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BCC Hires Diversity, Equity, Inclusion DirectorBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
10:45AM / Thursday, September 01, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has hired a director of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Former Director of Alumni Relations Antonia "Toni" Buckley has taken on the role of DEI director for the college. President Ellen Kennedy announced her appointment at the BCC Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday.
"I just want to share that I'm really grateful and super excited about this opportunity to support the college in this next phase to becoming the most inclusive organization that we can be," Buckley said, adding that her heart lies within equity efforts and with BCC.
Buckley was born in Germany to two Syrian parents and moved to the United
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Dalton Board Discusses Possibility of New Wahconah Track By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:42PM / Wednesday, August 31, 2022 | |
 Rich Peters, co-chair of the Wahconah building project, contacted iBerkshires on Thursday and said the track may have events next year but that the school could receive a warning and not be able to use it the following year if it was not fixed. The rubber, he said, was not so much peeling as worn off exposing asphalt, not cement, and the running shoes have micro spikes, not nails. Most importantly, he noted that the $2 million being discussed by the board does not actually exist — it simply won't be borrowed. "There will be no monies being returned to the towns," he wrote. "This only impacts the total amount that the 19 Comments
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District Attorney Candidates Meet in Final DebateBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:50PM / Tuesday, August 30, 2022 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — With one week to go until the Democratic primary, incumbent Andrea Harrington and challenger Timothy Shugrue participated in the final debate for Berkshire County district attorney at The Mount on Tuesday. Berkshire Democratic Brigades sponsored the debate and BDB Chair Michael Wise moderated. Shugrue began by arguing that he has more experience as a former assistant district attorney and 36 years of experience as a prosecutor and defense attorney. He described himself as a "smart progressive ... who advocates for and actually achieves progress." He said he wants to hold people accountable for breaking the law and argued that 0 Comments
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Palfrey Drops Out of AG Primary| 02:05PM / Tuesday, August 30, 2022 | |
 BOSTON — The race for attorney general tightened Tuesday as Quinten Palfrey suspended his campaign three days into early voting. In his statement, he endorsed opponent Andrea Campbell, saying her "devotion to public service is admirable. She will continue the legacy of Maura Healey and be a fighter for justice for all." Palfrey, who served in both the Obama and Biden administrations as well as in the state attorney general's office, was the favorite coming out of the Democratic convention and racked up more than 250 endorsements from party leaders, officials and activists, including several former and current Pittsfield and North Adams 0 Comments
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Lanesborough Picks New DPW Director. By Brian Rhodes, iBerkshires Staff
05:34AM / Tuesday, August 30, 2022 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Select Board has approved Charlie Durfee as the new Department of Public Works director, to begin next month. Durfee, the town's former fire chief and current DPW foreman, will begin the job on Sept. 21. He will replace current Director William Decelles. "I'm a lifelong resident of the town of Lanesborough. I've been with our Fire Department for over 40 years. I worked with the Highway Department for 34 years and 10 months. I was a worker for probably 28 years, then I moved into the Foreman position," Durfee said during his interview for the job earlier this month. "I would love the opportunity 0 Comments
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Dalton Special Town Meeting Passes Renovation, Road WarrantsBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
04:48AM / Tuesday, August 30, 2022 | |
Forty-five voters attended Monday's special town meeting. DALTON, Mass. — A special town meeting on Monday voted to pass an amended Article 1 to raise and appropriate an additional $130,874 for various expenses that were not anticipated during the town meeting or a prior special town meeting. The previous amount requested was $135,874 but was amended to not include $5,000 for the revolving police detail. The initial reason for the $5,000 was to ensure that officers get paid during their next pay period. According to Town Manager Tom Hutcheson, it is currently taking two to three weeks for the officers to get paid for their work detailing for private 0 Comments
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Shannon Liss-Riordan Touts Experience in Attorney General CampaignBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
07:37PM / Monday, August 29, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Shannon Liss-Riordan says her legal work has prepared her to stand up for the people of Massachusetts as its attorney general. As a labor attorney, she has spent the last 23 years fighting for working people and winning huge cases, she said. The candidate has taken on companies such as FedEx, Amazon, Uber, and IBM and has been victorious against them in court.
"I'm recognized as one of the nation's top employment lawyers representing employees and I've recovered more than a half of a billion dollars in stolen wages for working people over the course of my career," she said.
"I've used the law to make people's lives better.
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NAACP Cancels Sheriff, DA DebateBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
03:31PM / Monday, August 29, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The candidates have one more debate before next week's primary election. It was supposed to be two, but a Berkshire NAACP forum planned for Monday has been canceled when half the invited candidates weren't able to attend. The organizers said they were disappointed that Timothy Shugrue and Thomas Bowler could not fit it into their schedules. "I just feel that everybody makes a choice. It was their choice to debate with us," chapter President Dennis Powell said. "We've always had debates and they've always been very bipartisan and important, we think, to the community, but they chose to debate with whom 0 Comments
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Authorities Say Arson in Olde Forge Fire| 11:41AM / Monday, August 29, 2022 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — A fire at the Olde Forge on Sunday was intentionally set by an employee, authorities said. The investigation determined that it had been set using smoking materials. The man, who was not identified, will be summonsed to Central Berkshire District Court. The investigation was conducted by Fire Chief Jeffrey DeChaine, Police Chief Robert Derksen, and State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey. "I'd like to thank our firefighters and mutual aid partners for their work containing this fire and preventing even greater damage," said DeChaine. "The joint investigation with our local and state partners has identified the suspect as 1 Comment
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Fall Foliage 5K, Berkshire Half Marathon Set for Oct. 8-9Community submission,
10:24AM / Monday, August 29, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- One finisher of the inaugural Berkshire Half Marathon will win a brand new 2023 Subaru. The half marathon will be part of a two-race weekend that kicks off with the first Fall Foliage 5K on Saturday, Oct. 8. The 13.1-mile race will be Sunday. Berkshire Running Center owners Kent and Shiobbean Lemme; Race Directors of the MountainOne Steel Rail Races; have once again brought another weekend of running events to the Berkshires and the newly expanded Ashuwillticook Rail Trail. The event is co-sponsored by Haddad Subaru, MountainOne, John’s Ace Hardware and UNICO. The races will be newly structured renditions of the 0 Comments
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BCAC Weatherization Readiness Pilot Program In Early StagesBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:41AM / Monday, August 29, 2022 | |
CHESHIRE, Mass. — A pilot program through Berkshire Community Action Council aims to assist those deferred from free weatherization and heating repair services. Jess Cooley, who is working with BCAC on the Weatherization Remediation Assistance Program, put it on the Board of Selectmen's radar on Thursday. She is trying to organize resources to get the program off of the ground.
While doing energy audits for people on fuel assistance, the organization found that many have fixable disqualifying factors for repairs through the Weatherization Assistance Program or heating service program.
Ten households in Cheshire are currently deferred.
"About one in three
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Olde Forge Owner Says Restaurant Will Recover from Sunday FireBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:25PM / Sunday, August 28, 2022 | |
An image shared around Facebook shows the flames. LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The popular Old Forge restaurant on Route 7 suffered severe damage in the rear of the building from a fire late Sunday morning. There is damage in the salad bar and back of the building but owner Kirk Grippo said the eatery is going to be back open as soon as possible. "I'm not sure exactly what happened," he said as firefighters checked the damage off the rear deck. "We're working on it already. I'm resilient. We're going to fix the damage to the end of the building, we've already been working together with the building inspectors, electrician, the insurance 10 Comments
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