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@theMarket: Market Beat Down
By Bill Schmick,
10:03AM / Saturday, July 16, 2022
Rising inflation, weaker earnings expectations, or the rocketing U.S. dollar, it is just a question of which of these negatives are hurting the markets most. Investors are frightened, but not yet panicked. It is time to pay attention.   Both the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Producer Price Index (PPI) for June 2022 came in hotter than economists expected. They are backward-looking indicators, but markets fell on the reports, nonetheless. Rising energy prices was the biggest culprits in both reports hamstringing consumers and producers as prices soared. Since then, the price of oil has dropped, although natural gas prices have risen, so we will have to wait and see how much energy

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The Eagles Band: A Part of Berkshire County History
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:04AM / Saturday, July 16, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Eagles Community Band has been performing music in the Berkshires and beyond for nearly 90 years.   In its second year back since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, fans can look forward to free summer concerts at The Common and Springside Park as well as numerous other performances throughout the year.     "I would say they were as eager to get back to playing as they were to see their friends," principal conductor Carl Jenkins said about the musicians. "It was really was very special for some."   Band manager Deanna Fraher added that people will come up to band members after performances, thank them, and say how

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Dalton CRA Softball Tournament Gets Underway
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:56PM / Friday, July 15, 2022
DALTON, Mass. – Julia Devoti went 2-for-3 with a home run and struck out five in three innings of work on Friday to lead the Berkshire Liberty 16-and-under travel softball team to a 14-2 win over the Greylock Thunder in the Dalton CRA Tournament.   Seventeen teams in four age groups are participating in the three-day tournament that continues on Saturday morning at Pine Grove Park.   Devoti and the South County-based Liberty got the upper hand in the tournament’s biggest division. Seven teams are vying for the title in the 16U division with six games today and six more on Sunday, culminating in the tournament’s final game, the age group championship at

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Pittsfield American 10s Win at Home; 11s One Win from Sectional Title
By Brian Rhodes, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:18PM / Friday, July 15, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Little League American Division 10-year-old All-Stars scored 10 runs in the first inning en route to a 17-1 win over Leominster at Deming Park in its second game of the state sectional playoffs.   Pittsfield held Leominster scoreless in the top of the first before scoring ten in the bottom of the frame, going through the batting order twice in the process. The defense then held Leominster to a single run in the second inning.   Jake Mauth scored two of the team's runs in the first and ended up the leading scorer in the end, with four runs in four at bats. Mauth also got one out on defense off a line-drive catch.   Brennan Lyon

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Strong Pitching Lifts Pittsfield American 11s in Sectional Tourney
10:23PM / Thursday, July 14, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A quartet of pitchers led the Pittsfield Little League American Division 11-year-old All-Stars to an 8-4 win over Holden on Thursday in the first game of the state sectional playoffs at Deming Park.   Starter Cooper Reed went 2 and one third innings with five strikeouts while allowing just one run on one hit. Mateo Fox then three of the four batters he faced in a strong inning of work.   Bryce Hoff allowed two runs on two hits in 2 and a third innings before giving the ball to Matt Keegan, who retired the only batter he faced to end the game.   Offensively, Pittsfield American had two big hits from Keegan, who drove in two runs on a first-inning

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Herrera, Pittsfield Americans Top Great Barrington in District Final
By Stephen Dravis,
08:13PM / Thursday, July 14, 2022
ADAMS, Mass. – Sebastian Herrera provided some offensive highlights at this month’s Don Gleason District 1 Little League Championships.   But it was his pitching that propelled the Pittsfield American Division 12-year-old All-Stars to a 13-0 win over Great Barrington in Thursday’s district title game.   Herrera struck out 10 and allowed just one hit in four innings as Pittsfield American ended the game early via the mercy rule.   He struck out the side in the fourth, ending the game on a called third strike with a runner on second after a walk and a pitch that got to the backstop.   “He’s hard to hit,” Pittsfield American manager Ty

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The Retired Investor: Public Sector Can't Compete in Tight Labor Market
By Bill Schmick,
04:01PM / Thursday, July 14, 2022
State and local government employees are essential in delivering everyday services to the American public, but the government's labor force is understaffed and has yet to recover from its pandemic lows. The reasons range from lower pay and less advancement to little flexibility in areas such as remote working.   Private-sector jobs have already surpassed pre-pandemic levels, while in the public sector, government employers are still looking for more than 664,000 workers with little success. This may sound like one of those "so what" kind of issues but consider this.   Public employees operate the nation's trains, subways and buses in addition to delivering

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Dalton Considers Town Meeting for Road, Waste Updates
By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:27PM / Thursday, July 14, 2022
DALTON, Mass. — The Select Board reviewed some daunting data from Streetscape regarding the state of the town’s road conditions on Monday, July 11.    Town Manager Tom Hutcheson said, during a Zoom meeting on July 7, that Streetscape presented a preliminary PowerPoint that confirmed half the roads in town are in either poor or serious conditions.    In April, Streetscape went over all of the paved roads in town separating them into 365 segments with a special car photographing them and analyzing them with a program that allows them to see three feet of every paved road in town.    A segment is an intersection of one road to an intersection with

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Lanesborough Board OKS New Site Exploration for Police Station
By Brian Rhodes, iBerkshires Staff
04:58AM / Thursday, July 14, 2022

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Board of Selectmen has given the Police Station Building Committee the authority to look for other potential sites for the new police station. 

 

The committee will now be able to explore other properties and work with landowners on potentially selling or gifting land for the purpose. Committee Chair Kristen Tool had initially asked the board for permission to look at other sites last month after voicing concerns over the proposed site at 8 Prospect St. 

 

Board Chair John Goerlach was initially against the group looking at other sites but said the opportunity for additional grants changed his mind. The committee had discussed possibly

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Pittsfield Child-Care Leader Deemed a 'Commonwealth Heroine'
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:39AM / Thursday, July 14, 2022

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A local child-care leader was recognized for her contributions to the community at Tuesday's City Council meeting.

Berkshire County Head Start Executive Director Brett Westbrook was selected to be one of the 2022 Commonwealth Heroines by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women.  

To mark the achievement, state Sen. Adam Hinds presented Westbrook with a proclamation from the House of Representatives and Senate. Council President Peter Marchetti also presented her with a proclamation from the city.  

"I just feel really blessed to give back to the city," she said. "The city gave a lot to me and my family when I came here,

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Pittsfield Council Goes Through 13 Agenda Items in Swift Meeting
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:51PM / Wednesday, July 13, 2022

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council on Tuesday went through 13 agenda items in under an hour.

Alongside routine communications and appointments were two items pertaining to the city's infrastructure and one to its retired residents.

The panel voted to enter into a five-year Fiber Optic Cable Agreement with Dalton, approved a request to install a jointly owned pole on East Housatonic Street from Verizon New England and NSTAR Electric, and approved a recalculation of the cost of living adjustment (COLA) for retirees.

The purpose of the agreement with Dalton is to install fiber-optic cables on utility poles owned by the town for data communication between the city's existing

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New Hampshire Man Killed by Tree Falling on Truck in Lenox
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
02:45PM / Wednesday, July 13, 2022

LENOX, Mass. — A New Hampshire man was killed during a severe thunderstorm on Tuesday when a tree fell on his truck.

Police Sgt. Michael Smith and Officer Tyler Bosworth were dispatched at a about 5:20 p.m. to a report of a tree on a vehicle in the area of Fox Hollow Road, south of Old Stockbridge Road on Route 7.

Police reported that a 2020 Ford F-150 pickup truck has been traveling in the southbound lane when a "very large" tree fell into the travel lane and landed on the vehicle.

The operator, 56-year-old Darrin Cawthron of Derry, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was the only occupant in the truck.

There were no reported witnesses to the accident and no other

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