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Hancock Shaker Village Awarded NEH Challenge Grant| 08:26AM / Monday, May 15, 2023 | |
 HANCOCK, Mass. — The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded Hancock Shaker Village an Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant for $750,000. This is one of the five largest grants in the 2023 NEH funding cycle, which encompassed 258 recipients. The funding, and matching monies, will support the renovation of the Visitor Center/Center for Shaker Studies, providing a year-round footprint for the Village and a research hub for scholars. With a dual goal of improving the visitor experience and protecting the Village's world-class collection, the project will reconceive the existing building, introducing permanent collection galleries, 0 Comments
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Pittsfield School Committee Requests Bilingual Outreach for Restructuring StudyBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
08:20AM / Monday, May 15, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — With a timeline laid out for the district's restructuring study that concludes at the end of the year, the School Committee weighed in on the process. Its main suggestion was to include a dedicated public comment session for non-English speaking families of Pittsfield Public Schools.
Chair William Cameron pointed to the emphasis on getting as much community input as possible on the educational and physical structure of the district.
"They may get notices of the meeting in Spanish or Portuguese but if they're not fluent in English that's not going to do any good to go to a meeting where either they don't understand what's going on or they
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The Zonta Club Offers Additional Scholarships for 2023| 04:48PM / Sunday, May 14, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jane M Klausman Women In Business and Zonta International Women in STEM applications are now available from the Zonta Club of Berkshire County. Applications can be found here. The Jane M Klausman Women in Business Scholarship is awarded to college students who are pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in business management. Applicants should be in their second year of college. Deadline for applications is July 1, 2023. The $1,000 winner is also eligible for an additional $8,000 award at the Zonta International level. The Zonta International Women in STEM Scholarship is awarded to college students who are pursuing undergraduate or graduate 0 Comments
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Dalton Select Board Proclaims National Police Week By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
02:33PM / Sunday, May 14, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Select Board proclaimed the week of May 15 as National Police Week during its meeting last week. Congress and the president have designated May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial Day and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week. Law enforcement members play a vital public service, the proclamation said. To recognize this, the town hall flag will be flown at half-staff on May 15 in remembrance of officers who have died while serving. The initiative attempts to demonstrate the importance of knowing the "duties, responsibilities, responsibilities, hazards, and sacrifices of the law enforcement agencies," the 0 Comments
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CIAO Soccer Hall of Fame Inducts Class of '23Community submission,
11:55AM / Sunday, May 14, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Community Italian-American Organization Soccer Hall of Fame Thursday inducted 11 new members in a ceremony at Berkshire Hills Country Club. The Class of 2023 includes former student-athletes who won six Berkshire County MVP awards, 23 all-Berkshire selections, 12 all-Western Mass selections and three all-Massachusetts selections. In addition to recognizing the great players of past high school soccer seasons, CIAO honored 21 current high school seniors with the annual CIAO Hall of Fame Scholarships. Scholarship recipients include: Rylee Joy and Neal Brierley, Drury; Tia Kareh and Owen Dubrueil, Hoosac Valley; Isabella Lovato, Lee; Hailey 0 Comments
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EPA Celebrates Massachusetts Efforts to Combat Climate Change| 11:18AM / Sunday, May 14, 2023 | |
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe joined Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey in Cambridge, marking the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' participation in a Biden-Harris Administration program to address climate change created by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. Under the new Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program, EPA is working with states, local governments, Tribes, and territories to develop innovative strategies to cut climate pollution and build clean energy economies. "Tackling the climate crisis demands a sense of urgency to protect people and the planet," said EPA 0 Comments
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Downtown Pittsfield Inc. Annual Meeting Highlights 2022's SuccessesBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
07:09AM / Sunday, May 14, 2023 | |
Downtown Pittsfield Inc.'s Managing Director Rebecca Brien highlights successes in 2022 a the annual meeting on Thursday. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The year 2022 was one of gathering, celebrating and strategic planning in the downtown corridor.
On Thursday, Downtown Pittsfield Inc.'s annual meeting at the Colonial Theatre highlighted the return of events and various new initiatives that put the city on the map.
"As I was preparing for this meeting, it occurred to me that I am regularly asked 'Why do you do so much?' and after thinking about it I realized it's not me, it's us," Managing Director Rebecca Brien said.
"It is the Downtown
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Berkshire Conservation District Healthy Soils| 04:10PM / Saturday, May 13, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Conservation District announced the receipt of grant funding from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), Division of Conservation Services, Healthy Soils Program to increase the use of no-till seeding methods along with soil testing by farmers throughout western Massachusetts. The District purchased an Esch 12' no-till seeder which they have been renting to area farmers since 2019. With this funding, the District is now able to waive the per-acre fee as well as the cost of soil testing. Applicants agree to a multi-year agreement involving annual soil testing and no-till 0 Comments
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EPA Reminds New Englanders to Use Air Quality Alerts for Smog Season| 11:54AM / Saturday, May 13, 2023 | |
BOSTON — With the onset of warmer weather, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urges New Englanders to be aware of the increased risk of ground-level ozone and fine particle air pollution (often referred to as smog, when combined), and to take health precautions when smog levels are predicted to be high. EPA and the New England States continue to offer free resources for the public to monitor the latest air quality forecasts. "The New England States have made great strides in reducing air emissions, but ozone air pollution continues to be a significant public health issue in our communities," said EPA New England Regional Administrator David W. 0 Comments
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Turtles Must be Left in the Wild| 09:19AM / Saturday, May 13, 2023 | |
 MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says keeping native turtles as pets is prohibited because it can harm the turtle and pose threats to wild turtle populations. "Capturing a wild turtle and keeping it as a pet, even if only for a short time, is detrimental to that individual turtle and also to Vermont's turtle populations as a whole," said Vermont Fish and Wildlife herpetologist Luke Groff. "Releasing captured turtles back into the wild comes with risks as well." Groff said the risks include introducing diseases or disrupting the genetics of wild populations. "Adult turtles often have 0 Comments
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Brien Center Talk Highlights Mental Health Effects of COVIDBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:25AM / Saturday, May 13, 2023 | |
Brien Center CEO Christine MacBeth stands in front of posters highlighting the center's history. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The COVID-19 pandemic had immediate and lasting effects on mental health and on providers.
During a community conversation titled "The Impact of the Pandemic on Mental Health and How to Manage Moving Forward," professionals from the Brien Center highlighted ways to heal from the stress and trauma of a global pandemic. The organization provides a wide array of services ranging from behavioral health and emergency services to family mental health and substances abuse disorders. It works with community programs and offers personal
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BCHS Pub Crawl | 04:13PM / Friday, May 12, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Historical Society will present a pub crawl through historic downtown Pittsfield on Saturday, May 13, beginning at 4 pm at Patrick's Pub. The event, which is presented in partnership with Berkshire Mountain Distillers, will explore various aspects of downtown Pittsfield history paired with themed cocktails and craft beer served at downtown pubs. Learn about the famous "Fighting Parson," a Revolutionary War prison, the once-prominent Union Station, and much more. Participating establishments are Patrick's Pub, Thistle and Mirth, Hot Plate Brewing Co., Berkshire Palate, and Methuselah Bar and Lounge. The 0 Comments
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