South Onota Street, South John Street, West Union Street and Acorn Street will occur April 16 to April 19. On-street parking is prohibited during this work between the hours of 0 Comments
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Holiday Hours: Patriots Day| 11:00AM / Friday, April 12, 2024 | |
 Monday, April 15, is Patriots Day, a state holiday marking the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolution. The day has been celebrated on the third Monday in April since 1969.
It was on the morning of April 20, 1775, that Paul Revere and other riders began the alert across and beyond Massachusetts Colony that troops were planning to advance from Boston to the towns of Lexington and Concord. They were to seize a cache of gunpowder and arms and capture revolutionaries Sam Adams and John Hancock. (Local legend claims that Israel Bissell, later of Hinsdale, rode all the way to Philadelphia, but most historians dismiss it.)
Previous attempts to
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Senior Golf Series Returns in SeptemberCommunity submission,
10:26AM / Friday, April 12, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire County Fall Senior Golf series returns in September with events on five consecutive Wednesdays starting Sept. 18. It is the 22nd year of the series, which is a fund-raiser for junior golf in the county, and it is open to players aged 50 and up. The series will feature two divisions for each event based on the combined ages of the playing partners. Golfers play from the white tees (or equivalent) with participants 70 and over or who have a handicap of more than 9 able to play from the forward tees. Gross and net prices will be available in each division. The cost is $55 per event and includes a round of golf, food and 5 Comments
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BEAT: Bringing Pollinators Home| 08:00AM / Friday, April 12, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Join Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) for an enlightening evening dedicated to exploring ways to promote sustainable biodiversity through intentional gardening and the cultivation of native plants that support native pollinators and wildlife. This free and open-to-the-public event will be held on Wednesday, April 17, from 6 PM to 8 PM, on the lower floor of the Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library, 1 Wendell Ave. Starting with a social gathering and a chance to review the available prizes that will be given away at the end of the night, the event will feature a recorded presentation by Doug Tallamy, an entomologist, 5 Comments
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