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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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Governor Touts Billions in Housing Efforts at Morningstar ApartmentsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Sports
06:12PM / Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | |
Gov. Maura Healey announced her $4 billion housing act in Chelsea on Wednesday morning and traveled to Pittsfield to talk about its benefits for gateway cities. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gov. Maura Healey touted her administration's fight against the housing crisis at the Morningstar Apartments on Wednesday.
"As you know, housing costs are maybe our greatest challenge in the state. It's an issue no matter where I go, certainly here and in Northern Berkshire County, but honestly, across the entire state it's housing," she said on the steps of the converted church.
"And whether you're looking at the vacancy rates, which right now I think are among the
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Pittsfield Hosting Digital Resource FairStaff Reports ,
01:30PM / Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city is hosting a digital resource fair on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20 and Oct. 21, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Berkshire Athenaeum at 1 Wendell Ave. The fair will offer a variety of resources that will provide community members with opportunities to learn more about lowering their internet bill, computer literacy programs for adults and children, technology tools for people with disabilities, how to navigate the internet securely, how and where to buy low-cost computers and how to find remote work. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from a variety of organizations including but not limited to: Central Berkshire Habitat 0 Comments
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Pittsfield First Church to Seek CPA Funds for Boiler ReplacementBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:04PM / Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — With an OK from the Historical Commission, the city's first church intends to seek Community Preservation funds for a boiler restoration.
"For the last three or four years we've been limping along with our one of our boilers," the First Church of Christ's moderator Jennifer Kerwood explained.
"The building is serviced by two gas boilers, one for the parish house side, which thankfully works beautifully, and one for the sanctuary side, which does not work beautifully."
Due to financial constraints, the church is merging with South Congregational Church down the street and gifting the historic Park Square parish to the Price
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Berkshire Athenaeum Announces HalloTEEN Event| 08:14AM / Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Teens 12 – 18 can join the Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library, for a spooktacular party with food, music, and fun activities. HalloTEEN will occur Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, from 3 – 5 pm in the Berkshire Athenaeum Auditorium. Participants will enjoy bag decorating, slime making, pumpkin painting, creating a scary story, cornhole, cookie decorating, and a photo booth station. Costumes are encouraged and the winner of our costume contest will win a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble. This event is planned by the Teen Advisory Board (TAB) and sponsored by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum. 0 Comments
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Berkshire Mall Cannabis Plans Scrapped for Senior Living FacilityBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
03:50PM / Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Berkshire Mall's new owners took the Select Board by surprise on Monday when they reported a pivot from cannabis cultivation plans.
Target's refusal to dissolve prohibitive restrictions and oversaturation of the market have JMJ Holdings now leaning toward a senior living facility with condominiums and other commercial uses on the property.
"We understand that this is a large change from our original plan but it's very important to us to become a long-standing member of this town," JMJ's Jay Jones said.
"We want to take this opportunity to do what's right for residents of this county and for our
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