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Dalton to Talk Roundabout, Designs for Dalton Division RoadBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
06:20PM / Wednesday, November 06, 2024 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — The Select Board will discuss at it's meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12, whether to reconsider its preferred option for the preliminary designs of Dalton Division Road. During a meeting last December, the Select Board voted to advocate for Concept A, which would have sidewalks on both sides, a 5-foot bike lane in the road on both sides with a buffer, and a 2-foot painted buffer between the vehicle lane and in the bike lane. They also recommended the two-way stop control option. This would be the most expensive and "certainly not" the engineer or the state's "preferred design," Town Manager Thomas Hutcheson 0 Comments
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Trump Elected 47th US PresidentBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:05PM / Wednesday, November 06, 2024 | |
On Wednesday morning, some woke up with a sense of victory and others with a sense of fear.
Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Tuesday after a tight race with Democrat Kamala Harris. According to the Associated Press, Trump has secured 51 percent of the vote to Harris' 47.5 percent.
Trump has 292 of the required 270 electoral votes, with Harris garnering 224.
The former president delivered his victory speech in West Palm Beach Wednesday morning while the crowd chanted "USA, USA, USA." He called this the "greatest political movement of all time" and promised to deliver the "golden age of America."
"We're
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Dalton, Other Communities See High, Peaceful TurnoutBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
09:20PM / Tuesday, November 05, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Senior Center parking lot was overflowing around 5:30 p.m. as voters cast their ballots. Town Clerk Heather Hunt said there were people waiting outside of the door at 7:45 a.m. and it had been a constant push since.
Of the town's 5,000 registered voters, about 1,600 voted by mail, about 500 voted early in person, and so far about 1,500 had voted on Tuesday.
Supporters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump co-existed peacefully while sign holding from the time the polls opened, multiple sources said.
"There was no animosity here today. It was a good crowd of people," said Robert Collins, who was holding a sign for state representative candidate
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Dalton Fire District To Review ADU Implications on Water RatesBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
01:41PM / Tuesday, November 05, 2024 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — There is uncertainty surrounding implications accessory dwelling units will have on the water and sewer rates. The town does not currently have any ADUs built yet, but one has recently been permitted. The town passed its ADU bylaw in 2022, which had been in development since October 2020. It is unclear if the topic of how the town would set its sewer rates was discussed during the bylaws development. The tax collector does not have any rates for this type of housing. On Aug. 6, the state updated its law to allow AUDs without local zoning approval if they meet certain requirements. This state law would not go into effect until 0 Comments
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Soldier On 5K Sunday in PittsfieldCommunity submission,
11:11AM / Tuesday, November 05, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Soldier On and the Berkshire Running Foundation will host the inaugural Soldier On 5K Walk/Run Sunday, Nov. 10 at the First Street Common in Pittsfield at 9 a.m. This event will help support the mission at Soldier On. Soldier On is a private nonprofit organization committed to ending veteran homelessness. Since 1994, the organization has been providing homeless veterans with transitional housing and supportive services. In 2010, Soldier On opened the first Gordon H. Mansfield Veterans Community, a permanent housing cooperative that provides formerly homeless veterans with safe, sustainable, affordable housing – transitioning them from 0 Comments
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BRPC to Present Draft Safety Action Plan| 10:39AM / Tuesday, November 05, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) federal funding program is bringing resources to Berkshire County to reduce serious injuries and fatalities on our roads, with the goal of reaching zero. Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) has been developing the STEPS Initiative: the Safe Travel and Equity Plan for our Streets and will be releasing the draft Action Plan for public review and comment on Nov. 4, 2024. Earlier this year, BRPC, along with their consultation partners at BETA Group Inc., began the development process of a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan with public meetings, an online survey, municipal stakeholder interviews, and a
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Free Community Day at Hancock Shaker Village | 07:52AM / Tuesday, November 05, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hancock Shaker Village announced its annual Community Day will take place on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024 from 11 am to 4 pm. Admission is free all day for all ages. Activities at the museum on Community Day craft demonstrations of woodworking, blacksmithing, and weaving; interpreter-led tours and Shaker talks; and visits with the barnyard animals. All buildings in the historic village are open for exploration as well as several special exhibitions like Sisters Harvest featuring artists Alyssa Sakina Mumtaz and Maggie Pate, and Bright Passage: An Illuminated Interior by artists Melissa Thorne. This year the Village will partner with 0 Comments
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Berkshires to Vote for President, State Ballot QuestionsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:55AM / Tuesday, November 05, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Voters will hit the polls on Tuesday to elect a new president and state and federal officials and decide ballot questions. Polls for the general election are open in Massachusetts from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. For Pittsfield, more than 27 percent have chosen to vote early.
City Clerk Michele Benjamin reported Monday that 2,087 people came into City Hall to vote early in person and the city processed 6,539 mail-in ballots for a grand total of 8,338 ballots.
This represents 27.37 percent of the 32,821 registered voters.
Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris is facing Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump for the presidential seat.
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Pittsfield Car Crash Knocks Radio Stations Off Air| 04:00PM / Monday, November 04, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A police pursuit that ended in a crash reportedly cut power temporarily to four local radio stations on Monday and set the car on fire. The suspect in the pursuit, Anthony Winters, 27, of Pittsfield, was charged with numerous motor vehicle offenses as well as assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (motor vehicle.) Live 95.9-FM and 1420-AM went off the air around 9:30 a.m., according to their Facebook posts. "Due to an emergency and technical difficulties, we are currently off-air. Engineers are working as quickly as possible to get the station back up and running. Thank you for your patience," 95.9 0 Comments
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Pittsfield BOH Condemns Two HomesBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:25PM / Monday, November 04, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Two more Pittsfield homes have been condemned.
The Board of Health voted Wednesday to condemn 86 John St. and 224 Fourth St. It came with a pang of sadness about demolishing homes during a housing crisis and a conversation about prevention.
"I would think many years ago this property had flowers in front of it," Chair Roberta Elliott said about the John Street home. "It was not like this."
Another member said it feels like capital punishment to the properties.
Both homes have no owner or heir who wants to take responsibility for them. The city has 43 open condemnation orders — about 20 residential.
"The condemnation can be as
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Mass Wildland Fires Spiked in October| 08:03AM / Monday, November 04, 2024 | |
STOW, Mass. — The National Weather Service issued another Red Flag warning for all of Massachusetts, continuing a weather trend that has contributed to an unprecedented spike in outdoor fires across the state. In Massachusetts, an average of 15 wildland fires are reported each October. This year, the month’s total capped at about 200 – an increase of about 1,200 percent over the average, and higher than the monthly numbers usually seen in the traditional early spring brush fire season. Of these fires, 100 were reported over the last seven days, and preliminary information indicates that all of them started with human activity. "More than a quarter of this
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Dalton Officials Sign Off on Bardin Land SaleBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:18AM / Monday, November 04, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — After navigating regulations that complicated the town's attempts to sell the Bardin property, the town is nearly rid of it. During last week's Select Board meeting, members signed the property's deed to Thomas and Esther Balardini for $150,000. This is the only offer for the property the state Department of Agricultural Resources received. The 148 acres of land, which consist of three parcels, came into the town's possession in 2016 in a taking for delinquent taxes. The town first placed a lien against the property in 2009. Town meeting voted in 2022 in favor of selling the land rather than leasing 0 Comments
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