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The Berkshire Athenaeum Announces Annual Summer Reading Program| 10:59AM / Monday, June 16, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library, announced its annual Summer Reading Program, "Level Up at Your Library," running from Monday, June 23 to Saturday, August 9. The program is free. "Level Up at Your Library" offers diverse program options designed to appeal to every age group, fostering a love of reading and promoting continuous learning. The initiative is generously supported by The Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum, Massachusetts Library System, Boston Bruins, and Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. "We are incredibly excited to launch 'Level Up at Your Library' and 0 Comments
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BCC Invites All to 'Explore the Electrician Trade' | 07:48AM / Monday, June 16, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will hold a free, hands-on career awareness event called "Explore the Electrician Trade" on Tuesday, June 24 from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. The event will be held in the SBA Lounge on BCC's main campus, located at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield. The event will focus on the BCC Trades Academy's future electrician program. Attendees will include local electricians, young employees in the trade and facilities managers. Admission is free; registration is suggested but not required. To register, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/electrician. An overview of the program will be followed by 0 Comments
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Pittsfield 4th of July Parade Themed 'Young At Heart'By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:47AM / Monday, June 16, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass.—The many hands that make Pittsfield's Fourth of July parade happen are hard at work for the 2025 event.
This year's event is themed "Young at Heart," and it will have more than 100 units, including over a dozen floats, several musical and dance performances, and other elements that celebrate the community's youth.
A long-beloved tradition, it kicks off on July 4 at 10 a.m. on the dot and proceeds through the downtown. There are even rumors that baseball and fireworks will return to Wahconah Park that night.
"It is a lot of work, but we have a great team," Parade Committee President Rebecca Brien said
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PEDA Gets Site 9 Update, Comes Up With Street NamesBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
04:13AM / Monday, June 16, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass – Site 9 is coming along and work is almost complete. During Thursday's Pittsfield Economic Development Authority meeting Edward Weagel of Rioux Associates gave updates on the project and said work is progressing. "I've been working on this project for at least 10 years. So, it's really nice to see the long term efforts that everybody has put in here, bearing some fruit. And I'm happy to say we're really close to getting everything wrapped up here with the regiments," he said. He said the draft closeout report given to the regulators was happily received with two requests: the grid map is transferred to a contour map, and to fix the
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Hinsdale Recognizes Their Emergency Management Director, Tours Disaster BusBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
06:09PM / Sunday, June 15, 2025 | |
 HINSDALE, Mass — The Central Regional Planning Committee honored longtime Hinsdale Emergency Manager, Raymond Bolduc. Bolduc has been with the organization for 38 years and counting. Members of the community, MEMA members, and others who have worked with Bolduc attended to show their support. Not only did they recognize Bolduc, but attendees also toured of the newly renovated rehab bus, that is available 24/7 to county fire, local police, state police, county dive teams, and the community. "A lot of Ray's hard work, and he got all the money to restore this bus which goes out 24/7 whenever they need it. It was his tireless efforts, honestly, his tireless efforts of getting
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Mural Honoring 54th Massachusetts at Center of Juneteenth CelebrationBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
04:34PM / Sunday, June 15, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – At a time when the nation remembers the liberation of the last enslaved people in the United States, the city Sunday remembered some of the heroes who made that freedom possible. Pittsfield’s annual Juneteenth Celebration at Durant Park featured the unveiling of a new mural dedicated to the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and, specifically, the Pittsfield residents who served in the nation’s first all-Black combat unit. Reenactors from the contemporary 54th Regiment based in Boston were on hand to help with the dedication and read General Order No. 3, issued by the Union Army in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, notifying residents 0 Comments
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Eversource Trains For Turtle Preservation | 03:09PM / Sunday, June 15, 2025 | |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. As part of its ongoing efforts to provide safe, reliable electric service, Eversource hosted its annual turtle protection program – Turtle-Palooza! – to strengthen its workers' expertise protecting endangered turtles that call its rights-of-way home. With the support of wildlife experts and a specially trained turtle-sniffing dog, workers spent a full day in Agawam practicing spotting and safely relocating the turtles a few hundred feet away from areas where mowing or other work is happening. "Part of our responsibility in delivering safe, reliable electricity to our customers is caring for the land we manage throughout our service 0 Comments
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Miss Hall's School Graduates 48| 11:09AM / Sunday, June 15, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass — Forty-eight students graduated on Sunday, June 1, during Miss Hall's School's 127th Commencement. The graduating class included 15 students from Berkshire County. The ceremony took place under a large tent behind the Elizabeth Gatchell Klein Arts Center on the School's Holmes Road campus and was shared worldwide via Zoom. Hosted by Miss Hall's Head of School Julia Heaton, the ceremony included remarks from Senior Class President Willa Dowling-Paul, of Hinsdale; School President Casey Grace Lai, of Singapore; School Vice President Haley Sacon, of West Stockbridge; and MHS Board of Trustees President Nancy Gustafson Ault, Class of 0 Comments
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'No Kings' Demonstrations Held Around CountyBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:55PM / Saturday, June 14, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Chanting slogans like, “No ICE. No KKK. No fascist U.S.A,” and carrying signs countering a number of Trump Administration initiatives, more than 1,000 people filled The Common and lined both sides of First Street Saturday afternoon to join the nationwide “No Kings” protest movement. The event began with a march around the neighborhood and included a short series of speakers and performances from the Wildcat O’Halloran Band and The Hoping Machine. North Adams’ Peter May was one of the featured speakers, using the opportunity to share his experience getting the North Adams City Council to endorse a resolution 0 Comments
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A New Storage Facility is Coming to PittsfieldBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
05:33PM / Saturday, June 14, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass — A new storage unit is opening in Pittsfield later this month. At 428 Merrill Road, formerly Crane Paper, CubeSmart will offer storage units ranging in sizes from 5 by 5 to 10 by 30 feet. The facility has 431 units. Jack Martinson from Peach Tree Holdings, a real estate company that acquires and develops commercial real estate across the country, said there was a need for such such a business in the area. "We look for self storage properties all over the country, and saw a building and a need in the city. And you know, we did talk to one of the neighbors who was happy to see that the building was being transformed," he said. " And over the past six
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Pittsfield Announces Street Improvement Projects for June 16-20| 11:23AM / Saturday, June 14, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield has announced a street improvement project scheduled to take place from June 16 to June 20. The project includes work on aprons and paving, with specific locations and times detailed. During this period, on-street parking will be prohibited on Orlando Avenue, Ridge Avenue, and Backman Avenue between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. due to apron work. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will also be conducting work within the city. Paving on North Street, specifically between the Lanesborough town line and the Berkshire Medical Center entrance, is expected to be completed on Monday. Additionally, structure adjustments from First Street
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MassWildlife: Protecting your gardens from wildlife| 11:03AM / Saturday, June 14, 2025 | |
We all know the feeling. You spend winter drawing up your garden plan. You dream of tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, and more that you'll be able to harvest from your backyard. When the weather warms, you get outside and start to prepare your garden beds and, eventually, get seeds or seedlings into the ground. In summer, when it's finally time to reap the rewards of your hard work, your heart sinks as you find that something else got to your garden first. You're not the first, or last, person to have your veggies vandalized by wildlife. Wild animals, like woodchucks, rabbits, squirrels, and deer, see our garden greens as a natural part of their diet and will snack on 0 Comments
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