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Great Barrington Farmers Market to Reopen With Restrictions| 09:34AM / Tuesday, May 12, 2020 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Great Barrington Farmers Market will open for its 30th season on Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its Church Street location in downtown Great Barrington. Berkshire United Way has awarded the market a grant allowing the continuation of the Market Match program. This program offers a dollar- for-dollar match on all SNAP, WIC Farmers Market Check, and Senior Farmers Market Check purchase up to $25 per customer per week. HIP benefits can be redeemed at five market vendors. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the market managers have taken into consideration recommendations and policies from local, state, and federal governments, as well
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What Can Investors Learn from Cyclists?submitted by Edward Jones,
08:42AM / Tuesday, May 12, 2020 | |
 May is National Bike Month. Of course, millions of Americans enjoy biking, so there's reason to celebrate. But even if you're not much of a rider, you can apply some of the guidelines and lessons of bicycling to other areas of your life – such as investing. Consider taking some of these ideas for a spin: • Tune up your portfolio. When bicyclists tune up their bikes, they adjust their brakes, clean and lubricate the chain, tighten nuts and bolts, and check the tire pressure, among other tasks. Such a tune-up keeps their bikes running smoothly and reduces the chances for breakdowns. And by "tuning up" your investment portfolio, you can help it stay in line with
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Free Virtual Training on 'Navigating Bias' for Businesses Set| 08:23AM / Tuesday, May 12, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Downtown Pittsfield Inc. has announced "Navigating Bias to Create a Welcoming Berkshire Business" training in conjunction with BRIDGE, NAACP Berkshire County, Berkshire Bank, Pittsfield Economic Revitalization Corporation and the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation. This free training series will help businesses cultivate and steward inclusive retail, restaurant and workplace environments for customers and employees in order to create a culture of belonging in your business. Time will be included for special consideration towards the impact of COVID-19 on small businesses and concurrently diverse patrons. Significant shifts will be the required and
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Wall Street's 'COVID Crash' Impacts Mount Greylock Field DisussionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:10AM / Tuesday, May 12, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Plans to build an artificial turf field at Mount Greylock Regional School may be sidetracked by a global pandemic that has dealt a serious blow to the funding source eyed for the project. Last week at a meeting of the School Committee's Finance Subcommittee, Superintendent Kimberley Grady reported that officials from Williams College had contacted the district to check in about what commitments the district already has made for spending from the college's endowment. "I think the School Committee needs to have a frank conversation about what the changes to the economic landscape mean to future capital projects or ideas about how to spend 4 Comments
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Lenox Natives Start PPE Manufacturing Collaborative By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
02:18AM / Tuesday, May 12, 2020 | |
The novel coronavirus pandemic has lead to a shortage in protective gear such as masks, face masks and gowns. The face shields provide an extra measure of protection and can be cleaned and reused. LENOX, Mass. — With personal protective equipment in critical supply, Massachusetts Face Shields has brought together a network of volunteers to manufacture the plastic face guards. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a demand for PPE of all kinds that the group's founders and sisters Jess Blazejewski and Katherine Carberry believed they could help fill. "There are a lot of reasons to be worried or fearful right now — it feels so much better to take action, 0 Comments
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UPDATED: Preschool, Kindergarten Registrations Scheduled Around County| 04:03PM / Monday, May 11, 2020 | |
 Berkshire County schools are scheduling and re-scheduling preschool and kindergarten registration dates and procedures for the 2020-21 school year. Schools can send their information to info@iberkshires.com to be included on this list.
All students, regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or homelessness, have equal access to the general education program and the full range of any occupational, vocational programs offered by public school districts. Clarksburg Clarksburg parents can now begin to register their youngsters for kindergarten. Children must be 5 years old as of Aug. 31. Call the school office
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American Legion Baseball Season CancelediBerkshires.com Sports,
03:47PM / Monday, May 11, 2020 | |
 QUINCY, Mass. -- Massachusetts' American Legion Baseball season Monday became the latest sports league to see its season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a news release from the Department of Massachusetts Athletic Committee, Chairman Richard D. Paster Monday announced that the department is canceling the 2020 season effective immediately. "This is a sad day indeed for American Legion Baseball in Massachusetts and marks only the second time since 1926 that there will be no program," Paster wrote "Let's hope life returns to normal in time for the 2021 season." In a three-page memo to teams, post commanders, coaches and families, 0 Comments
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Governor Envisions Four-Phase Reopening to 'New Normal'By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
02:21PM / Monday, May 11, 2020 | |
Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, head of the state's reopening advisory board, explains some of the restrictions that will be placed on businesses. BOSTON — The commonwealth is looking at a four-phase reopening of the economy based on public health data and mandatory safety measures. "The goal is to begin this process around May 18, but it will be gradual as the facts on the ground will obviously determine whether we actually hit that goal," Gov. Charlie Baker said at Monday's COVID-19 update. "But keep in mind, this is a disease, we're still learning about across the globe." All non-essential businesses were closed as of March 23 and 0 Comments
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Pittsfield City Council to Consider TIF Agreements By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
12:43PM / Monday, May 11, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council will act on two tax incentive financing agreements Tuesday as well as accept more emergency funding to strengthen the city's response to the pandemic. One TIF is to support the development of a brewery and restaurant on North Street and the other to aid in the building of a new hotel. Both of these projects came before the council earlier in February but were sent off to various subcommittees for consideration. The City Council will first consider the agreement with Robert Trask, who plans to open a brewery and restaurant at 41 North St. He plans to purchase and invest $1.7 million in the former J. Allen's 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock to Ask Towns to Allow Stabilization FundBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:58AM / Monday, May 11, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee is set to ask its member towns to allow the regional school district to establish a stabilization fund. The committee's Finance Subcommittee last week approved the language for a warrant article that will be sent to Lanesborough and Williamstown for their annual town meetings. If passed by the towns, the stabilization fund, an idea previously approved by the full School Committee, would help the district save money for future capital expenses at the middle-high school. Future School Committees could appropriate funds from the stabilization account by a two-thirds vote "for any purpose for 1 Comment
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Mount Greylock Names Finalists for Principal PostBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:32PM / Saturday, May 09, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School District on Friday evening announced the two finalists for the position of principal at the middle-high school. Current Mount Greylock Vice Principal Jake Schutz and Kristen Thompson, an assistant principal at New Mexico's West Mesa High School, were advanced as finalists by the 18-member search committee, which conducted its second round of interviews on Thursday, according to an email to the community from Superintendent Kimberley Grady. Schutz has been at Mount Greylock for about seven years, including a year he spent on deployment in Afghanistan with the Massachusetts National Guard. Shortly after 4 Comments
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