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@theMarket: Markets Consolidate GainsBy Bill Schmick,
03:11PM / Friday, December 08, 2023 | |
In the coming week, there are three hurdles that investors need to confront. Inflation data, a bond auction, and an FOMC meeting. Investors are now convinced that job growth is finally slowing, inflation is a thing of the past and that the Fed will begin cutting interest rates as early as the second quarter of 2024. As such, they expect next week's Consumer Price Index will show further declines in headline inflation. Despite the almost one percent decline in the U.S. Ten-year bond, the U.S. Treasury's 10- and 20-year bond auctions will go off without a hitch. And finally, since inflation is dead and jobs are falling in an election year, the Fed will have no choice but to cut 0 Comments
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BCC Foundation Lends Financial Assistance to Paraprofessional Program | 11:07AM / Friday, December 08, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In January 2022, Berkshire Community College (BCC) partnered with Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) to form the Associates to Bachelors Pathway to Licensure for Paraprofessionals, known as the P2T Cohort. The goal: to provide an efficient pathway to teacher licensure. Now, the P2T Cohort is getting additional support from the Berkshire Community College Foundation, which has pledged $16,000 in support of professional mentorship expenses related to the program. "The Massachusetts Early Education and Care (EEC) Career Pathways Grant has been using a mentor model for several years and has had great success 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Seeks Applications for Housing Rehabilitation Work| 08:06AM / Friday, December 08, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City's Community Development Office reminds residents of the opportunity to apply for grant and loan assistance for housing improvements as part of the Housing Rehabilitation Program. Eligible improvements include repairs of roofs, chimneys, decks and porches; replacement of sewer lines, windows, doors and water-heaters; knob and tube abatements for Pittsfield properties up to 4 units. Applicants must meet the income guidelines. Applications are available on the City's website or can be obtained by email request to Heni Harvender at hharvender@cityofpittsfield.org. Applications are to be submitted to the Department of Community 0 Comments
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Pittsfield CPA Committee Deems 16 Applications EligibleBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:50AM / Friday, December 08, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Community Preservation Committee has seen a healthy amount of funding applications compared to last year. The panel this week deemed 16 applications as eligible to submit a fiscal 2024 funding application — one of which is conditionally eligible. The total ask is about $1.7 million and the city has around $966,000 to disperse.
In FY23, the city saw nine eligibility applications totaling about $860,000.
"That was tough meeting today. We usually don't have it so tough for eligibility," Chair Danielle Steinmann joked at the end of the nearly 2 1/2-hour meeting Monday.
This year there are six applications for open space and recreation,
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Dalton Green Committee Creates Compost Program SubcommitteeBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:15AM / Friday, December 08, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Green Committee established a Compost Program subcommittee during its meeting on Wednesday night. The subcommittee is made up of three Green Committee members, Antonio Pagliarulo, Thomas Irwin and Todd Logan. They will also be staying in communication with Highway Superintendent Edward "Bud" Hall who runs the transfer station. The subcommittee will be responsible for spearheading the initiation of a compost program. Although members of the Green Committee agree a composting program is needed, they are split on the best type of program to establish. The program in Williamstown has residents 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Remembers Those Lost at Pearl Harbor 82 Years AgoBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:38PM / Thursday, December 07, 2023 | |
Ron Rousseau speaks at the Pearl Harbor Day ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Park in Pittsfield. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Around 50 community members gathered at Veterans Memorial Park on Thursday morning to mark Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Eighty-two years ago, Japanese planes struck the naval base and airfield at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and sparked the nation's entrance into World War II. Every year, the Berkshire Veterans Coalition and the city pay tribute to those who lost their lives during the attack with a ceremony and tree lighting.
"Today's observance is for those men and women who made the supreme sacrifice on Dec. 7, 1941," veteran Ron Rousseau
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The Retired Investor: Inflation May Be Falling But Doesn't Feel That WayBy Bill Schmick,
04:35PM / Thursday, December 07, 2023 | |
Beyond food, fuel, and maybe used car prices there are not a lot of areas where I see any relief on the inflation front. This is especially true when looking at leisure and entertainment activities. As younger generations focus their spending habits on experiences rather than objects, tickets for live entertainment, sporting events, and movies are climbing. The Bureau of Economic Analysis is predicting that American consumers will spend a whopping $95 billion on live event tickets this year. If you grew up as a fan of live concerts you are probably in sticker shock. An average ticket price for a live concert this summer stood at $120.11, according to Pollstar. That is a 7 0 Comments
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Dalton Works to Update Hazard Mitigation PlanBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
03:19PM / Thursday, December 07, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The town is in the process of updating its hazard mitigation plan. The current plan that is in place expires in June. In preparation for this, the town applied and received a grant through the state Emergency Management Agency, part of which covers the cost of a consultant, Emergency Management Director Glenn Lagerwall said. The hazard mitigation planning committee has been meeting to gather information for Jamie Caplan Consulting for the last couple months. Part of the consultant's requirements is that there be a public forum meeting. When approaching updating the hazard mitigation plan they try not to look too far ahead 0 Comments
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Toys For Tots Providing for Thousands of Berkshire County KidsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:25PM / Thursday, December 07, 2023 | |
Piles of toys being sorted for age and gender in the Toys for Tots drive. More than 3,500 children are expected to receive toys through the program this year. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Thousands of local kids will have presents to open this holiday season thanks to the Marine Corps' annual Toys For Tots collection.
The Berkshire County House of Correction's storage building looked more like Santa's workshop as a dozen volunteers sorted mountains of toys for ages newborn to 14.
"Everything's going great," Berkshire County coordinator Christopher Keegan said. "How could it not?"
Last year, about 3,500 kids received toys and Keegan
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CHP Berkshires Welcomes New Clinicians| 12:00PM / Thursday, December 07, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — CHP Berkshires has expanded its clinical team with the addition of three new providers in Pittsfield, Lee and the CHP Mobile Health team. Marina Hoag, family nurse practitioner, has joined the primary care team at CHP Neighborhood Health Center in Pittsfield. Previously a registered nurse at CHP North Adams Family Medical, she recently completed her doctorate of nursing at Elms College. She earned her B.S. in nursing at the University of Phoenix and received her associate degree in nursing at Berkshire Community College. She has previously worked at Berkshire Medical Center in the emergency department and Mcgee Substance Abuse and Center for 0 Comments
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Local Recovery Documentary to Premiere| 11:04AM / Thursday, December 07, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The public is invited to "Blueprint: Building the Foundation for Recovery," a new documentary featuring real stories of recovery in the Berkshires. The film is followed by a community conversation led by local experts including Dr. Jennifer Michaels from The Brien Center, Sarah DeJesus from BHS's Berkshire Harm Reduction, community members from the education field, emergency management, and individuals with lived experience. The two film premieres are the capstone events for the HEALing Communities Study (HCS). Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 7:00 pm at the MCLA Church Street Center in North Adams and Thursday, Dec. 14 at 7:00 pm at 0 Comments
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Berkshire Green Drinks: Twenty Years of Protecting the Environment for Wildlife| 08:00AM / Thursday, December 07, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Join Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) for their final Green Drinks presentation of 2023, where BEAT staff will talk about the organization's work of this past year and explore what comes next as the new year approaches. The virtual gathering will take place by Zoom on Wednesday, Dec. 13, from 6:00 to 7:15 PM. According to a press release: Be part of the discussion and hear about BEAT's new Breathe Easy Berkshires program that is monitoring air quality in Pittsfield; the organization's continued work in improving aquatic and terrestrial wildlife connectivity and how volunteers can help; its efforts to eliminate 0 Comments
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