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Berkshire Public Water Suppliers Awarded Grants| 10:59AM / Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | |
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced more than $17.4 million in grant awards to 21 public water suppliers to assist with long-term solutions that address and mitigate emerging contaminants in drinking water. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) selected 21 projects to help remove PFAS and manganese. Berkshire County Awardees: Housatonic Water Works Company – $350,000 The Housatonic Water Works Company in Great Barrington plans to construct a new treatment facility to remove manganese from the drinking water source at Long Pond. The grant will fund planning and design. Lanesborough Fire and 0 Comments
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Berkshire Nursing Families Awarded Perinatal Health Grant| 07:34AM / Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | |
 BOSTON — The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation today announced $360,000 in new grant funding to support 12 organizations working to improve perinatal health across the Commonwealth, including supporting access to doula care for pregnant people in communities of color. Berkshire Nursing Families will use the grant to support the next phase of its partnership with Springfield Family Doulas to train and mentor Black doulas and lactation counselors in Berkshire County. The Perinatal Health Initiative grant program is part of the Foundation's broader strategy of grantmaking and policy analysis aimed at better understanding and disrupting structural 0 Comments
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School Officials Looking to Tame Wahconah High 'Jungle'By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:36AM / Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | |
Weeds are beginning to invade the space along the foundation of the $72 million school. DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School District is creating a plan to address the "absolutely horrible" condition of Wahconah Regional High School's grounds. The parking medians are overgrown with weeds, the rain gardens look like jungles and greenery is invading the spaces around the building's exterior. The state of the school's landscape does not reflect a $72 million school, and residents are concerned, said Dalton resident and Planning Board member Robert Collins said. "They're worried that what 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Proposes a Deputy Public Works CommissionerBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:32AM / Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city is looking to add another leadership position to the public works department.
The Personnel Review Board on Monday supported the creation of a deputy commissioner in the Department of Public Services and Utilities. The full-time position, if approved by the City Council, will have a Grade M-8 pay scale with a yearly salary ranging from $89,247 to $116,021.
This position would assist Commissioner of Public Services and Utilities Ricardo Morales.
"If we think back over my 16 years of being a city councilor, at one point in time, we had a commissioner of public services and a commissioner of public utilities. In some prior administration, we
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Berkshire Force Drops into Consolation Bracket at World Series| 06:26PM / Monday, July 29, 2024 | |
 FLORENCE, Ala. -- The Kinston, N.C., 12-and-under softball team Monday scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to finish off a 15-5, four-inning win over the Berkshire Force in the quarter-finals of the Babe Ruth World Series. Kinston moves on to Tuesday evening's semi-final round at the Florence SportsPlex. The Force, which fell to 3-3 in the tournament, moves into the World Series' Diamond Bracket. It will begin play in the consolation bracket on Tuesday afternoon against either Terry County, Texas, or Davidson, N.C., who play on Tuesday morning. On Monday, the Force won its first game of the bracket play to advance to the quarters. Olivia 0 Comments
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Inaugural Lanesborough Day Set SaturdayBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:34PM / Monday, July 29, 2024 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The inaugural Lanesborough Day will celebrate the small town and offer a chance for residents to get-together under the new pavilion. Bill Laston Memorial Park will be filled with food, music, activities, and more on Saturday. The town hopes for a good turnout and that this will become an annual event. Leading the effort is the Community Development Committee (formerly the Economic Development Committee) after the Select Board approved its rebrand earlier this year. Town Administrator Gina Dario took inspiration from gatherings in nearby communities and those of Lanesborough's past. "When I joined the town back in February of last 0 Comments
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Healey Signs $58B State Budget| 03:54PM / Monday, July 29, 2024 | |
BOSTON — The state has a $57.78 billion plan for fiscal 2025 that includes more than $1.3 billion in Fair Share monies for education and transportation. Gov. Maura Healey signed the state budget on Monday, saying it is balanced, responsibly controls spending growth and protects taxpayer dollars. It includes investments to strengthen Massachusetts' national leadership in education such as Healey's Literacy Launch Initiative to expand access to evidence-based reading instruction for students and provides $475 million to make the Commonwealth Cares for Children (C3) grants for early education and care providers permanent. Massachusetts 0 Comments
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71 Years Later, Pittsfield Remembers the 'Forgotten' Korean WarBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:19PM / Monday, July 29, 2024 | |
Arnie Perras, VFW post commander, is the last of the nine-member committee that initiated the monument in 2002. He says it's up to the younger veterans to continue the memorial. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — VFW Post 448 Cmdr. Arnie Perras led the 71st Korean War memorial ceremony Saturday morning. He is the only living member of the committee that led the effort on Pittsfield's 2002 monument remembering those lost in the "Forgotten War."
"Sadly, from nine on the (Korean War Monument Committee,) it appears I am the last man standing," he said to a small crowd in front of City Hall. "We really need our younger veterans to help us out by
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'Moby-Dick' Read-a-thon | 11:21AM / Monday, July 29, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Historical Society's annual Moby-Dick Read-a-Thon will begin Thursday, Aug. 1, at 10 a.m., continuing daily until the book is finished. Participants will read aloud for 15 minutes with the next participant picking up where the prior reader left off. The event is held at Melville's historic home Arrowhead where the novel was written. Advanced sign up is required by using the BOOK NOW button at berkshirehistory.org. Participation is free, but a $5 donation is suggested. The annual event commemorates Melville's birthday August 1, 1819. On Aug. 4 beginning at 9 a.m., hikers are invited to celebrate the day 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Sees Updated Code Thanks to Review CommitteeBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:49AM / Monday, July 29, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Ordinance Review Committee was thanked for its "tremendous" amount of work to update the city code.
"You don't realize that something is dated until you see someone rewrite the same thing in a different way so I appreciate you updating the language to be a bit more present," Ward 5 Councilor Patrick Kavey said during a joint meeting of the committee and the subcommittee on Ordinances and Rules last week.
Since September 2022, the committee has worked to rid the code of outdated language, typos, duplications, and conflicts — including the addition of gender-neutral language throughout.
This is required by the city charter
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Berkshire Force Finishes Pool Play .500 at World Series| 09:11PM / Sunday, July 28, 2024 | |
 FLORENCE, Ala. -- The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team Sunday went 1-1 to finish pool play with a record of 2-2 at the Babe Ruth World Series. The Force began its day with an 18-2 win over the host team from Florence. Kaylana Altman homered and drove in three runs in the win. Daisy Caron and Victoria Blanchard each had a strong day at the plate. Caron was 2-for-2 with a triple and a pair of RBIs. Blanchard went 2-for-2 with three RBIs. Cassidy Flynn also went 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Olivia Archambault went the distance in the circle in the three-inning game striking out six. On Sunday evening, the Force played a rain-delayed 0 Comments
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Q&A: Keith Girouard Reflects on Tenure, Small Business LandscapeBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:24PM / Sunday, July 28, 2024 | |
Keith Girouard and Program Coordinator Jayne Bellora in the SBDC office on Dunham Mall. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Keith Girouard, longtime regional director of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center, has announced his retirement at the end of this month.
Girouard joined the organization in December 2007 as a senior business adviser and became director of the Berkshire regional office in 2009. He has worked with more than 1,765 businesses and entrepreneurs, held 8,780 business advising sessions, and offered 12,660 business advising hours.
While he will miss being a witness to success and the many interpersonal connections he made, retirement is more of a
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