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Overnight Snow and Ice Predicted in the Berkshires | 12:09PM / Monday, December 27, 2021 | |
We missed out on a snowy Christmas weekend but some precipitation can be expected Monday night. A winter weather advisory is in effect from 7 p.m. Monday evening to 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. Expect mixed precipitation with a total snow accumulation of a coating up to one inch. A light glaze of ice is also expected. Plan on slippery road conditions. Temperatures will stay in the 30s throughout the day and evening throughout the county. Temperatures should rise into the low 40s Tuesday, according to AccuWeather. Skies are expected to be mostly cloudy. 9 Comments
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CHP Names Director of Dental Medicine| 08:40AM / Monday, December 27, 2021 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Community Health Programs (CHP) has named John W. Brazill, D.M.D. as director of dental medicine. Brazill will oversee CHP's dental practices in North Adams, Pittsfield and Great Barrington. He will also see patients at the North Adams practice. A dentist for more than 30 years, mostly in the Berkshire County area, Brazill owned and managed his own practice in Pittsfield for 18 years. More recently he has worked at practices in Pittsfield, Vermont and Williamstown. He is a graduate of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and he earned his bachelor's degree in biology at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. He completed his 1 Comment
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Pittsfield East Street Redevelopment Includes Complete Streets EffortsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:20AM / Monday, December 27, 2021 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A shared-use path has been added to plans for the redevelopment on East Street to align with the city's efforts to support multimodal transportation. Eventually, this will enable cyclists to take the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail into downtown from a future extension that comes out by O'Connell Oil.
Currently, there are preliminary design plans for an $8.8 million infrastructure project that extends from the oil company to the Merrill Road and East Street intersection that will facilitate bike traffic.
The Pittsfield Economic Development Authority received an update this month on the state Department of Transportation's East Street improvement
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@theMarket: Markets Are Heading for TroubleBy Bill Schmick,
04:16PM / Friday, December 24, 2021 | |
 The continuing volatility in the stock market is troubling. It is likely signaling difficult times ahead as early as January or February 2022. As such, it is time to consider risk management. After over a decade of steadily rising equity prices with few interruptions, investors have been lulled into believing that investing in stocks is a riskless game of never-ending profitability. Newcomers to the stock market arena, like your typical Robinhood investor, have been using stocks to supplement, or even replace, earned income. Unfortunately, I believe we are entering an environment where the investment themes are changing to our detriment. The most important change I see 0 Comments
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Community Development Board Endorses Tyler Street Fire House RedevelopmentBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
02:28PM / Friday, December 24, 2021 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — CT Management's overhaul of the former Tyler Street firehouse continues to be endorsed by city panels. On Tuesday, the Community Development Board approved a special permit for the adaptive re-use of the historic building to create four market-rate, two-bedroom apartments.
"Thank you very much and thank you to the City of Pittsfield for the opportunity to fix up another great old building," developer David Carver said to the board.
Since its proposal over the summer, the project has been granted $100,000 from the fiscal 2022 Community Preservation Act Fund and a 10-year tax increment exemption agreement that will save the developer about $55,000 in
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The Retired Investor: Time to Hire an Investment Adviser?By Bill Schmick,
03:26PM / Thursday, December 23, 2021 | |
 Individual investors have had a decade or more of gains, compliments of a stock market that has gone up with few interruptions. But as we enter a new era of tighter monetary policy, the road ahead may be a bit rockier than most investors expect. As such, it might be time to enlist a little professional help to preserve those profits. There is a saying on Wall Street that just about anyone can make money in a bull market. That may be a bit harsh. I don’t want to denigrate the efforts of so many who work hard at managing their own retirement portfolios. Some work diligently at following the markets and have made it a full-time occupation. Most others "dabble" with the 1 CommentRead More >> |
Pittsfield Parks Commission OKs Bicycle Skills TrackBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
07:20PM / Wednesday, December 22, 2021 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The proposed bike skills track at Springside Park got the vote of approval from the Parks Commission on Tuesday. The commissioners voted unanimously to approve the design of the track as presented and its location, pending the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the commission and the Berkshire Chapter of the New England Mountain Biking Association. "I think this moves the process along," said Commissioner Clifford Nilan, who had initially suggested a phased project. Parks, Open Space, and Natural Resource Program Manager James McGrath said he anticipated that the chapter's President Alison McGee and her design team 0 Comments
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Letter: Pittsfield Public Schools: Opportunity for ChangeLetter to the Editor,
03:00PM / Wednesday, December 22, 2021 | |
 To the Editor:
The Pittsfield Federation of School Employees are the Bus Drivers and Bus Monitors who make sure your child gets to and from school safely each day. We are the cafeteria workers who prepare and serve good-tasting nutritious meals and snacks to your child. We are the custodians who make sure that your child's school is clean and safe. We are the educational secretaries who work to ensure your child's safety and well-being are accounted for daily. We are the paraprofessionals who work side by side with our teachers every day to provide your child with the education they deserve. Most importantly — we are the parents who send our children to be educated in the
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Pittsfield Gets $100K Grant for Public Wi-Fi InfrastructureBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
07:36PM / Tuesday, December 21, 2021 | |
Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito was in Pittsfield on Tuesday to announce $3.5 million Community Compact IT grants, including $99,750 to Pittsfield. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city has a received a nearly $100,000 boost to its efforts to expand public internet access downtown. The $99,750 awarded through the state's Community Compact program is the third information technology grant Pittsfield's received in the past five years toward its public wireless infrastructure. The city received $95,000 in 2019 for of Wi-Fi infrastructure for internal and public use and $40,000 in 2017 for switching infrastructure to enable telephone system consolidation. This latest grant 4 Comments
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Baker Issues New Mask 'Advisory,' Stops Short of MandateBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com
09:49AM / Tuesday, December 21, 2021 | |
 BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker Tuesday announced that the state is “encouraging” residents to wear face coverings indoors regardless of their vaccination status for COVID-19 but balked at the idea of a statewide mask mandate. “We are saying more people should be masking, but people in Massachusetts know at this point that masking is one of the tools they can pursue, if they choose to do so, to protect themselves,” Baker said in a morning announcement alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders. “Let’s not forget: 5 million people in Massachusetts are fully vaccinated, and vaccines are, by far, the most effective tool we 0 Comments
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Officers, Methuselah Staff Commended for Handling Impaired PatronBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:12AM / Tuesday, December 21, 2021 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Licensing Board on Monday dismissed a complaint against Methuselah Bar & Lounge and continued another one against Crossroads Cafe into January. The show cause hearing for Methuselah was related to an incident in November when a patron had to be taken to Berkshire Medical Center after becoming so inebriated she couldn't stand up despite not apparently drinking in excess. After hearing from Officers John Torra and William Straub, and bartender Alanna Bassett, the board members decided that the venue had done everything it should have. "We on the board know that there has been problems that Methuselah has had over the 0 Comments
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Lanesborough School Presents Budget Requests to School CommitteeBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:09AM / Monday, December 20, 2021 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Lanesborough Elementary School is looking to add staffing for the 2022-23 school year, though one of the increases may not be a permanent addition. Principal Nolan Pratt was before the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee recently to lay out the budget requests that have been approved by Lanesborough Elementary's School Council. That body is recommending the fiscal 2023 budget include space to hire an additional full-time teacher and move an occupational therapist position from part-time to full-time status. The council also is seeking funds to make technological upgrades in five classrooms at Lanesborough. The additional full-time 0 Comments
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