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Goodwill Celebrates Grand Re-Opening in Allendale Shopping CenterBy Brittany Polito,
11:41AM / Sunday, July 17, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Eager shoppers were lined up around the side of Allendale Shopping Center for the Goodwill’s grand opening Saturday morning.
"This child that you see, this beautiful store, a flagship store, it has taken thousands and thousands of hours for us to nurture this child," Senior Director of Supply Chain Management and Territory Expansion Maryam Kamangar said during a ribbon cutting event.
"To get it standing up and be walking to this point that you see here."
The flagship store —located in the former Big Lots— has a retail space that is over four times larger than its previous location next to Jo-Ann Fabrics on Dalton Avenue,
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Pittsfield's ROPE Program Guides Young Women to Success By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
07:04AM / Sunday, July 17, 2022 | |
Shirley Edgerton was presented Berkshire United Way's Daniel C. Dillon Helping Hands, Caring Hearts Award earlier this year for her community work. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Shirley Edgerton has been working diligently throughout her career to inspire and support individuals to be their best selves. Her work led to the founding of Rites of Passage and Empowerment, which recently earned its 501(c)3 status further legitimizing its efforts. It is also the recipient of $550,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds through the city of Pittsfield. "Even though we know the work we've been doing, that the community has embraced it over the 11 0 Comments
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2022 State of County Report Reveals Higher Income, More Mental IllnessBy Brittany Polito,
04:04AM / Sunday, July 17, 2022 | |
BERKSHIRE COUNTY, Mass. — The 2022 State of the County Report shows increases in income and a decrease in unemployment but also a worsening of mental illness and family distress.
Over 100 individuals and community organizations in Berkshire County have worked over the last two years to identify indicators that track the region’s performance across eight sectors: Economy, Education, Environment, Government, Health, Housing, Social Environment, and Transportation.
Berkshire Benchmarks, which is an initiative of the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, was tasked with identifying these sectors and then highlighting indicators within.
The report was released in May and was
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ACS 10U Team Wins Dalton CRA TitleBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:10PM / Saturday, July 16, 2022 | |
 DALTON, Mass. – Ava Jigiello tripled and drove in three runs Saturday as the Adams-Cheshire-Savoy Swat 10-and-under travel team defeated the Berkshire Force, 15-6, to claim the first championship of the weekend at the 12th annual Dalton CRA Invitational Softball Tournament. Olivia Archembault struck out four in two innings of work to pick up the win in the come-from-behind victory that was cut to three innings due to the tournament’s time rule. Yesterday marked the second day of the three-day tournament. On Sunday, three more age group championships will be decided with finals in the 12U Division (3:30 p.m.), 14U Division (3 p.m.) and 16U (4:45 0 Comments
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@theMarket: Market Beat DownBy Bill Schmick,
10:03AM / Saturday, July 16, 2022 | |
 Rising inflation, weaker earnings expectations, or the rocketing U.S. dollar, it is just a question of which of these negatives are hurting the markets most. Investors are frightened, but not yet panicked. It is time to pay attention. Both the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Producer Price Index (PPI) for June 2022 came in hotter than economists expected. They are backward-looking indicators, but markets fell on the reports, nonetheless. Rising energy prices was the biggest culprits in both reports hamstringing consumers and producers as prices soared. Since then, the price of oil has dropped, although natural gas prices have risen, so we will have to wait and see how much energy 0 Comments
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The Eagles Band: A Part of Berkshire County HistoryBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:04AM / Saturday, July 16, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Eagles Community Band has been performing music in the Berkshires and beyond for nearly 90 years. In its second year back since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, fans can look forward to free summer concerts at The Common and Springside Park as well as numerous other performances throughout the year. "I would say they were as eager to get back to playing as they were to see their friends," principal conductor Carl Jenkins said about the musicians. "It was really was very special for some." Band manager Deanna Fraher added that people will come up to band members after performances, thank them, and say how 0 Comments
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Dalton CRA Softball Tournament Gets UnderwayBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:56PM / Friday, July 15, 2022 | |
 DALTON, Mass. – Julia Devoti went 2-for-3 with a home run and struck out five in three innings of work on Friday to lead the Berkshire Liberty 16-and-under travel softball team to a 14-2 win over the Greylock Thunder in the Dalton CRA Tournament. Seventeen teams in four age groups are participating in the three-day tournament that continues on Saturday morning at Pine Grove Park. Devoti and the South County-based Liberty got the upper hand in the tournament’s biggest division. Seven teams are vying for the title in the 16U division with six games today and six more on Sunday, culminating in the tournament’s final game, the age group championship at 0 Comments
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Pittsfield American 10s Win at Home; 11s One Win from Sectional TitleBy Brian Rhodes, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:18PM / Friday, July 15, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Little League American Division 10-year-old All-Stars scored 10 runs in the first inning en route to a 17-1 win over Leominster at Deming Park in its second game of the state sectional playoffs. Pittsfield held Leominster scoreless in the top of the first before scoring ten in the bottom of the frame, going through the batting order twice in the process. The defense then held Leominster to a single run in the second inning. Jake Mauth scored two of the team's runs in the first and ended up the leading scorer in the end, with four runs in four at bats. Mauth also got one out on defense off a line-drive catch. Brennan Lyon 0 Comments
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Strong Pitching Lifts Pittsfield American 11s in Sectional Tourney| 10:23PM / Thursday, July 14, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A quartet of pitchers led the Pittsfield Little League American Division 11-year-old All-Stars to an 8-4 win over Holden on Thursday in the first game of the state sectional playoffs at Deming Park. Starter Cooper Reed went 2 and one third innings with five strikeouts while allowing just one run on one hit. Mateo Fox then three of the four batters he faced in a strong inning of work. Bryce Hoff allowed two runs on two hits in 2 and a third innings before giving the ball to Matt Keegan, who retired the only batter he faced to end the game. Offensively, Pittsfield American had two big hits from Keegan, who drove in two runs on a first-inning 0 Comments
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Herrera, Pittsfield Americans Top Great Barrington in District FinalBy Stephen Dravis,
08:13PM / Thursday, July 14, 2022 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. – Sebastian Herrera provided some offensive highlights at this month’s Don Gleason District 1 Little League Championships. But it was his pitching that propelled the Pittsfield American Division 12-year-old All-Stars to a 13-0 win over Great Barrington in Thursday’s district title game. Herrera struck out 10 and allowed just one hit in four innings as Pittsfield American ended the game early via the mercy rule. He struck out the side in the fourth, ending the game on a called third strike with a runner on second after a walk and a pitch that got to the backstop. “He’s hard to hit,” Pittsfield American manager Ty 1 Comment
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The Retired Investor: Public Sector Can't Compete in Tight Labor MarketBy Bill Schmick,
04:01PM / Thursday, July 14, 2022 | |
 State and local government employees are essential in delivering everyday services to the American public, but the government's labor force is understaffed and has yet to recover from its pandemic lows. The reasons range from lower pay and less advancement to little flexibility in areas such as remote working. Private-sector jobs have already surpassed pre-pandemic levels, while in the public sector, government employers are still looking for more than 664,000 workers with little success. This may sound like one of those "so what" kind of issues but consider this. Public employees operate the nation's trains, subways and buses in addition to delivering 0 Comments
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Dalton Considers Town Meeting for Road, Waste Updates By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:27PM / Thursday, July 14, 2022 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Select Board reviewed some daunting data from Streetscape regarding the state of the town’s road conditions on Monday, July 11. Town Manager Tom Hutcheson said, during a Zoom meeting on July 7, that Streetscape presented a preliminary PowerPoint that confirmed half the roads in town are in either poor or serious conditions. In April, Streetscape went over all of the paved roads in town separating them into 365 segments with a special car photographing them and analyzing them with a program that allows them to see three feet of every paved road in town. A segment is an intersection of one road to an intersection with 1 Comment
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