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Pittsfield Airport to Have Runway Repaved; Solar Array InstalledBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
02:32AM / Tuesday, April 24, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The airport is expected to be shut down for 85 days this spring for the reconstruction of the main runway. The City Council's Finance Subcommittee voted affirmatively on the borrowing to repave both of the airport's runways. The total project will cost $6.9 million, which is 95 percent paid for by the Federal Aviation Administration. The city's cost will be $349,735. "We are required to authorize the entire project amount and that is reduced by any grants that come in to support the project," Director of Finance Matthew Kerwood said. Airport Commission Chairman Tom Sakshaug said the airport will be completely shut down on 0 Comments
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ArtWeek to Launch Across Massachusetts| 02:39PM / Monday, April 23, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Presented by Highland Street Foundation and produced by the Boch Center, ArtWeek will present its largest season lineup ever.
The award-winning creative festival will offer more than 500 events from April 27-May 6 — more than double the size of the 2017 festival. For the first time, ArtWeek events will take place across the commonwealth, with a presence in 155 neighborhoods and towns across all six regions of the state.
The festival aims to provide participants with new ways to get creative and make art and culture more accessible to everyone. This season, more than 70 percent of all ArtWeek events are free. Visit the website to view the full calendar of
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Berkshires Beat: Sen. Hinds Reads Aloud to Young Children in Pittsfield| 01:57PM / Monday, April 23, 2018 | |
 Time to Read Dr. Brian Dempsey is sending families home from checkups with free books and a very important prescription for the parents: "Read aloud to your children every day." In support of that effort, Sen. Adam Hinds visited the pediatrician's office on April 20, not only to cheer him on, but to practice what doctors preach by reading to a group of young patients.
Dr. Dempsey participates in Reach Out and Read, a program that prescribes books and reading aloud to give young children a foundation that is crucial for success. Embedded within the existing healthcare system, Reach Out and Read’s model includes providing a new, age-appropriate book for each child to take
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Biz Briefs: Nonprofit Center Names Award Finalists| 12:29PM / Monday, April 23, 2018 | |
 The finalists are ... The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires has announced the names of the 21 finalists for the Berkshire Nonprofit Awards. The winners in each of seven categories will be announced at the first Berkshire Nonprofit Awards Breakfast on Tuesday, May 22, from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Country Club of Pittsfield. Tickets for the Berkshire Nonprofit Awards Breakfast are $40 per person. Register online or call 413-645-3151.
Nominations were solicited throughout February and March. A team of 14 judges from the business sector reviewed and ranked the nominations, choosing the finalists and winners at a meeting earlier in April at Berkshire Bank. The finalists are:
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BHS Expands Endocrinology Care With Addition of New Doctor| 12:04PM / Monday, April 23, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems announces the appointment of Dr. Zaighum Rana, a board- certified and fellowship-trained endocrinologist, to the medical staff of Berkshire Medical Center and the physician staff of Endocrinology & Metabolism of BMC.
Dr. Rana is accepting new patients in need of endocrinology and metabolism services and is partnered with doctors Brian Phillips and Krithi Ramesh and nurse practitioners Robyn Korte and Roberta Mansen at Endocrinology & Metabolism of BMC.
Rana received his medical degree from Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie, Grigore T Popa, Romania, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital,
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Youth Development, Transportation, Tops Pignatelli's Budget PrioritiesBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:51AM / Monday, April 23, 2018 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — State Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli's top budget priority isn't a surprise: Berkshire youth development. The Lenox Democrat has prioritized programs such as the Railroad Street Youth Project for a number of years. And now, he's requesting more state funding to expand that into a countywide effort. "My No. 1 priority for the past 12 years now has been the Berkshire Youth Development. I really chartered my career in the legislature as a youth development empowerment person. What started at Railroad Street in Great Barrington was so successful, we have more work to do, but so successful we felt that we wanted to take it 0 Comments
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Farley-Bouvier to Push For St. Mary's, Early Ed FundingBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
07:34AM / Sunday, April 22, 2018 | |
 This is the second in a series of interviews with the Berkshire representative delegation on local budget priorities for fiscal 2019. The interview with state Rep. Paul Mark can be found here. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Each representative across the commonwealth has filed a number of amendments to the state's fiscal 2019 budget for specific projects in their district. This year, state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier is putting all of her efforts behind just one: St. Mary the Morningstar. "This year my priority is going to be the morning star housing project at St. Mary's Church. There are some funding gaps there," she said. "The story of 3 Comments
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Williams Crew Competes on Onota Lake| 09:42PM / Saturday, April 21, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Williams men’s crew took to its home course of Onota Lake in Pittsfield Saturday to line up against Wesleyan and Amherst in the annual Little Three Championships. This is the first time in many years that Amherst has returned to the regatta. The conditions were blustery with a moderate cross wind, but relatively tame compared to practice conditions on Onota for the past several days for Williams. The first varsity opened up the action for the day, looking to bring the Saratoga Oar trophy back to the Purple Valley. The Ephs had a solid start, keeping even with Wesleyan, and pulling away from Amherst, through the high strokes and first 500 meters. 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Reconvenes Resource Recovery As Trash Talk Starts Over By Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
07:00AM / Saturday, April 21, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city's Resource Recovery Commission has reconvened after its toter plan was rejected by the City Council. The committee had come together in September 2016 and for more than a year completed an analysis of the city's curbside trash collection. It settled on a plan to overhaul the trash collection with a toter system eyed to decrease the $3 million cost the city pays for trash disposal, increase the 11 percent recycling rate, and combat blight. That plan triggered a strong community backlash and ultimately the City Council rejected it. Mayor Linda Tyer held a series of community meetings, still believing in the toter system's ability to 3 Comments
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'Ready Player One': It's All a GameBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires columnist
03:28PM / Friday, April 20, 2018 | |
 It occurs while viewing Steven Spielberg's "Ready Player One" that this is something Dr. Timothy Leary might have dreamt if he fell asleep just after reading Orwell's "1984." As a pundit I knew in 1969 was oft inclined to opine when bemused by the semi-unexplainable, "It's trippy." Although the film bounces back and forth between reality and its cause célèbre, virtual reality, we are ultimately relieved when we grok that beneath all the layers of surrealism and cutting-edge chimera, it's just good vs. evil fighting it out in high-tech trappings. In this feature-length metaphor within a satire based on Ernest 0 Comments
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@theMarket: Earnings Up; Stocks, Not So MuchBy Bill Schmick,
03:00PM / Friday, April 20, 2018 | |
 Earnings season kicked off last Friday with the bank results. The numbers were stellar, but the stock prices of those companies fell hard. Since then, the same thing has occurred to any number of companies. What is going on? At first, you might think it's classic "sell on the news" behavior where traders bid stock prices up prior to the earnings announcement and then take profits immediately after. However, a closer look reveals something different going on. For months, investors were expecting a boost to corporate profits from the tax cuts passed by Trump and the GOP last year. Boy oh boy, we said, just wait and see how great earnings will be in the first 0 Comments
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Concert Benefits Girls Empowerment | 02:30PM / Friday, April 20, 2018 | |
 EGREMONT, Mass. — Miss Hall's School seniors Anna Kim and Tiffany Luu will host a fundraising concert titled "Girls Aloud! Advocating Girls Empowerment" on Sunday, April 29, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at The Barn at the Egremont Village Inn on South Main Street.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit Berkshire HorseWorks, a 501c3 based in Richmond that provides EAGALA Model Equine Assisted Psychotherapy to those at risk and equine-assisted team building for organizations of all kinds. Kim has been interning at the organization during her senior year as part of the school's Horizons program.
Tickets are limited.General admission is $15,and the student price is
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