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Quinto Finishes 32nd at Junior Am| 11:24PM / Wednesday, August 02, 2017 | |
 SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. -- Recent Pittsfield High graduate Kevin Quinto carded a 5-over 76 on Wednesday to finish tied for 32nd at the 99th annual Massachusetts Junior Amateur Golf Championship at the Orchards Golf Club. Quinto finished the three-round event as one of seven players tied at 16-over. On Wednesday, he earned a pair of birdies, on the 151-yard, par-3 10th hole and the 449-yard, par-5 16th. He birdied the 16th in all three rounds of the competition. The championship was claimed by Dillon Brown of the Country Club of Halifax, who was 4-under on Wednesday and finished at 8-under for the tournament. 0 Comments
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BMC Nurses Take Second Step Toward StrikeBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
07:27PM / Wednesday, August 02, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The nurses at Berkshire Medical Center have taken the second step toward a strike. The Massachusetts Nursing Association filed a notification to end the existing agreement. The contract currently in place prohibits a strike and while the contract had an expiration date of September 2016, the duration clauses continued it unless a 30-day notice from either side was made or a new agreement was signed. "While we are disappointed that the union has moved one step closer to a strike, we look forward to meeting again with the union on Aug. 7, with hopes of reaching an agreement," Berkshire Health Systems Vice President of Human Resources 0 Comments
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Guest Column: Courts Would Likely Back Berkshire Museum DeaccessionBy Rinaldo del Gallo III, Guest Column
03:00PM / Wednesday, August 02, 2017 | |
 Until events of late, I had never heard of the word "deaccession." The recent controversy of the Berkshire Museum, a story that has made its way into the Boston Globe and New York Times changed all that. Deaccession is basically a $10 word for selling off part of a museum's collections, and it's controversial. Mr. Van Shields, a man that I know personally and respect, undoubtedly knows of the controversy that happened when the Delaware Art Museum deaccessioned some of its art. Making matters worse, when the Delaware Art Museum was to sell "Isabella and the Pot of Basil," Christie's auction house expected the work to fetch between $8.4 million and $13.4 0 Comments
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Thrilling Music at Tanglewood, Music Mountain and SevenarsBy Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
02:05PM / Wednesday, August 02, 2017 | |
 With the arrival of August, we are at the height of the classical music festival season. Programs this week at Tanglewood offer a diverse and intriguing mix of symphonic music by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff. The prodigious pianist Garrick Ohlsson has a busy week in store: He will perform Chopin's two piano concertos on successive evenings, and will offer a solo recital of works by Schubert and Scriabin on Tuesday evening in Ozawa Hall. Added to this, programs 4 and 5 in the special series "Schubert's Summer Journey," featuring Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma and Mr. Ohlsson, will surely be not-to-be-missed musical high points.
Enhancing the offerings above, be sure to
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Diversify Your Investments But Consolidate Your ProvidersSubmitted by Edward Jones,
01:10PM / Wednesday, August 02, 2017 | |
 You have probably heard that diversification is a key to investment success. So, you might think that if diversifying your investments is a good idea, it might also be wise to diversify your investment providers – after all, aren't two (or more) heads better than one?
Before we look at that issue, let's consider the first half of the "diversification" question – namely, how does diversifying your investment portfolio help you?
Consider the two broadest categories of investments: stocks and bonds. Stock prices will move up and down in response to many different factors, including good or bad corporate earnings, corporate management issues, political
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Biz Briefs: Zogics Awarded Massachusetts Wellness Tax Credit| 12:32PM / Wednesday, August 02, 2017 | |
 Working out: For the second year in a row, Berkshire-based Zogics has received certification for its worksite wellness program from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. This certification allows Zogics to claim a $10,000 Wellness Tax Credit for tax year 2017. The Massachusetts Wellness Tax Credit Incentive program gives qualifying businesses in Massachusetts a state tax credit for having a certified wellness program.
Wellness has long been a cornerstone of Zogics, an e-commerce company that serves the health and fitness industry. "The Wellness Tax Credit will help support our goal of building the healthiest workplace in the country," said Zogics CEO Paul
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Licensing Board Approves Entertainment, Keno For Rusty Anchor ClubBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
12:23PM / Wednesday, August 02, 2017 | |
Attorney Darren Lee represents the Rusty Anchor and said the processes of memberships has been made cleaner to limit confusion over whether the place is public or not. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Traffic, noise, undesirable citizens infiltrating the area. That is what concerns the residents at the Pines when it comes to the Rusty Anchor Marina and Pub Club on Pontoosuc Lake. Scott Graves purchased the former YMCA boat house and turned it into a private club. He is trying to recruit members, provide more things to do, and grow the business. But when he asked for an entertainment license and permission to use have Keno, residents from the Pines condominium came out in 0 Comments
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Berkshires Stands Against Proposed Eversource Rate HikeBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:58AM / Wednesday, August 02, 2017 | |
The Department of Public Utilities received testimony from dozens of people at Tuesday's hearing at Berkshire Community College. It was the second local hearing the state has held on the proposal this year. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — State Sen. Adam Hinds knows the Berkshires has problems and he sought office in order to help "right the ship." But, he says Eversource's proposed rate increase threatens the county's economic stability. "We struggle with the impact of population decline every single day. We have schools that are closing now because of the lack of student enrollment. We have towns fighting about budgets and the tax burden continues to 0 Comments
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ACS Swat, Berkshire Force Win County Softball TitlesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
11:01PM / Tuesday, August 01, 2017 | |
 One team rallied from an eight-run deficit to win, and another saw its comeback fall just short in the final championship games of the Berkshire County Softball Championships on Tuesday night. In the 16-and-under division, the Berkshire Force trailed, 8-0, early but came back to beat the Greylock Thunder, 12-8, under the lights at the Doyle Complex in Pittsfield. At Dalton’s American Legion Field, the ACS Swat 10-and-under team jumped out to a 14-2 lead and held on for a 15-14 win over host Dalton. 10-and-Under Ash Lesure held Dalton to two runs over the first two innings in the circle for ACS Swat, allowing her team to build a 12-run lead midway through 0 Comments
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Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing Represents Opportunity For BerkshiresBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
07:43PM / Tuesday, August 01, 2017 | |
CEO Shawn Kinney explained what the company does, touching on the challenges and the strengths of being located in the Berkshires. LEE, Mass. — Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing has a unique niche that has tremendous growth potential. The owners are now hoping others will follow their lead and develop a "cluster" in the life science field of the Berkshires. Owners Shawn Kinney and Andrea Wagner led U.S. Rep. Richard Neal on a tour of their facility on Tuesday. The company specializes in manufacturing small-scale injectable drugs for clinical trials but does so with an isolator that ups the quality of the clean-room product. "I see no end to the amount of 1 Comment
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Ryan Leads Berkshire Adult Baseball League Team to Win| 04:09PM / Tuesday, August 01, 2017 | |
 Pat Ryan homered and drove in seven runs recently as the Adams Aces scored 21 wins to win over the Outlaws and clinch first place in the regular season in the 35-year-old division of the Berkshire Adult Baseball League. Matt Witek threw a complete game for the Aces, who improved to 12-1 this season. Jamie Zdon, Corey Swistak, Mike Rinaldi, Ray Boudreau, Dave Clark and Witek each had multiple hits; Swistak drove in five runs. The Aces have a three-game lead over the second-place Dalton Bandits (9-4), who dropped a 4-3 decision to the fourth-place Moneymakers (7-6) in crecent action. Jeff Aldrich snapped a 3-3 tie with an RBI single in the fifth inning for the 0 Comments
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Biotech Company Head Muraca Facing Fraud ChargesBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
01:18PM / Tuesday, August 01, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Nuclea Biotechnologies' former chief executive Patrick Muraca is accused of misusing investor funds for his new startup company. The U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI arrested Muraca on Tuesday morning on a wire fraud charge. On Monday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint in federal court accusing Muraca of using funds from investors for NanoMolecularDX, a new company Muraca started in Lee, to fund personal expenses, including his fiancée's restaurant business. "Muraca has raised at least $1,175,000 from at least 15 investors for purported investment in Nano and Metabo, which he describes as 0 Comments
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