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Eagles Band Community Concert Coming to Pittsfield Nov. 4By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
02:01PM / Tuesday, October 25, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Eagles Band's annual Community Concert returns to the Colonial Theatre next week, featuring a range of musical works from the 1700s to the modern day. On Friday, Nov. 4, the free event will include a more than 60-musician concert band and the stage band. It will be opened by the Eagles' trombone ensemble.
The concert begins at 7 p.m. and the trombone ensemble will begin shortly after doors open at 6:15 p.m.
"This is an opportunity to hear the Eagles concert band and other ensembles at the Colonial Theatre," stage band conductor and board President James Stakenas said.
"It's a free concert and we're very excited
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Berkshire United Way kicks off 2022-2023 Campaign Year | 08:32AM / Tuesday, October 25, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire United Way (BUW) launched its 2022-2023 fundraising campaign to support 40 programs and more than 10,000 neighbors in need. BUW workplace campaign partners engage their employees with recreational opportunities, programs, and recognition events that connect philanthropy and camaraderie. The team at BUW works with nearly 140 workplace campaigns to offer simple, efficient, and enjoyable ways for employees to make a difference in the community, according to a press release. "Workplace campaigns are the backbone of BUW's fundraising. Each contribution enables us to invest in our partner organizations and support 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Ordinance Committee Considers Code AnalysisBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:07AM / Tuesday, October 25, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Ordinance Review Committee is looking into an editorial review of the city's laws to bring them up to date. At its second meeting on Monday, the panel was given a presentation from Zachary Dumont of General Code, a company that offers codification services and has been working with Pittsfield for about 17 years.
The five-member committee had its first meeting last month and was re-established to review the city code. Dumont proposed an editorial legal analysis that looks for things like grammatical errors, outdated language, legality, duplicates, and anything that may not be correct. It takes about 145 days, and the city would receive the recommendations
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LitNet Opens the Susan Weintraub Tutor Resource CenterBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
04:23AM / Tuesday, October 25, 2022 | |
The resource center occupies three rooms on the first floor of 32 Park St., giving the tutoring nonprofit more space and flexibility in addition to its space in the Lee Library. LEE, Mass. — The Literacy Network of South Berkshire honored a beloved friend on Sunday with the grand opening of the Susan Weintraub Tutor Resource Center. The late Susan Weintraub served on LitNet's board for 10 years, which is the longest time allowed, and was able to rejoin not long before her passing. Despite being sick, her passion to help others still remained strong. "She had been sick for some time, and her ability to help out had been decreasing, but she was 0 Comments
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Zerbato Wiffle Ball Tournament Set Nov. 5| 09:36PM / Monday, October 24, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The 3rd annual DZ24 Wiffle Ball Tournament Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, at Deming Park from noon to 4. Teams of four will compete against each other in the following age groups: 8-10, 11-13, 14-17 and 18-plus. Prizes of $10 per person and $40 per team will be awarded to the winners of each age group. The deadline to register is Nov. 3. Email the name of the team and players to Justin Hopkins at justinhop@nycap.rr.com. Raffle tickets, event T-shirts and food and beverages will be sold. All proceeds go toward the Dave Zerbato Memorial Scholarship for graduating seniors from Pittsfield and 0 Comments
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New Inspection Sticker Rules in Effect Nov. 1| 06:22PM / Monday, October 24, 2022 | |
BOSTON — The Registry of Motor Vehicles is reminding vehicle owners to check the expiration date of their current inspection sticker and get their vehicles inspected on time yearly. Effective Tuesday, Nov. 1, vehicles with an expired inspection sticker will receive a sticker with the number of the month the vehicle inspection was originally due — not the number of the month in which the vehicle is inspected. Motor vehicles passing the required inspection on time, will continue to receive a new sticker with the number of the month the last sticker expired. Vehicles with inspection stickers that expired in a previous calendar year will receive a 0 Comments
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Berkshire Bank's Foundation Donates to 160 Nonprofit Organizations| 04:31PM / Monday, October 24, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Bank announced over $660,000 in philanthropic investments from its foundation during the third quarter of 2022. According to a press release, the grants awarded cover a range of projects that help foster community diversity, equity, and inclusion-focused programs, support education and youth, and enhance opportunities for individual success in the communities the bank serves. These investments also support the company's BEST Community Comeback, which includes a planned $15 million in community contributions by the end of 2024. "We are so pleased to support nonprofit organizations once again with philanthropy to sustain 0 Comments
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Killeen Arace & Quinn PC Announce New Business Partner| 12:18PM / Monday, October 24, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Killeen Arace & Quinn PC announced a new business partner, Adam Rice, CPA. Rice is a veteran of the US Army. He went on to receive his accounting degree and MBA from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA). After completing his degrees, he earned the enrolled agent and Certified Public Accountant designations. He most recently owned and operated ATW Accounting. Prior to his private practice, he worked as an accountant for a real estate firm, and public accounting as well as an adjunct accounting professor at MCLA. He is a Berkshire County native, currently living in Pittsfield, and provides consulting, accounting, and tax services 0 Comments
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Brien Center Marks 100 Years of Mental Health Care With GalaBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:00PM / Monday, October 24, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hundreds gathered at the Colonial Theatre to celebrate the Brien Center's 100-year anniversary of providing behavioral health care to the Berkshires. "It's an important night for the Brien Center because we're celebrating the 100 plus years of our history, so I think given the fact that that organization has been around for 100 years it speaks pretty well for its future," President and CEO Christine Macbeth said Saturday at the Gala. "And I think it's an incredibly important agency to this Berkshire community since we're their primary provider of behavioral health services, and I think that over the years, certainly, 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Police Investigating Dalton Ave. Gun Incident | 11:10AM / Monday, October 24, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Friday Oct. 21 at approximately 5:48 PM, Pittsfield Police were dispatched to the area of Dalton Ave and Dartmouth Street for a report of shots fired. 911 callers observed a fight in progress with one of the people involved shooting a firearm. Witnesses provided clothing and physical descriptions of the people involved. All had fled the area prior to police arrival. A PPD K9 unit conducted a track in the area. An area search was conducted with negative results for those involved. No one was struck during the incident. Ballistic evidence was found at the scene. A portion of Dartmouth Street was shut down for approximately an hour 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Real Estate and Personal Property Assessments Available| 08:27AM / Monday, October 24, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city of Pittsfield's Board of Assessors has released the real estate and personal property assessments for Jan. 1, 2022, which are part of the citywide property reevaluation completed for fiscal year 2023. Beginning Monday, Oct. 24 through Friday, Oct. 28, the assessment abstracts will be available on the city website, cityofpittsfield.org or in person at the Assessors' Office, Room 108, City Hall. Copies of the FY23 assessment abstracts are also available for viewing at the Reference Department at the Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Ave. and the Ralph J. Froio Senior Center 330 North St. During this timeframe, property owners will have an 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Affordable Housing Trusts Looks to Solidify MissionBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:06AM / Monday, October 24, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city's Affordable Housing Trust has been established; now it needs a mission statement and an action plan. In its second meeting, the board voted to hear from organizations that offer housing services, entities that create housing, and other affordable housing trusts over the next few meetings.
With insight from the local housing authority, housing developers such as Mill Town Captial and Habitat for Humanity, and other trusts in the county and beyond, the panel hopes to solidify its path forward.
Member Kamaar Taliaferro also sees resident feedback as an important part of the equation.
"One of the things that I think we need to do as a board is
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