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Berkshire Museum Displays 'One-of-a-Kind Wonders' | 04:02PM / Friday, October 20, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Museum announces its upcoming exhibition, "One-of-a-Kind Wonders," featuring a captivating collection of extraordinary artifacts that have remained hidden within the museum's archives. On display from Oct. 28, 2023, through Jan 7, 2024. An opening preview event will be held on Friday, Oct. 27 — offering the first look at the "One-of-a-Kind Wonders" exhibition, followed by a screening of Brian De Palma's 1974 cult film, Phantom of the Paradise, starring (Berkshire Museum's "Festival of Trees" opening celebration guest), Paul Williams. Doors open at 6 PM, the film begins 0 Comments
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Berkshire Life Charitable Foundation Donates to Programs Aiding Disabled| 02:30PM / Friday, October 20, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Life Charitable Foundation has awarded grants totaling over $138,000 to 13 local organizations that support a broad range of programs for Berkshire County citizens living with disabilities. The 2023 grant recipients were: Berkshire County Arc Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority Blue Rider Stables Camp Words Unspoken Community Access to the Arts Community Legal Aid, Inc. Community Recreation Association, Inc. Elizabeth Freeman Center, Inc. Extra Special Teas, Inc. Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center Guidewire Life Needs Coop, Inc. Pediatric Development Center Since inception, the Foundation has awarded more 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: 'It's Alive' Event, Dinosaurs, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:30PM / Friday, October 20, 2023 | |
 There will be a variety of events in and slightly outside the Berkshires this weekend including a spooky season celebration, live music, haunted houses, a realistic traveling dinosaur experience, and more. Editor's Pick Downtown Pittsfield … It's Alive Various Venues, Pittsfield Time: 4 to 8 p.m. Downtown Pittsfield is hosting a variety of events to celebrate the spooky season this Friday, Oct. 21. Various venues will be hosting events for people of all ages throughout the night including a monster hunt, a Kids' Fun Zone, a night market, live performances, and more. More information here. Check out 0 Comments
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Mavis Discount Tire Robbed By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
08:37PM / Thursday, October 19, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mavis Discount Tire, located at 868 Dalton Ave, was robbed earlier Thursday evening. The robber entered the building, grabbed the drawer that contained approximately $350 to $400, and left, store manager Daniel Pagan said. There were two customers and four employees, including Pagan, in the store at the time of the robbery. No one was hurt. "The guys were working, you know, a normal day. I had two customers here. I went to use the bathroom and by the time I came back the guy just came, grabbed the drawer, and left," Pagan said. A witness informed Pagan that the robber was approximately 5-foot to 0 Comments
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The Retired Investor: Primary Care Changing as Doctors DisappearBy Bill Schmick,
04:49PM / Thursday, October 19, 2023 | |
They are called general practitioners or primary-care doctors. Overworked, suffocating under mountains of paperwork, they see more than 30 patients a day in one of the most underpaid areas of the medical field. An estimated one-third of all physicians in the U.S. are primary-care doctors, according to the Robert Graham Center, which studies the primary-care market. They include medicine physicians, general internists, and pediatricians. Depending on the definition, other researchers, like the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, say that number is far lower, around 12 percent. That compares with a range of 23-45 percent of primary care doctors in Europe. My doctor, whose office 0 Comments
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UMass, EMA to Establish Open Access R&D Facility for Advanced Optical Components| 11:30AM / Thursday, October 19, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — UMass-Amherst will partner with Berkshire Innovation Center (BIC) business Electro Magnetic Applications Inc. (EMA) with a $5 million grant from Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) to help create an open-access additive manufacturing and design/testing facility on campus. The grant, from the Collaborative Research and Development Matching Grant Program, will augment UMass-Amherst's capabilities in the advanced manufacturing space and increase its collaboration with universities across Massachusetts around R&D for advanced optical technologies, which have applications in biotechnology, defense, aerospace, environmental 0 Comments
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Berkshire Selectmen's Association Hosts Annual Meeting In PersonBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:45AM / Thursday, October 19, 2023 | |
Ilana Steinhauer, director of the Berkshire chapter of Volunteers in Medicine, was presented the Charles Kusik Award for her efforts in making the Berkshires a better place to live. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The state's new director of rural affairs says she wants to hear from the residents of Western Massachusetts. "I need you to be honest with me," Anne Gobi told the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission and Berkshire County Selectmen's Association at their recent annual meeting. "If I screw up, you tell me." Massachusetts has more than 180 rural communities with fewer than 7,000 people, or less than five people per square mile. 0 Comments
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Lanesborough Police Implementing Body Cameras with State GrantBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:28AM / Thursday, October 19, 2023 | |
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The town's police will join several other Berkshire communities using body cameras.
On Monday, Police Chief Robert Derksen told the Select Board that the department received a nearly $40,000 grant for the initial purchase and implementation of the surveillance devices.
"The money we were awarded will cover the program but obviously moving forward next budget year and beyond, there is going to be software and storage fees, things like that," he said.
The town will be looking at roughly $3,500 yearly for software storage, though estimates are still being collected. The grant covers the initial purchase and first year of body cameras. To
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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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Let's Go Paperless | This is from Ward 6 Councilor John Krol's eblast today. His switch to digital immediately caught our attention. With the associated costs - nearly $4,000 a year for paper alone! - zipping councilors "the packet" (as we in the know like to call it) over the ether makes loads of sense.
Digital also means the average citizen gets far better access to these public documents than ever before. The city clerk's office has been diligent about posting meeting agendas and, where possible, relevant documents. So in terms of saving money and time and getting information out efficiently, digital is the way to go.
I would like to thank City Clerk Linda Tyer for agreeing to print out one less city council packet, as I have officially gone paperless for council meetings - which I hope will be a trend that can be extended throughout city government.
 The bulky (and often, very bulky) city council packet that councilors use for a reference costs an average of $170 per meeting for paper alone. Add the additional costs of ink/toner, wear and tear on city hall copiers, and the time and energy of staff who put it all together - and a simple transition away from paper benefits everyone.
With the packet now fully digital in pdf form, all councilors, and everyone with an internet
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Berkshire Music School Kicks Off 2012 Classes With Open House | The open house featured a sample class, access to musical instruments, information for parents, refreshments ...and more than a few delighted squeals.
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dozens of youths, many of them under the age of 5, attended an open house at the Berkshire Music School Saturday, as the educational nonprofit enters its 70th year at its 30 Wendell Avenue home.
The open house featured a sample class, access to musical instruments, information for parents, refreshments... and more than a few delighted squeals, proving once again the inherent interest in making a joyful noise is not generational, and will never go out of style.
 The open house featured a Music for Preschoolers class, designed to "children’s awareness of rhythm, ability to sing and move creatively to music," which |
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