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Teacher of the Month: Cindy ChevettBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:04PM / Saturday, August 31, 2024 | |
Cindy Chevett has been with Head Start her entire career. She says teaching is challenging but also very rewarding. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County Head Start preschool teacher Cindy Chevett has been selected as the August Teacher of the Month. The Teacher of the Month series, in collaboration with Berkshire Community College, will run for the next nine months and will feature distinguished teachers nominated by community members. You can nominate a teacher here. To Chevett, the best part of being a teacher is seeing her students achieve even just the little things, such as writing the letter E or their name. "It is the best 0 Comments
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Milling and Paving Operations on Merrill Road| 03:26PM / Saturday, August 31, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that it will be conducting milling and paving operations on a section of Merrill Road (Route 9) in Pittsfield. The work will take place from approximately 400 feet west of the East Street and Merrill Road intersection to the intersection of Junction Road. The work is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, September 3, and is expected to last approximately four weeks. Work will be conducted from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. One lane in each direction will be maintained throughout the project. The work will include removing the existing pavement surface, repairing and 0 Comments
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Community members, Families Attend Summer Camps at BCC| 12:16PM / Saturday, August 31, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Summer camps held on Berkshire Community College's (BCC) main campus include Barrington Stage Company's Kids Act! and TeensAct! camps; Berkshire Family YMCA Summer camp; United Soccer Group Summer Camp; Flying Cloud Institute's Young Women in Science camp; and the Berkshire collaborative STEAM Team camp. KidsAct!, a Barrington Stage Company (BSC) theatre program for students ages 7-11, focuses on building acting and communication skills through fun theatre games. TeensAct!, designed for ages 12-16, focuses on building performance skills through ensemble-based work, improvisation and individualized coaching. Students in both age 0 Comments
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Cheshire Man Pleads Guilty to B&E, Larceny | 03:51PM / Friday, August 30, 2024 | |
PITTSFEILD, Mass. — Eric Guerrin, age 37 of Cheshire, pleaded guilty in Berkshire Superior Court on Aug. 27 to four charges related to the theft of technology devices from Berkshire Health Systems. Police say Guerrin, along with a second suspect, stole technology and personal office items from a BHS facility. The total value of the items added up to approximately $22,506.56. Of the items stolen, 20 Smart Buy tech items were taken which have a total value of more than $16,600. Charges were two counts of breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit felony and two counts of larceny more than $1,200. He was sentenced to concurrent 2 1/2 years in 0 Comments
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@theMarket: September Into October Could Be Bumpy for StocksBy Bill Schmick,
03:36PM / Friday, August 30, 2024 | |
We enter September with the three major averages close to or above yearly highs. Momentum is still on the side of the bulls. As such, in the next week or so, markets could attempt to scale those heights and possibly better them. It is what happens next that concerns me. The next two months are seasonally the worst period for the stock market. However, investors also expect the Federal Reserve Bank to cut interest rates at their meeting on Sept. 17-18. That is normally a bullish development for stocks. We won't know if the Fed will cut rates, but the markets are betting heavily on that outcome. The macroeconomic data this week certainly reinforced those expectations. Second 0 Comments
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Celebrate 40 years of NAMI Berkshire County| 02:11PM / Friday, August 30, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Incorporated in 1984, the Berkshire County affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will hold their annual meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, at Zucchini's Restaurant in Pittsfield from 5:30-8:00 p.m. The non-profit's mission is to improve the quality of life for people in Berkshire County with mental illness and their families through support, education and advocacy. NAMI Berkshire County recently hired a new Executive Director, Paul Johansen, and also now has office space at 141 North Street, Suite 301, right in the heart of downtown Pittsfield. The guest speaker for this event is local author, Kevin O'Hara, 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Raises Overdose Awareness FlagBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:03PM / Friday, August 30, 2024 | |
A box of naloxone treatment outside St. Stephen's parish office. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — An overdose awareness flag was raised in front of City Hall for the first time on Thursday.
Hosted by Berkshire Harm Reduction and the Berkshire Overdose Addiction Prevention Collaborative, around 50 community members marched from Allen Street to Park Square holding signs with phrases such as "Smash the stigma," and "Cool kids carry naloxone."
The county lost 48 people to overdose in 2023 — half from Pittsfield.
Julie MacDonald, program director of Living In Recovery, was teary-eyed when the purple flag rose because it meant that the agencies'
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Suicide Prevention Conference Scheduled for September | 10:26AM / Friday, August 30, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Several key Berkshire County mental health and community organizations across the region are partnering on a suicide prevention conference to be held in Pittsfield in September. New Perspectives on Populations at Risk in Berkshire County will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 10 from 8 am to 4:30 pm at Bousquet Mountain Ski Area in Pittsfield. The event is aimed at social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed alcohol and drug counselors, nurses and psychologists. The program is sponsored by Berkshire Health Systems, the Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Suicide Prevention 0 Comments
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Dalton Police Station Panel Asks for StudyBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:46AM / Friday, August 30, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Public Safety Facility Advisory Committee agrees that the current police facility, located in the basement of the Town Hall, is inadequate. The station is in poor condition, has safety issues, and lacks the space to serve the community properly. The committee's charge is to examine all the options for a new police station or combined public safety facility and recommend the best to the Select Board. It is crucial that the committee explores all these options so that when it comes time to go to town meetings, their recommendations can be justified and they can answer any questions voters may have, Town Manager Thomas 0 Comments
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AT&T Seeks Permanent Cell Tower at Transfer StationBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:30AM / Friday, August 30, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — AT&T plans to replace a temporary cell tower with a permanent one on the Casella property. The Zoning Board of Appeals supported variances and a special permit to facilitate a permanent wireless monopole facility at 500 Hubbard Ave., where Casella Waste Systems operates a transfer station.
Blueprints show the permanent, 111-foot tower next to the temporary tower's current location. The wireless company leases the space.
"It is pretty much buried behind the Casella property. It's hardly visible from the street except for the height of the pole, which I think people are used to at this point in time," board member Thomas Goggins said at the
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The Retired Investor: How the U.S. Can Manage Its Increasing Debt LoadBy Bill Schmick,
04:12PM / Thursday, August 29, 2024 | |
U.S. deficits at $35.225 trillion are going through the roof and interest payments on our debt load account for an increasing share of gross domestic product. We are not alone in facing this trend. The question is what monetary and fiscal policymakers will do about it. The time-honored, go-to strategy that has worked well for decades among nations in times like these is to devalue one's currency. How does that work? Readers need to understand that the level of interest rates plays an important role in currency devaluation. For example, the U.S. dollar and U.S. interest rates work hand in hand. When traders buy dollars, they don't just keep their money in the currency 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Announces Public Flu, COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics| 10:30AM / Thursday, August 29, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield Health Department announces vaccination appointment schedule for Pittsfield individuals. As the season for flu and COVID-19 is underway, it is time for residents to get vaccinated. Vaccinations help prevent illness or reduce serious illness and the risk of hospitalization. Public flu and COVID-19 clinics have been scheduled for: Sept. 3, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at O.U.R. Resurge Community Center, 117-133 Fenn Street (Informational Session Only) Sept. 17, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Ralph J. Froio Senior Center, 330 North Street Sept. 30, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Greylock Federal Credit Union, 75 Kellogg St. 0 Comments
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