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Taconic Names Softball Field After Late Teacher and Coach Kevin HarringtonBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:38AM / Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Taconic High School's softball field has been dedicated to a former teacher and alumni that died suddenly in 2019. On Wednesday, the School Committee approved the naming of the Kevin P. Harrington Memorial Softball Field. Harrington graduated from Taconic in 2000 and went on the teach at the high school for 13 years. With years of significant involvement in the girl's softball team as assistant and head coach, he was said to be a respected educator who truly loved his job in the classroom and on the field.
"I'm 100 percent in support of naming the Taconic softball field after late Taconic teacher Mr. Harrington," student representative
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Dalton Sets Special Town Meeting for Town Hall RenovationsBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
04:20AM / Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Select Board approved three articles last week to be added the warrant for a special town meeting warrant on Monday, June 27, at 7 p.m. The special town meeting is being held to authorize spending for Town Hall renovations and other expenses. A yes vote on Article 1 would authorize the town to pay $8,6324 to pay sewer and debt expenses that were not anticipated for the previous Town Hall Meeting. A yes vote on Article 2 would authorize an additional $100,000 be added to the $500,000 Town Hall budget to accommodate the unexpected expenses that were not anticipated during the previous meeting. The town would utilize 0 Comments
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Berkshire County Reflects on Memorial Day Staff Reports, iBerkshires
05:30PM / Monday, May 30, 2022 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Communities throughout Berkshire County gathered to recognize Memorial Day, and in North Adams, residents remembered Michael Robert DeMarsico II, who was killed in action a decade ago. It's been ten years since North Adams lost a resident in service to the nation, Mayor Jennifer Macksey reminded the crowd gathered at the Veterans Memorial on Monday morning. Michael Robert DeMarsico II was only 20 years old when he was killed by an explosive device while serving in Afghanistan. "We are reminded that Memorial Day is actually a solemn day. A day set aside for remembrance, honoring and mourning our United States military personnel who have 0 Comments
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Berkshire Historical Society Birding Walk | 08:00AM / Monday, May 30, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Join Rene Wendell, president of the Hoffmann Bird Club for a spring migration bird walk on June 4. This will be a gentle, slow hike around Arrowhead’s fields and forests appropriate for beginners and experienced birders alike. Attendees will be looking for newly arriving spring migrants such as warbler and flycatcher species like yellow warbler, blackburnian warbler and least flycatcher. Bring binoculars if you have them, water, and appropriate footwear. Heavy rain will cancel this event. This free event is presented in partnership with the Hoffmann Bird Club. This event is sponsored by MountainOne Insurance. About Rene 0 Comments
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Dalton Carnival Returns June 1 With Rides & FireworksBy 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 0 Comments
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Families Displaced by Lincoln Street Fire Struggle to Find New HousingBy 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 0 Comments
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Berkshire Lyric Chorus Returns to Tanglewood This WeekendBy 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 0 Comments
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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 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Public Schools Hold First Unified Game DayBy 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 0 Comments
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Third Pittsfield Man Found Guilty in Carnevale ShootingStaff 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. 0 Comments
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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 0 Comments
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