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Dalton Carnival Returns June 1 With Rides & Fireworks
By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:36AM / Monday, May 30, 2022
DALTON, Mass. — The Dalton Carnival is back this week after a two-year absence caused by the pandemic.    The carnival is a popular community staple that's also a fundraiser for local organizations. This year it runs from Wednesday through Sunday at the American Legion.    "It brings everybody together as a community to raise a ton of money for the nonprofit organizations and the high school sports activities and local Fire Department, churches that have associations to CRA," said Daniel Downer, senior member of the Dalton Fair Association and a Fire Department representative. "It's just a culmination of people working

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Families Displaced by Lincoln Street Fire Struggle to Find New Housing
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:36AM / Monday, May 30, 2022

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Families are still without permanent housing after a fire destroyed a multi-family home on Lincoln Street over a month ago.

The issue is reportedly a lack of available units in the city, especially multi-bedroom ones for larger families.

The Christian Center has been assisting about eight families by housing them in hotels. Executive Director Betsy Sherman said a majority of the families who sought help from her organization after the fire have children.

"I think the biggest issue for them is that they need they need apartments, they need housing," she said.

It was reported that around a dozen families were displaced. The Red Cross distributed

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Milling and Paving Operations on Sections of Route 8 and Route 9
08:00AM / Sunday, May 29, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will be conducting overnight hour milling and paving operations on sections of Route 8 and Route 9 in Pittsfield.     The work will take place nightly on Tuesday, May 31, Wednesday, June 1, Thursday, June 2, and Friday, June 3, from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. the following morning.  All work is anticipated to be completed by 5:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 4.    The overnight milling and paving work will be conducted at the following locations on Route 8 and Route 9: North and south from Merrill Road at the Dick Sporting Goods driveway to Route 8/Cheshire Road at the Berkshire Gas

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Berkshire Lyric Chorus Returns to Tanglewood This Weekend
By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:15PM / Saturday, May 28, 2022
LENOX, Mass. — Nearly 100 voices will peal forth in harmony once more from the Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood this Sunday as the Berkshire Lyric Chorus performs its annual concert for the first time since 2019.    COVID-19 prevented the community's biggest choir consisting of 85 people from performing the annual event and forced it to find virtual alternative options.    "Everyone's vaccinated. We've had to wear masks during rehearsals, which is not very comfortable to sing with, but people are eager to get back to this kind of thing," said Jack Brown, the chorus's executive director. "In a normal year, the choir would

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MassRMV Announces New Medal of Liberty License Plate
09:00AM / Saturday, May 28, 2022
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) announced it is now accepting applications for a new Medal of Liberty license plate which will be issued at no cost to approved family members of service men and women from Massachusetts who were killed in action, died in service while in a designated combat area in the line of duty, or died as a result of wounds received in action.     Each qualifying applicant can register one private passenger motor vehicle owned and principally used by him/her at https://www.mass.gov/doc/application-for-medal-of-liberty-plates. The Medal of Liberty Plate is a passenger plate which needs to be renewed every two years and is

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Pittsfield Public Schools Hold First Unified Game Day
By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:24AM / Saturday, May 28, 2022

The day included sports competitions by age group. See more photos here. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Department held its first Unified Game Day on Friday that included the district's special needs children and families in a daylong Special Olympics event at Taconic High School.   "We want to showcase the strengths that students have and there are so many. I think that a lot of their strengths come out during this event. They persevere through a lot, to be able to just come to school, to be able to participate in everything, to be able to make the gap lesser and lesser, and for everyone to be accepted and to feel accepted," educator and co-organizer Bridget

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Third Pittsfield Man Found Guilty in Carnevale Shooting
Staff Reports,
04:27PM / Friday, May 27, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Berkshire Superior Court jury found one man guilty Friday but acquitted another in the shooting of Nicholas Carnevale of Cheshire in 2018.   Luis Delvalle-Rodriguez, 27, of Pittsfield was found guilty of armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, armed kidnapping with serious bodily injury, two counts of armed kidnapping, two counts of assault and battery, and malicious damage to a motor vehicle.   The verdict came Friday after a three-week trial during which evidence was presented that showed Delvalle-Rodriguez, 27, shot Carnevale on Aug.

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BIC to Host Panel Discussion on NFTs
03:55PM / Friday, May 27, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Innovation Center (BIC) will host a panel discussion: Non-Fungible Tokens: A New Frontier for Brick-and-Mortar on Saturday, June 4, 2022, from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.     This free event will take place in-person at the Berkshire Innovation Center, 45 Woodlawn Avenue, and will also be live-streamed.    "NFTs represent a major change in the way the way people and businesses transact. The modern incantation of NFTs is seemingly centered around art, images and similar," said Justin McKennon of CoinBusters.io. "What we are seeing in real time is a transformation that presents major opportunities for

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Congressman Jamie Raskin to Speak at OLLI/BCC Lecture Series
03:52PM / Friday, May 27, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Berkshire Community College (BCC) presents the 2022 Mona Sherman Memorial Lecture on Saturday, May 28 at 5 pm.    Congressman Jamie Raskin, author of "Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy," will be the guest speaker.     "The Mona Sherman Memorial Lecture is always a special highlight of OLLI programming at BCC, and this year is no exception," said Ellen Kennedy, BCC President. "Congressman Raskin has transformed personal tragedy into a powerful story that is both compelling and inspirational. We are honored to welcome him to the Mahaiwe for

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@theMarket: Corporate Earnings, the Dollar, and the 'W'
By Bill Schmick,
03:43PM / Friday, May 27, 2022
  In case after case, corporate earnings guidance was at best disappointing. Those companies that disappointed saw their stocks plummet, which took the markets down with them. But earnings season is almost over. Now what?   This past week we saw some stocks fall 30-40 and even 50 percent in one day on disappointing results. The volatility on individual stocks has been extraordinary. Many companies who beat on the top and bottom line and gave good guidance saw their stocks climb 15 percent or more in an hour or two, but the overall markets ignored that.   Time was that investors shunned Bitcoin because the crypto currency could move a percent or two a day. Nowadays, the

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Fire Officials Urge Seasonal Fire Safety During Memorial Day
11:54AM / Friday, May 27, 2022
STOW, Mass. — With the Memorial Day weekend coming up, State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, Shrewsbury Fire Chief James Vuona, president of the Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts, and Chief Fire Warden David Celino of the Department of Conservation and Recreation are asking residents to practice fire safety this summer.   "Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, and we want to remind everyone to play it safe as they enjoy the warm weather," said State Fire Marshal Ostroskey. "Take the appropriate safety precautions against fires and burns so you can have fun all summer long."   "Don't let a fire or serious burn ruin your

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Pittsfield Resident Takes Councilor Kronick to Task Over Comments
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
10:47AM / Friday, May 27, 2022

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Pittsfield resident called Ward 2 Councilor Charles Kronick "the problem in this city" after he made transphobic comments last week and asserted that the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is not needed.

West Side resident Tonya Frazier called out the councilor during the open microphone portion of Tuesday's City Council meeting. Frazier has regularly spoken about the need for change in the community following the death of Miguel Estrella at the hands of police in late March.

"Councilor Kronick, you still are very blind and ignorant to the city's problems and you speak down to your colleagues and the residents in this city that

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