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MassDOT Launches Car Safety Starter Kit Campaign| 01:01PM / Saturday, November 08, 2025 | |
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing the launch of a new campaign to prevent roadside crashes involving drivers and passengers who exit their vehicles. With the conclusion of Daylight Savings Time on Sunday morning, Nov. 2, MassDOT is launching an awareness campaign for motorists to make themselves visible when exiting their vehicles on the side of the road, particularly after sunset. In addition to the public awareness campaign, MassDOT will distribute approximately 1,000 Car Safety Kits to new drivers at certain RMV Road Test Locations in November. Driver education schools will also receive kits to use as a teaching tool alongside the
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BRTA Board OKs Contract for Administrator, Reviews Open Meeting ComplaintBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
11:26AM / Saturday, November 08, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority Board finalized the new administrator's contract on Thursday. Kathleen Lambert accepted the position in September pending contract negotiations. The negotiations were halted at the board's meeting on Oct. 14 as they failed to have a quorum. On Thursday, the board revised the language for the termination clause for performance reviews so they can be done as needed. The BRTA also spoke about language for a response to an Open Meeting Law complaint made by board member Rene Wood. Wood said the board violated Open Meeting at its meeting on Sept. 25, when they were speaking about the contract negotiations because it
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Reduced Heat Pump Electricity Rates Available for Households Across State| 07:36AM / Saturday, November 08, 2025 | |
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration joined with Eversource, National Grid and Unitil to raise awareness about new electric heat pump rates as the winter heating season begins. Governor Maura Healey called for expanded heat pump rates in her Energy Affordability Agenda announced in March. Starting this winter, the seasonal reduced rates are available to residential customers of the three major utilities who heat their homes with heat pumps, one of the most efficient forms of heating. Over 100,000 customers who have installed heat pumps after Jan. 1, 2019, and received a Mass Save incentive were automatically enrolled in the heat pump rate, starting 0 Comments
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Friday Front Porch Feature: A Home Fit for a CaptainBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
05:50PM / Friday, November 07, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Are you looking for a family home bathed in sunlight? Then this is the one for you. Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are showcasing 39 Lexington Parkway. This 1932 four-bedroom, three bathroom home is 2,574 square feet with 0.2 acres. The asking price was recently reduced to $559,000. The house comes with a dishwasher and refrigerator. The kitchen features a coffee bar and breakfast nook. The living room has floor-to-ceiling windows with a door to a private deck and fenced yard. The house also comes with a detached garage. We spoke to real estate brokers Molly Gillon and Tracy
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@theMarket: November Profit-taking SurpriseBy Bill Schmick,
01:25PM / Friday, November 07, 2025 | |
It wasn't supposed to happen this way. Historically, November and December have been considered the best months of the year for stocks. The problem is that history has been turned upside down this year. Take the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case on tariffs that have not been this high for 100 years. And then there are the lofty valuations of companies that are investing trillions of dollars in artificial intelligence. Many investors believe AI will usher in a new age for the world. And in case that doesn't convince you, the sudden weakening in private jobs for October was the lowest in years. That may not qualify as history, but the present 0 Comments
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BSO, Boston Dedicate 'Seiji Ozawa Square'Community submission,
10:10AM / Friday, November 07, 2025 | |
Seira Ozawa and her son, Masaki, stand under the Ozawa sign dedicated to her father, Seiki Ozawa, on Thursday. BOSTON — The city of Boston and the Boston Symphony Orchestra dedicated "Seiji Ozawa Square" on Thursday with signage on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and St. Stephen Street. Ozawa was the BSO's esteemed music director for 29 years, from 1973 to 2002. He died in February 2024 at the age of 88. Among the speakers at the unveiling were Kenny Mascary, Boston's interim director of the arts and culture; BSO President and CEO Chad Smith, and Ozawa's daughter, Seira Ozawa. "Seiji left a legacy of passionate 0 Comments
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Dueling Pianos Fundraiser to Support Pediatric Development Center | 08:27AM / Friday, November 07, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pediatric Development Center (PDC) will host a Dueling Pianos Fundraiser to raise money for programs that support more than 700 families across South and Central Berkshire County. The event features the high-energy entertainment of Howl2Go. Two pianists will take the stage to play crowd favorites, take song requests. Guests will enjoy complimentary appetizers, a 50/50 raffle, and a mystery bag pull, where $20 gets you a bottle of wine or gift card valued at $20 or more. "All of the funds raised help us continue providing free Early Intervention services to local families," said Kate Tucci, executive director of PDC. "Our work 0 Comments
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One Incumbent Returns to Pittsfield School CommitteeBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:55AM / Friday, November 07, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The next School Committee will have a couple of familiar faces, but largely new representation.
On Tuesday, voters elected Ciara Batory, Sarah Muil, Daniel Elias, Katherine Yon, Heather McNeice, and Carolyn Barry for two-year terms that begin in January. McNeice was the top vote-getter with 3,995 votes, according to unofficial results, and Elias was second with 2,937 votes.
Elias is a longtime School Committee member, and Yon is the former chair.
Candidates Jacob Klein, Geoffrey Buerger, and Vicky Smith fell short in the race, but Klein earned 2,116 votes, Buerger 2,063, and Smith 2,198.
McNeice feels truly grateful and
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Mobile Museum of Tolerance Comes to Massachusetts By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
04:43AM / Friday, November 07, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Simon Wiesenthal Center's Mobile Museum of Tolerance advocates for education as a means to address the rising levels of hate and division observed nationally over the past two years. Melissa Mott, Simon Wiesenthal Center's executive vice president of education programs and strategies said the museum is a free, traveling education center fully funded by the state legislature as part of a $61.47 billion fiscal year 2026 budget, which included funding for education filed by Rep. Ken Gordon. Of that, $875,000 went to adding the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Mobile Museum of Tolerance Bus to 0 Comments
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The Retired Investor: Trump's Tariffs and the HolidaysBy Bill Schmick,
04:38PM / Thursday, November 06, 2025 | |
It is that time of the year when consumers begin planning for the holidays. It will also be a time when prices on almost everything are expected to rise. You can blame that on tariffs. After several months of absorbing rising import costs due to Donald Trump's tariff policies, American corporations have had enough. Currently, approximately half of all goods imported into the United States are subject to substantial tariffs. Considering duties, limits, and other aspects of the president's trade policies, more than 90 percent of imports have been impacted in some way. This tariff debacle is truly a historic event, not seen in this country in over 100 years. Up until now, 0 Comments
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Tyler Street Arcade Hopes to Be a Destination for FunBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
11:49AM / Thursday, November 06, 2025 | |
Owner Edward Krzysztof, left, and manager Robert Williams celebrating the arcade's grand opening. PITTFIELD, Mass. — Edward Krzysztof is hoping his new arcade will be a destination for fun on Tyler Street. Tyler Street Arcade, located at 214 Tyler St., held its grand opening on Oct. 25 and welcomed the community to enjoy new and old arcade machines. "I said, I'm going to do something to help Tyler Street. And I bought the building in pretty much disrepair. We rebuilt it all, pretty much from the inside," he said. "And we all went to the town and said, 'What can we do?' And I said, How about an arcade for all the kids? And 0 Comments
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Gala Celebration of Youth Alive and ROPE Legacy| 11:48AM / Thursday, November 06, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A gala celebration in honor of the impact and legacy of Youth Alive (YA) and the Rites of Passage & Empowerment (ROPE) program will be held on Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Berkshire Innovation Center, 45 Woodlawn Ave. in Pittsfield. The ticketed program will begin at 6 p.m. and feature guest speaker the Rev. Nakeida Bethel-Smith. All proceeds will support the ROPE scholars, mentors and ambassadors global service trip to Ghana in West Africa. Tickets can be purchased here. This year, Youth Alive marks its 30th anniversary, while ROPE is celebrating a 15-year milestone. YA is a multicultural community-based arts program providing arts and educational
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