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The Retired Investor: U.S. Income InequalityBy Bill Schmick,
02:03PM / Friday, January 06, 2023 | |
 In 2022, 68 percent of the total wealth in the United States was owned by the top 10 percent of wage earners while the lowest 50 percent of workers accounted for just 3.2 percent of that wealth. The gap between the haves and the have-nots continues to widen. I was brought up believing that hard work, determination, and pulling oneself up by your bootstraps could guarantee success in America. In my case, as the son of lower-middle-class parents, I have moved up a rung to solidly middle-class. Unfortunately, most Americans have not been able to even do that. As most readers probably know, income and wealth inequality in the U.S. is wider than in almost every other 0 Comments
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Healey, Driscoll Announce Economic, Technology Services, Security Heads| 10:40AM / Friday, January 06, 2023 | |
 BOSTON — Yvonne Hao of Williamstown has been named as secretary of the Executive Office of Economic Development and Jason Snyder as secretary of the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security. The appointments were made by Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll prior their swearing in on Thursday. Hao will be the first woman and person of color to lead the state's chief economic development agency. She has had more than 25 years of executive business experience as a senior executive, including as co-founder, advisor and managing director at investment firm Cove Hill Partners and as an operating partner at Pillar Ventures. Previously, she 0 Comments
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Four Freedoms Coalition Plan Standout on Jan. 6| 09:55AM / Friday, January 06, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Four Freedoms Coalition is standing out at Park Square to mark the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021, when a mob instigated by the former president smashed its way in the House chambers to disrupt the certification of the Electoral College vote and election of Joseph Biden. Because of the Capitol Police and others, the attempt was unsuccessful. But many Republican Party extremists still deny and minimize the attempt. The standout will be at noon on Friday to celebrate American democracy, thank the Congressional January 6th Committee for its work, support the Justice Department’s ongoing criminal investigation of those who 1 Comment
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Four Members Elected to BCC Board of Trustees| 08:00AM / Friday, January 06, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Four new members have been elected to the Berkshire Community College (BCC) Board of Trustees. The board is composed of area residents appointed by the governor of Massachusetts. Suzanne Bateman, student trustee, is a non-traditional student at BCC, a mother of four and a grandmother of nine. Since 2015, she has owned and operated Autumn's Bistro, a restaurant and special events operator. Previously, she owned and operated Pepe's Kitchen and was a transportation coordinator for Ace Cab Company. A graduate of August Escoffier School of Culinary Arts in Boulder, Colorado, she is now a business administration student at BCC, 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Board of Health Revisits Proposal to Make Chicken Keeping More AffordableBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:09AM / Friday, January 06, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Board of Health members are hesitant to put chicken-keeping permits under the Health Department's purview but have agreed to gather more information about it. The panel revisited a proposal from resident Melissa Corbett on Wednesday that moves the permitting process for six chickens from the Zoning Board of Appeals to the BOH, reducing the fee from more than $500 to around $25. "I think we all understand that the ZBA's process is expensive and cumbersome," Chair Bobbie Orsi said.
"I don't know what they would say about this but it just seems like it could be the tip of the iceberg and I think we'd want to go into making a
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Shuttered Berkshire General Store Bought by Property ManagersBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:30PM / Thursday, January 05, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire General Store closed its doors for good at the end of 2022 but there may be hope for a similar venture in its space. On Wednesday, the Board of Health voted to transfer a tobacco permit from the store to Cavalier Management, which has purchased the business.
Tony Marcella and Richard Altman of the property management company attended the meeting along with Lindsey Tuller, former co-owner of Berkshire General Store.
The new owners aim to make "some improvements" if possible and reported that they are trying to keep it as a general store. Planning is still in progress and has to be solidified within 60 days per state
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Healey Outlines Bold Climate, Housing and Education Plans in Inaugural AddressStaff Reports,
04:31PM / Thursday, January 05, 2023 | |
 BOSTON — Maura Healey was sworn in on Thursday morning as the 73rd governor of Massachusetts and vowed to address the challenges in competitiveness, free community college, environmental and climate issues, housing and child care. Massachusetts is a state of firsts when it comest to government, equality, education and public good, the Democrat said, noting that "the nation was born here, not with a whimper but with the spark of revolution." "This state achieves its higher purpose when the bedrock of individual freedom meets the bond of the public spirit. This is our common wealth, in the truest sense — equally ours, equally yours, whether your 2 Comments
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Public Comments Sought on Human Service Needs in Pittsfield| 04:11PM / Thursday, January 05, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city of Pittsfield, through its Human Services Advisory Council (HSAC), is asking the public to comment on the human service needs in Pittsfield. The Human Services Advisory Council is an 11-member advisory committee that provides funding recommendations to the mayor on how the city should allocate its human services funding. One of the considerations that the council uses to make those recommendations is to consider the input of Pittsfield residents and others. Public comments will be accepted now through Jan. 31, 2023. Comments may be submitted several ways: email njoyner@cityofpittsfield.org; phone at 413-499-9358; teletype at 413-499-9340; or 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Movie Nights, Hikes, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:57PM / Thursday, January 05, 2023 | |
 Berkshire County will be having a variety of events this cool first weekend of 2023 including informational hikes, pet photo ops, movie nights, and more.
Take a walk through the Boulders on Saturday and learn how to identify trees without their leaves. Animal Support Project Fantasy Photos Benson's Pet Center, Pittsfield Benson's Pet Center will be providing people a photo op with their furry babies this Sunday from noon until 3 p.m. For a $10 donation, pet parents can bring home a 4-by-6 inch framed keepsake. This month's participants have three themes to choose from: Winter Fun, Elvis Presley's Birthday, and 0 Comments
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2nd Street Names New Board Members| 12:17PM / Thursday, January 05, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — 2nd Street, an organization supporting formerly incarcerated men and women in Berkshire County, has elected four members to its board of directors, effective as of Jan. 1, 2023. They are Kristin Accetta, Jay R. Green, Andy Ottoson and Nyanna L. Slaughter. Accetta is a clinician for the Acute Care Services/Emergency Services Program at the Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Use in Pittsfield. After completing Berkshire Community College's Social Work Transfer Program in 2011, she earned a bachelor of social work degree from Elms College in 2013 and a master of social work degree from Westfield State University's Advance 0 Comments
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Moving Pictures: Video Highlights of 2022iBerkshires.com Sports,
10:08AM / Thursday, January 05, 2023 | |
 It was a busy year for athletes throughout Berkshire County, and iBerkshires.com was lucky enough to capture some of their many accomplishments on video. Here is a look back at just some of the high points: January Drury’s Owen Taylor scores in the last second to give his team a 3-2 win at Wahconah. February Taconic’s Noah Poirier gets a pin to win an individual Western Mass title and help the Thunder earn a team sectional crown. The first wave of boys heads out at the state Nordic Ski Championships, where Mount Greylock defended its team title. Maya Duhamel rolls a strike to help Taconic win the Berkshire County 0 Comments
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BRTA, Great Barrington Receives Community Transit Grant Program Funds| 08:15AM / Thursday, January 05, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Town of Great Barrington was awarded $32,000 to fund the purchase of operational software for on-demand ride scheduling and dispatch to support a new microtransit pilot program in Great Barrington, Egremont, and Stockbridge The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) was awarded $8,414 from the grant program to continue funding for salaries and materials to support BRTA's travel training program. The Baker-Polito Administration announced a total of $1.9 million for municipalities, Councils on Aging, Regional Transit Authorities, and nonprofit organizations under the Community Transit Grant Program administered by the Massachusetts 0 Comments
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