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State Fire Marshall: When You Change Your Clocks, Check Your Alarms| 02:24PM / Thursday, November 03, 2022 | |
STOW, Mass. —With the end of daylight savings time coming on Nov. 6, Massachusetts fire officials issued a seasonal reminder to check your smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms and change the batteries when you change your clocks. "Working smoke and CO alarms are crucial home safety tools," said State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey. "As we 'fall back' this weekend, be sure you have the best protection by putting fresh alkaline batteries in alarms that use them and replacing alarms that are out of date." Today's smoke and carbon monoxide alarms have the manufacturing date printed on the back of the device. Smoke alarms should be replaced 0 Comments
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Balance Rock Team Member Promoted Investment Group | 12:05PM / Thursday, November 03, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Balance Rock Investment Group has promoted Megan Geary to a new position on its financial services team. Geary is part of a team that includes two financial advisors and six support staff dedicated to providing an array of financial products and services that best serve their clients' needs. Megan Geary joined the Balance Rock team in 2019 as a Client Services Administrator and has been promoted to Senior Client Services Administrator. While continuing to provide administrative support to the advisors, Geary takes on additional client services responsibilities, including client reports and scheduling meetings with 0 Comments
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Berkshire Athenaeum Accepts Digital Literacy Grant By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
10:35AM / Thursday, November 03, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The library trustees accepted a Public Library Association digital literacy workshop incentive grant in the amount of $7,000. "This is a cohort of 160 libraries nationally who are using the shared curriculum to provide digital literacy classes, workshops for the community. So this grant is in the amount of $7,000 that can be used toward these workshops," Berkshire Athenaeum Director Alex Reczkowski said. Libraries across the nation have been receiving more challenges on the materials the provide and although he hasn’t seen much pushback on content here, Reczkowski felt it was important the board have a conversation on 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Adds New Languages to Emergency Notification System| 08:20AM / Thursday, November 03, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city of Pittsfield's emergency notification system, CodeRED, now features Spanish, French, and Portuguese language options. CodeRED notifications, which are produced and generated by the city of Pittsfield, include both citywide calls as well as neighborhood specific messaging. Updates can range from missing persons alerts, severe weather events, road closures, hydrant flushing, water main breaks, and other emergencies. Currently, a total of 16, 212 users, from both residences and businesses, are signed up for CodeRED and receive updates via phone messages, texts, and emails. The notification system is operated by Onsolve, a Georgia-based 0 Comments
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Free Presentation on the New Berkshire Bird Banding Station| 03:48PM / Wednesday, November 02, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Hoffmann Bird Club of Berkshire County announced a presentation free and open to the public on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, at 7:00 PM, at the Guardian Life Insurance Company, 700 South Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201. The program, "Berkshire Bird Observatory: Origins, Current Projects and Tales from the Field" will be by Ben Nickley, Founder and Director of "Berkshire Bird Observatory." This is also the Monthly Meeting of the Hoffman Bird Club. Nickley will discuss Berkshire Bird Observatory's (BBO) origins, aims, current research projects and future endeavors. He'll also show pictures of 0 Comments
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BCC Wins Grant for Behavioral Health Workforce Program | 03:06PM / Wednesday, November 02, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) has been awarded a $1,080,231 grant from a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services program called Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET). Grant funds, dispersed over four years, will provide stipends, partial reimbursement of tuition and fees, and supplies for up to 15 students per year enrolled in BCC's Mental Health, Addiction Recovery and Human Services certificate programs. The grant will also support hiring a project coordinator and a mentor/coach for students. "We continue to focus on ways to increase access by expanding opportunities for students to explore 0 Comments
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Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. Hosting a Thankful Food Drive| 11:00AM / Wednesday, November 02, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. (DPI) in collaboration with the Berkshire Running Center and MountainOne is hosting a Thankful Food Drive now through November 23, 2022. Donations will benefit the South Congregational Church and St. Joseph's Church Food Pantries. The drive is accepting non-perishable items such as canned vegetables, canned or dry beans, canned fruit in juice, low-sodium soups, canned tuna in water, canned chicken, canned stews, brown rice, unsalted nuts, shelf stable milk and milk substitutes, whole grain pasta, pasta sauce, canned tomatoes, unsweetened apple sauce, peanut butter, and whole grain cold cereals. Please do NOT donate open 0 Comments
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Pittsfield's New Mattress Recycling Program Mirrors State Efforts for Decreased WasteBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:09AM / Wednesday, November 02, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city has a new way to get rid of mattresses after the state banned them from waste disposal starting Nov. 1. Residents will notice a different price tag and destination for the mattress.
They will now schedule a pickup with a Fitchburg-based recycling company and pay a service fee of $55. The process will replace Pittsfield's bulky waste sticker program that costs $20 per item.
"What we decided to do among the several different options was to partner with a company called Tough Stuff Recycling. They have a system for curbside pickup, so they'll charge a fee, it's $55, and you'll schedule with them the date and time for the
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Berkshire Athenaeum to Host Job Resource Fair| 04:00PM / Tuesday, November 01, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's public library, will be hosting a job resource fair on Wednesday, Nov. 9. The event will be held 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Food Zone on the library's main floor. Representatives from the Adult Learning Center, Berkshire Community College, Goodwill, and MassHire will be available to answer questions, provide resources, and assist attendees. Light refreshments will be provided. "We see the job resource fair as an opportunity to connect people looking for career help with the organizations that serve them," said Outreach Librarian Alicia Hyman. The athenaeum is open 9 a.m. 0 Comments
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Package Store Owners Supporting Question 3 on the November BallotBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
03:31PM / Tuesday, November 01, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Wine & Liquor and George's liquor store owner Jigar "Jay" Sinroza has been working to educate the community and other liquor store owners about the importance of passing Question 3 on the November ballot. "Basically, this is going to be a compromise between the small stores and the big stores," he said last week. "What Question 3 basically is is that it expands the number of beer and wine licenses from nine to 18 but it caps the total number of full liquor licenses that an individual can own from nine cutting down to seven." Question 3 is one of four ballot questions voters will determine on 0 Comments
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Bioscience Image Library at BCC Sees Growth | 12:09PM / Tuesday, November 01, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In 2019, when the pandemic had not yet taken hold in the United States, Berkshire Community College (BCC) Professor of Life Sciences Fayette Reynolds created the Bioscience Image Library. The website got under 1,000 hits. Three years later, as the global workforce has become accustomed to working remotely and relying on digital communication, the digital library has gotten more than 3.3 million hits and is still growing, according to a press release. "We had no idea this would turn into what it did," said Reynolds, who created the open educational resource (OER) library when she couldn't find copyright-free 0 Comments
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Making the Loop | We had some free time this week to walk the 2-mile loop through the downtown. Here's a few of things that caught our eye. (In between taking photos, we were heel-toeing and arm-pumping as prescribed.)
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