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Berkshire Force 10U, 12U Teams Earn Wins at World Series| 10:35PM / Monday, July 29, 2019 | |
 JENSEN BEACH, Fla. -- The Berkshire Force 10-and-under softball team Monday earned its first win in the Babe Ruth World Series. The Force beat Sikeston, Mo., 11-0, to improve to 1-1 in pool play. The Force 10U squad finishes pool play on Tuesday against Summit Point, W.Va., before the tournament shifts to bracket play. In the 12U division, the Berkshire Force squad Tuesday rallied to a 6-5 win over Kingston, N.Y., to improve to 2-1 in pool play. The Force 12s started their World Series run on Sunday with a 10-5 win over Litchfield, N.H. The 12U squad started play Monday with a 4-1 loss to Clermont, Fla., before rallying in the evening to finish the day 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Teen Rescued From Old Water Tank at SpringsideBy Andy McKeever,
08:26PM / Monday, July 29, 2019 | |
The Western Massachusetts Technical Rescue Team consists of members from various departments throughout the region performing the rescues all over. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A teenager fell into an old water tank at Springside Park and had to be extricated by first responders. Deputy Fire Chief Matthew Noyes said the teenager was with some friends in the area when he fell into a previously collapsed section of the tank. He plummeted some 25 feet and could not get out. After about an hour, he was extricated and transported to Berkshire Medical Center. Noyes said the boy's injuries are unknown right now but they appeared to be minor. "It was really well done. All 0 Comments
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Free Forum Will Discuss Linkage Between Diet and Alzheimer'sBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:45AM / Monday, July 29, 2019 | |
Avocado quinoa rolls. LENOX, Mass. — Edward Esko has been telling people for decades that their diet can directly lead to specific health problems. He's authored more than a dozen books on the subject and founded non-profits aimed at helping people get on better diets to prevent disease. And he sees a big issue coming: Alzheimer's disease. As the large baby-boomer population moves into the prime age range when the cognitive disease sets in, a lot of people and families will be affected. "Even though the iceberg has been sighted, it is still miles away. We can still turn," Esko said, chief executive of Berkshire Holistic 2 Comments
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Kalinowsky Seeks to Bring Fairness, Accountability to Mayor's OfficeBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
04:48PM / Sunday, July 28, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Karen Kalinowsky saw firsthand middle school children being "out of control" as a school resource officer. If no one is there to teach them right from wrong, the schools are going to suffer. And when the schools suffer, leaders second guess themselves and the city suffers. The former school resource officer is looking to bring accountability to not only the students but to the city's administration. "They were getting too light and kids were upping the ante. I'm not saying corporal punishment or anything. I'm saying if they do something wrong, you hold them accountable. I don't care if it lunch detention or what, 0 Comments
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Education, Census, Opioid Task Force Highlights In State Budget For MarkBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
07:17AM / Sunday, July 28, 2019 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — The big news in the state's budget is $5.18 billion in Chapter 70 aid for schools, according to state Rep. Paul Mark. "That is the most in the history of Massachusetts and it is also the biggest increase year over year in this account," the 2nd Berkshire representative said. "I think that is a really positive step toward what we have been working on getting this foundation budget changed." Places like Pittsfield and Greenfield will be seeing massive increases in funding and all districts are seeing somewhat of a bump. This is start of what is expected to be the state's undertaking to significantly bolster education funding. It 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Man in Critical Condition Following Roll Over CrashStaff Reports,
04:24PM / Saturday, July 27, 2019 | |
Firefighters free the occupants from the vehicle. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A city man is in critical condition following a rollover accident on Columbus Avenue Saturday. According to police, Chester Soutier was transported to Berkshire Medical Center following the crash and is in "critical but stable" condition. Soutier was driving a 2009 Lincoln MKZ eastbound on Columbus Avenue and collided at the intersection of Center Street with a 2012 Hyundai Elantra being driven by Jaime Adorno, 35, also of Pittsfield. Soutier's Lincoln then spun and rolled when it hit the curb. Lincoln and one other passenger were trapped in the vehicle and freed by 0 Comments
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Boards of Health Issue Advisory on Algae Bloom in Pontoosuc| 01:45AM / Saturday, July 27, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The state Department of Public Health has identified visual evidence of algae in Pontoosuc Lake that may exceed the department's guidelines for recreational water bodies in Massachusetts. Guidance from DPH's Bureau of Environmental Health has prompted the Pittsfield Health Department and Lanesborough Board of Health to issue a public health advisory emphasizing that swimming and boating is not advisable until test results for presence of a cyanobacteria bloom are available and can be confirmed early next week; until this determination, the advisory for no swimming and boating in the lake is in effect, stated the city's Public Health 0 Comments
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Forum Makes Seniors Aware Of Cyber ScamsBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
04:53PM / Friday, July 26, 2019 | |
Sen. Adam Hinds had an opportunity to bring the presentation to Pittsfield and it tied right in with the series of technology classes the senior center has begun. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The phone rings and the first six digits are local, looks like your number, so you answer. Now all of a sudden your grandson is in trouble. He's being held overseas and the only way to free him and bring him home is to wire money to a foreign nation. It's a scam. The caller wants you to feel urgent. They want you to feel like it is an emergency. And they want you to spend your hard-earned cash to an offshore account authorities will never be able to track 0 Comments
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@theMarket: All Eyes on the FedBy Bill Schmick,
04:47PM / Friday, July 26, 2019 | |
 It was a week of chop. That was to be expected, given it was the first week of second-quarter earnings results. While some individual big-name stocks made substantial moves, the overall indexes traded up and down but ended the week about where they started. It was largely what I predicted would happen. The same will apply to this coming week with all eyes intently focused on the July 31 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee taking place next Wednesday. Investors expect the Fed to cut the Fed Funds interest rate by at least one quarter percent. Let's hope they do. In the meantime, aside from earnings announcements, investors were confronted with some bad news out of 0 Comments
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BMC Achieves Awards for Stroke Care| 10:52AM / Friday, July 26, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Medical Center has received the Defect-free Care Award and three additional Stroke Care honors from the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Defect-free care is achieved when a patient receives the appropriate care based on clinical guidelines.
The Coverdell Defect-free Care Award recognizes hospitals that, from the period of January 2018 to December 2018, provided defect-free care to 90 percent or more of their stroke patients by utilizing all of the interventions for which each patient was eligible. The number of Coverdell hospitals providing defect-free care to the majority of their patients
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Cultural Pittsfield This Week: July 26-Aug. 1| 09:43AM / Friday, July 26, 2019 | |
 SATURDAY The 46th Annual Gather-In at Durant Park The Berkshires branch of the NAACP invites everyone to the 46th Annual Gather-In Festival at Durant Park (formerly Pitt Park) for a FREE, family friendly, fun, jam-packed day! Enjoy food, community vendors, kids' activities, music and more! 1-7 p.m. MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE SAT The Mammals at Hancock Shaker Village 0 Comments
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United Way, MSBDC Featured On Newest iBerkshiresTVStaff Reports,
03:58AM / Friday, July 26, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — This week on iBerkshiresTV we bring you the latest headlines and we highlight a couple of resources available to the community. First, we talked with Christa Collier, executive director of the Northern Berkshire United Way, who talked about the organization's goal of being a mile wide and an inch deep. The organization isn't just a funding arm for some 20 important organizations in the county but has also taken on a number of different initiatives including a housing and homelessness collaborative which has been bringing the various organizations looking to address homelessness together to better deliver services Then we spoke with Keith 0 Comments
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