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PHS, Taconic Seniors Honored With Superintendent's AwardBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:24PM / Thursday, October 10, 2024 | |
Taconic's Nicholas Kerwood and Pittsfield High's Lisa Chen are the top students in the class of 2025. PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Two Pittsfield Public Schools seniors have been recognized for excellence in and out of the classroom.
Pittsfield High School's Lisa Chen and Taconic High School's Nicholas Kerwood were given the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents' Certificates of Academic Excellence during Wednesday's School Committee meeting.
The annual award is given to students who go above and beyond in academic achievement and community involvement.
Guidance counselor Jillian Galvagni, who has known Kerwood for four years while attending
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The Retired Investor: Back to the Future in Nuclear EnergyBy Bill Schmick,
04:44PM / Thursday, October 10, 2024 | |
In the 1950s, nuclear was deemed the energy of the future. Unfortunately, the world's ardor for replacing fossil fuels with clean atomic energy hit a brick wall in the 1970s. It is only recently, after decades of false hopes, that we may be entering a new age of U.S. nuclear power. Today, nuclear power represents no more than 20 percent of U.S. electricity, and that may be an overstatement. The industry's brick wall occurred in March 1979 at Three Mile Island in Middletown, Pa. A partial meltdown of its Unit 2 reactor released a small amount of radioactivity. I remember it well. The leak resulted from equipment malfunctions, design-related problems, and worker errors. 0 Comments
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BCC to Host Fall Open House on Oct. 26 | 10:39AM / Thursday, October 10, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — BCC will host a Fall open house on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 9 am, followed by a financial aid workshop at 10 am. The event takes place in the Connector on BCC’s main campus, located at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield. To register, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/openhouse. Prospective students and their guests are invited to meet one-on-one with BCC representatives from various offices. Participants can speak with faculty about the programs that interest them, take a campus tour and learn about paying for college, transferring to a four-year school, internships and career opportunities. Massachusetts residents without a 0 Comments
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Dalton Puts HVAC on Hold, OKs Conservation AgentBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
07:27AM / Thursday, October 10, 2024 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — Voters approved all but one of the four articles on the warrant at the special town meeting that was held on Wednesday at Nessacus Regional Middle School. More than 40 registered voters attended the meeting, which lasted half an hour, to vote on decreasing fiscal year debt exclusion, amending the cannabis bylaws, and transferring funds for a conservation agent and a heating, air conditioning, and ventilation system at Town Hall. An article that many thought would be a highly discussed article turned out not to be the case. Voters approved taking no action on Article 2, which would have transferred $350,000 from capital stabilization for the HVAC 0 Comments
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Pittsfielders Want Extra Recycling Toters, Not Trash TotersBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:26AM / Thursday, October 10, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass.— About a month into the new trash system, more than 2,200 extra recycling toters and over 500 additional trash toters have been requested.
Mayor Peter Marchetti is most excited about these metrics and hopes the trend stays. This is a 4-to-1 request for 48-gallon recycling and trash toters.
"I'm going to try to remain optimistic that they're asking for the additional recycles because they recognize the information that we're putting out there," he told the City Council on Tuesday.
"If you recycle, you won't need as much trash. My sense is if you're calling and asking for a second recyclable toter and you know what the size
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Pittsfield Tourism Commission ReconvenesBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:30PM / Wednesday, October 09, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city's Tourism Commission met for the first time in years with some new members.
Its purpose is to stimulate tourism and promote and market the city for vacations, visitors, recreation, and convenient business.
On Tuesday, members sat at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts for introductions and foundational ideas to get the reconvened panel moving. Perception was identified as the number one challenge for Pittsfield.
"The people that come from outside see a ton of potential. They already think that Pittsfield is a beautiful place. They already come in with a lot of positivity," said Mike Dell'Aquila, co-founder of Hot Plate
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Governor Declares Fire Prevention Week in Massachusetts| 03:11PM / Wednesday, October 09, 2024 | |
STOW, Mass. —Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has declared Oct. 6-12 as Fire Prevention Week in Massachusetts, joining in the nation's longest-running public health observance and urging residents to install, test, and maintain smoke alarms on every level of their homes. Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of Oct. 9 in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871. This year's theme is "Smoke Alarms: Make Them Work for You." "Smoke alarms are your first line of defense against a fire at home," said State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine, who noted that only about half of the 31 residential fire deaths in
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Pittsfield Council Rejects 5-Minute Public CommentsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
02:17PM / Wednesday, October 09, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Public comment will remain limited to three minutes.
The City Council on Tuesday rejected Daniel Miraglia's request to change the open-mic public comment period at council meetings from three to five minutes when 20 or fewer speakers sign up.
It failed 0-8, with two councilors absent and one who left before the vote. The councilors urged constituents to contact them instead so that matters could be dealt with outside of the podium in council chambers, where conversation is one-sided.
"I think it's a much better way to communicate with us through a phone call or an email or even if you see us out somewhere to talk about an issue on a deeper level
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Dalton Ambulance Committee Evaluates Vehicle OptionsBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:42AM / Wednesday, October 09, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Fire District ambulance committee is evaluating different options and timelines to determine the most feasible way of replacing its ambulances. The station has two ambulances — a 2016 International and a 2019 Ford 50. In September, it was reported that the International had been out of service for the last month because of brake issues. The International is back and running; however, the new Ambulance Director Morgan McDonough decided to have it operate as a Basic Life Support ambulance to save money on narcotics and staffing, interim Fire Chief Chris Cachat said during last week's Board of Water Commissioners 0 Comments
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Berkshire Schools Awarded CPPI Grants | 10:45AM / Tuesday, October 08, 2024 | |
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that 30 school districts in partnership with community-based preschool programs are receiving $20.3 million in Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative (CPPI) grants to support their continued efforts to expand access to high-quality affordable preschool. In Berkshire County: Pittsfield Public Schools was awarded $250,000 North Adams Public Schools was awarded $316,000 Hoosac Valley Regional School District was awarded $1,000,000 Universal access to preschool is part of Governor Maura Healey's Gateway to Pre-k agenda to make early education and child care more affordable and 0 Comments
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BCC Nursing Graduates Achieve Perfect Pass Rate for Licensure Exam | 08:07AM / Tuesday, October 08, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. Berkshire Community College (BCC) reports that all 28 of its May 2024 Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) graduates had a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) exam. NCLEX uses computerized adaptive testing (CAT) technology to deliver the exam, ensuring a valid and reliable measurement of nursing competence. The passing standard for the NCLEX is the cut point at which the minimum ability is determined to require safe and effective practice nursing at the entry level. BCC's Practical Nurse (PN) program was recently ranked number one in Massachusetts and number one in the United States for its 0 Comments
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Dalton Special Town Meeting Set WednesdayBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:36AM / Tuesday, October 08, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — A special town meeting will be held at Nessacus Regional Middle School this Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. to vote on four articles. The first article requests that voters approve decreasing the fiscal year debt exclusion line item by $48,668. Article 2 requests the transfer of $350,000 from capital stabilization to cover the cost of the final engineering and construction of the heating, air conditioning, and ventilation system for the Town Hall's main floor and the police station in its basement. "We don't have an actual preliminary cost for this [yet.] We're still waiting for some assessments and some information from the 0 Comments
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