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Letter: Dalton Finance Committee — Thank youLetter to the Editor,
12:00PM / Monday, June 30, 2025 | |
 To the Editor:
This fiscal budget season has been a very difficult one for the Finance Committee and chairs. These professional individuals put their time and talent into doing what is best for the town and its people. This year they have been harassed not once but twice by requests from individuals through the Request for Information. People who are trying to prove Open Meeting violations which have not occurred. They have been belittled and chastised on social media and in public for doing their job in which they are elected. People who took the words "surplus," "excess," "money not used" and made it into a defunding rampage. At no time was defunding ever
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Fire Officials Urge Residents: Leave Fireworks to the Professionals| 08:00AM / Monday, June 30, 2025 | |
STOW, Mass.—Fires, explosions, and serious injuries related to illegal fireworks spike each summer in Massachusetts, and fire service leaders are asking residents and visitors to leave those dangerous devices to the professionals. "Here in Massachusetts, fireworks have caused over 500 fires and explosions, more than 200 emergency department visits, and nearly $1 million in damages over the past five years," said State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine. "They are illegal without licensing and certification because they are so dangerous. Please don’t risk a fire, an injury, or a day in court – leave fireworks to the professionals." "The weeks around July
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Pittsfield Plans Unkamet Brook Restoration With MVP GrantBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:44AM / Monday, June 30, 2025 | |
Fuss & O'Neill engineers Margaret Allen and Christian Boisvert speak at last week's City Council meeting about the culvert project. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — With help from the state, the city plans to restore Unkamet Brook between Crane and Dalton Avenue.
This includes replacing the undersized culvert near the Jaeschke Fruit & Flowers Center.
Pittsfield received a $275,000 Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grant in fiscal 2025 for the effort, which is expected to be done in the next five years. The aim is to correct "major" flooding into nearby properties during storm events and restore wetlands damaged by the
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BRTA Working on Comprehensive Regional Transit PlanBy Breanna Steele,
05:17AM / Monday, June 30, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority is discussing its five-year comprehensive regional transit plan (CRTP). "The goal of the CRTP is to review BRTA's goals and mission as a regional transit provider, to assess transit service from the past five years and then expand on enhancements that have worked well, and then make changes in areas where there's opportunities for improvement." said Diane Broderick, with consultant HDR Engineering, at a recent meeting of the BRTA board. The transit authority's last five-year plan in 2020 had three big takeaways from the outreach efforts: that BRTA brings value to the region, a desire for more bus
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Berkshire Force 12U Softball Beats Philly ClubiBerkshires.com Sports,
06:24PM / Sunday, June 29, 2025 | |
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Daisy Caron struck out six in a complete-game, four-inning effort Sunday as the Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team beat Philadelphia’s EOM Angels, 7-2, in the Youth Softball Nationals. Victoria Blanchard went 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead a nine-hit attack for the Force, which picked up its first win at the tournament. The Berkshire 12Us jumped on top right away with a four-run first inning. Stella Matthews hit a line drive single to center field in the rally. The Force went up 7-1 with a pair of runs in the third, when Josie Schilling hit an RBI single. The Force started its Sunday with a 10-1 loss to the 0 Comments
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Post 68-2 Knocks Off GreenfieldiBerkshires.com Sports,
06:05PM / Sunday, June 29, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Gavin Maffuccio went 2-for-4 with a double and a pair of RBIs Sunday to lead the Pittsfield Post 68-2 American Legion Baseball team to an 8-3 win over Greenfield Post 81. Aidan Underdown and Derek Roy each doubled in an eight-hit attack for Post 68-2, which also worked eight walks. Cam Hillard earned the win on the mound, striking out five and allowing one earned run in 5 and two-thirds innings of work. Jason Field and Dylan Turner combined on 1 and 1 and a third innings of scoreless relief. Post 68-2 (2-5) is at Longmeadow on Wednesday. 0 Comments
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Berkshire Force 14s Fall to Columbia County, N.Y.iBerkshires.com Sports,
03:43PM / Sunday, June 29, 2025 | |
LAKE GEORGE, Mass. – The Columbia County (N.Y.) Reds edged the Berkshire Force 14-and-under travel softball team, 3-1, on Sunday. Giannah Moses went 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead the Force, which got a double from Lilly MacDonald. Julia McComish went the distance in the circle, striking out four and allowing two earned runs in six innings of work. 0 Comments
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Post 68-1 Senior Legion Team Walks Off Win Against SheffieldiBerkshires.com Sports,
03:33PM / Sunday, June 29, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Dominic Marcella drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh Sunday to give the Pittsfield Post 68-1 American Legion Baseball team a 7-6 win over Sheffield Post 340. Ben Jacob started the winning rally with a single to right, and Gavin O’Donnell singled to left to put runners at the corners. Sheffield opted to intentionally walk Jack Abel (1-for-3, triple, three RBIs), bringing Marcella to the plate with a chance to end it. Post 68 rallied for six runs in the bottom of the fifth to erase a 5-0 deficit and take a one-run lead. Sheffield tied it in the top of the sixth when Christian Blanchard singled to drive in Parker 0 Comments
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Dalton Historical Invests in Museum Collection Management SoftwareBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:40PM / Sunday, June 29, 2025 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Historical Commission has approved the purchase of a museum collection management software, PastPerfect. During its meeting in May, commissioners voted to purchase the a desktop version of the software for $870. It was highlighted that if they join the American Association for State and Local History, which has a membership fee of $100, the software cost would be discounted to $696. In addition to the discount, the association will give them access to the association's resources, including free online access to the encyclopedia of local history, discounts to several professional development webinars, online courses, software, 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Outdoor Concert Series| 11:03AM / Sunday, June 29, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents a five-part outdoor concert series with thematic connections to its Ground/work 2025 exhibition. These free concerts take place every Wednesday in July at 6 pm on the Reflecting Pool Lawn, with the exception of July 23's concert, which takes place on the Fernández Terrace. The lineup includes: BALLA KOUYATÉ July 2, Reflecting Pool Lawn Balla Kouyaté's lineage goes back more than 800 years to Balla Faséké, the first of an unbroken line of djelis in the Kouyaté clan. The word "djeli" derives from the Mandinka language, meaning the oral historians, 0 Comments
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New CBRSD Leadership Emphasizes Community By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
08:31AM / Sunday, June 29, 2025 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School District will soon have new leadership, but the community-centered mindset on which the district was founded will remain the same. In April, the School Committee hired the district's assistant superintendent, Michael Henault, for the superintendent position, and Wahconah Regional High School Principal Aaron Robb will take over his mantle as the assistant superintendent. Henault and Robb start July 1 and are excited about this next journey in their career. The district fashioned a community out of its staff, students, families, and the residents who support the schools, the duo 0 Comments
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Governor Appoints Economic Development Secretary | 07:45AM / Sunday, June 29, 2025 | |
BOSTON — Governor Maura Healey announced that she is appointing Eric Paley as Secretary of the Executive Office of Economic Development (EOED). Paley is a successful entrepreneur and leader who is stepping away from managing one of the world's highest-performing seed-stage venture capital funds, Founder Collective. "Eric Paley has dedicated his career to starting and growing businesses in Massachusetts. Most recently, he has focused on providing startups with the early support and resources they need to succeed. This is exactly the type of leadership, experience and dedication we need in a new Economic Development Secretary," said Governor 0 Comments
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