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Berkshire Family YMCA Announces Search for New Chief Executive Officer | 08:22AM / Monday, February 05, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Family YMCA announced the commencement of a national search for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). This executive search is conducted in partnership with the YMCA of the USA. According to a press release, the YMCA is seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to helm the Berkshire Family YMCA, with a budget of $4.8M and a legacy in the Berkshire area. The incoming CEO will guide the organization through strategic initiatives, foster valuable community partnerships, and uphold our mission of inclusivity, health, and empowerment. The role promises a significant opportunity for impact, shaping the lives of children, families, 0 Comments
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Downtown Pittsfield Corridors to be Revitalized Through TDI PartnershipBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:03AM / Monday, February 05, 2024 | |
Downtown Pittsfield Inc.'s Rebecca Brien, Nicholas Russo of the Pittsfield Community Design Center and TDI Fellow Julie Copoulos talk to the gathering about possibilities for enhancing public spaces downtown. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — This spring, Dunham Mall will be subject to a $70,000 effort to restore the corridor to its glory days.
Community members got a look at the project and weighed in on downtown needs during a community feedback night at Hot Plate Brewing Co. on Wednesday. Burbank Place, located across the street, is also an area of focus.
"If we can highlight some of the infrastructural features that we have here by lighting the way and guiding people
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Pittsfield Schools Point to Online Resource for Bullying, Peer Conflict.By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:25AM / Monday, February 05, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — School administrators are urging families to use an online resource to report bullying and peer conflict. "We're really trying to promote the bullying reporting form, [so] that families use it, and … even if they can't fill it out themselves, we want to really make sure that families understand that they're entitled to an investigation when they make a claim and an outcome," Superintendent Joseph Curtis said during a virtual school safety meeting last week. This online form improves accessibility to reporting and makes it easier to tack student conflict, Curtis said. The school adjustment counselors 0 Comments
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Plant Connector Opening Second Location in PittsfieldBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:42PM / Sunday, February 04, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A North County plant shop is expanding to Pittsfield with a West Street location.
The Plant Connector recently announced its second location next to Thistle and Mirth following a pop-up on North Street over the holiday season. The shop is about a month away from opening, with a lease signed and staging underway.
Business owners Emilee Yawn and Bonnie Marks say the new location will be all about "plants, refills, and good times."
"Our 'inspo' is Victorian plant rooms where one can leisurely read, play cards, a place one can just enjoy living with plants," a Facebook post reads.
"Somehow we'll combine this with a
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Dalton Finance Committee Approves Select Board Budget CutsBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:25PM / Sunday, February 04, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Finance Committee approved a number of budgets that are under $20,000 in bulk after reviewing them during its meeting Wednesday night. The approval of these 23 lines from the $10 million proposed town budget added up to $145,257, which included the budgets for a number of town committees and commissions, the moderator, animal control, landfill monitoring, sealer of weights and measures, tax title foreclosure, and other budgets. More information on these budgets here. Finance Committee Clerk Karen Schmidt noted that the Green Committee budget is not included in this group so will have to be approved later in the budgeting 0 Comments
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Governor Signs Order Directing State Agencies to Institute Skills-Based Hiring | 11:49AM / Sunday, February 04, 2024 | |
NEWTON — In her address to the Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM), Governor Healey announced that she signed an executive order instituting skills-based hiring practices for the state's workforce. Through this Executive Order, for the vast majority of job postings, the administration will focus primarily on applicants' skills, knowledge, and abilities rather than educational credentials. Job postings will only be allowed to include degree conditions when absolutely necessary to the performance of the job. Additionally, for the first time, hiring managers will receive training and tools to implement this new hiring strategy effectively. 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Historical Commission to Weigh In on Wahconah ParkBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:47PM / Saturday, February 03, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city's Historical Commission will take on a conversation about Wahconah Park following an ask from the state Historical Commission to preserve its original structure.
Last week, it was announced that the Massachusetts Historical Commission "encourages consideration of project alternatives that would preserve the historic grandstand." ?
"I think that they perhaps didn't have enough context and the ability to really absorb the feasibility study, which is a very large document which detailed in a really robust way a lot of the structural issues that have been spoken about and how we've arrived at this alternative and sort of all
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FEMA Awards Over $8.1 M to Mass for COVID Warehousing Costs| 12:23PM / Saturday, February 03, 2024 | |
BOSTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $8.1 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse it for the cost of contracting for warehouse space to store and distribute medical supplies and other materials during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $8,127,651 Public Assistance grant will reimburse the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the cost of contracting for warehouse space to receive, stage, and store face masks, personal protective equipment (PPE), supplies, and equipment from the Strategic National Stockpile between July 2022 and May 2023. "FEMA is pleased to be able to assist Massachusetts with these 0 Comments
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MassDOT Urges Drivers to Use Phone's 'Do Not Disturb' Mode| 08:12AM / Saturday, February 03, 2024 | |
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), in partnership with the BLU AdLab, is urging drivers to put phones away and activate the "do not disturb" feature when traveling. A public education effort is being announced, "mass DO NOT DISTURB," in an effort to increase roadway safety and to mark the fourth anniversary of the Hands-Free Law. The law stipulates that no motor vehicle operator may use electronic devices while driving unless the technology is being used hands-free. This law took effect as of February 23, 2020. The legislation, which adopts recommendations from the Commonwealth's Strategic Highway Safety Plan, 0 Comments
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30-Year Firefighter Named Fire Academy Director| 08:03AM / Saturday, February 03, 2024 | |
 STOW, Mass. — A career firefighter with 30 years of experience in Massachusetts and Nevada has been named director of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy, State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine said. Eric S. Littmann, who most recently held the rank of captain at the Medfield Fire Department, took over as Academy director on Jan. 8. He previously served for more than 20 years with the Las Vegas Fire Rescue Department, where he held a series of high-level training positions including training captain of the LVFR Training Center and regional flashover instructor for three fire departments in the Las Vegas Valley area. A 1997 graduate of the Massachusetts Firefighting 0 Comments
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Berkshire Museums New Exhibits Illuminate Text and HistoryBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
07:25AM / Saturday, February 03, 2024 | |
Executive Director Kimberley Bush Tomio and Chief Curator Jesse Kowalski lead a tour of the exhibits on Friday morning. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Museum's two new exhibits are illuminating — one looks at the artistic act of handwritten and decorated text and the other at the last third of the institution's history. "Planning for the Future — 1979-2024" exhibits artworks and pieces acquired during this period and a peek into how the collection is stored, as well as addressing 2018's controversial decision to sell off artworks to preserve the deteriorating building and sustain its future. This is the third and final installment 0 Comments
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Equines Promote Human Connections at Berkshire HorseWorksBy Kim McMann, iBerkshires correspondent
05:47PM / Friday, February 02, 2024 | |
 RICHMOND, Mass. — Hayley Sumner of Berkshire HorseWorks is one of those people determined to bring their childhood dreams to life. Her dream wasn't to become a doctor or a teacher or an astronaut. "My vision was to have a ranch where adults could come and work with kids and impart their knowledge from their own expertise," she says of her 10-year-old self. Sumner's dad was a school principal in the South Bronx, N.Y., successfully integrating kids labeled on the autism spectrum with kids labeled at risk. As a child, Sumner wrote a business plan to open a ranch and help these kids she saw in her father's school. At that young 0 Comments
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