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Zonta Club Honors Six Women for Their Community ContributionsBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
01:31PM / Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | |
The dinner was Zonta Club's second annual event and was held at Berkshire Hills Country Club. See more photos here. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Zonta Club of Berkshire County recognized six women for their contributions to the community at Friday's International Women's Day Dinner Celebration. "We have managed to pick the six best women for contributing to the Berkshires, contributing to women and girls, and making the world a better place," Zonta District 1 Director Sandy Carroll said at Berkshire Hills Country Club. "And so, we're so thrilled to be able to do an honor for them tonight, put them in the spotlight a little bit, and 0 Comments
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BCC Names Fall Dean's List Students | 11:01AM / Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) announced it has named 312 students to the fall 2023 dean's list. To be eligible for the dean's list, students must be matriculated in a certificate or degree program; complete a minimum of six traditionally graded credit hours; and achieved a 3.250 to 3.749 grade point average for an honors designation or a 3.750 to 4.000 grade point average for a high honors designation. All grades must be a C or higher. The following 166 students qualified for high honors: Massachusetts Adams: Jacob Bonneville, Melissa Burdick, Erica Langnickel, Tara Quinn, Cairra Ramos, 0 Comments
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Local Accountants Offering Tacos & Tax AdviceBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
08:34AM / Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Local accountants want to take the intimidation out of tax season for business owners with the help of tacos.
Stephanie Hill-Manuel and Charles Manuel of Breezy Tax are hosting a "Tacos and Taxes" event in downtown Pittsfield.
"We just really wanted to demystify it and take it down a notch and open it up to questions," Hill-Manuel said. "But also for people that are running into the March 15 deadline, that's when business tax returns are supposed to be in or you need to file an extension."
The event will be held at The Collab at 163 North St., a community arts collective that recently launched and is a new client of Breezy
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Pittsfield Committees Vote on Crosby/Conte SOI This WeekBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:52AM / Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Two of the three votes needed to move forward with a proposal for a combined elementary school build will be made this week. The School Building Needs Commission will vote Tuesday on the submission of a statement of interest to the Massachusetts School Building Association for Crosby Elementary School and Conte Community School. The School Committee will tackle it on Wednesday, ahead of the April 12 deadline. The City Council is expected to make a decision on March 26.
The two outdated facilities have insufficient layouts and are in need of significant repair. The proposal rebuilds both schools on the Crosby site with some shared facilities.
If approvals
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Allegrone Requests Tax Incentive for North Street ProjectBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:37PM / Monday, March 11, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A tax increment exemption has been proposed for Allegrone Construction Co.'s $18 million overhaul of two North Street properties. Tuesday's City Council agenda includes a requested 10-year TIE for the $17.8 million project that redevelops the historic Wright Building and the Jim's House of Shoes property. The project will combine the two buildings into one development, retaining the commercial storefronts on North Street and providing 35 new rental units, 28 of which will be market-rate units and seven of which will be affordable units.
"Both buildings are underutilized and in need of significant upgrades," Director of Community
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Zion Lutheran Church Hosting German Dinner| 12:07PM / Monday, March 11, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Zion Lutheran Church, at 74 First St., will host a German community dinner on Friday, March 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. The menu features Oma’s Goulash with egg noodles, vegetables, and red cabbage with chocolate cherry cake for dessert. Tickets are $20 per person, $12 for kids 12 and under. Take out is available. Beer and wine available for dine-in patrons. Buy tickets online at www.zionlutheranpittsfield.org or at the door. Reservations encouraged. 0 Comments
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BCC Awarded Funds For Workforce Training Programs| 10:41AM / Monday, March 11, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced they are awarding $1.5 million in grants for new community college workforce training programs for adults looking to enter or re-enter the workforce. The grants, which are part of the Training Resources and Internships Network (TRAIN) program, are being issued to 13 community colleges across Massachusetts to prepare residents for careers in fields such as education, health care, addiction recovery, cyber security, and manufacturing. The grants are estimated to provide free career training to more than 400 adult learners at community colleges across Massachusetts, with all programs targeting residents who are 0 Comments
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Dalton Planners Explore Tiny Home Amendment to ADU BylawBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:36AM / Monday, March 11, 2024 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — The Planning Board will be discussing the possibility of amending the current Accessory Dwelling Units bylaws to include tiny homes during its meeting next week. During the board's meeting in February, Tiny Home Industry Association President Dan Fitzpatrick joined the meeting via Zoom to give a presentation on tiny homes. Fitzpatrick is interested in working with the town to amend its bylaws to permit movable tiny homes especially as Accessory Dwelling Units. A change like this would have to be approved during a town meeting. A tiny home is defined as a unit under 400 square feet and has all the requirements to meet 0 Comments
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State Celebrates Spay/Neuter Voucher Program| 12:59PM / Sunday, March 10, 2024 | |
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) announced that it has reached a milestone of helping more than 20,000 animals through its Spay/Neuter Voucher Program. Since 2012, MDAR's Division of Animal Health has administered vouchers through the Massachusetts Animal Fund (Fund), providing critical veterinary care to over 13,300 cats and dogs owned by low-income Massachusetts residents, 3,600 cats and dogs housed in municipal animal control facilities, 1,100 community cats, and 2,400 cats and dogs in high-risk situations due to disease outbreaks or inhumane conditions. A cat named "Stella" received the 20,000th free spay/neuter
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State February Revenue Collections Over $2 Billion| 08:30AM / Sunday, March 10, 2024 | |
BOSTON, Mass. — Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder today announced that preliminary revenue collections for February totaled $2.007 billion, $27 million or 1.3 percent more than actual collections in February 2023, but $11 million or 0.6 percent below benchmark. FY2024 year-to-date collections totaled approximately $23.467 billion, which is $186 million or 0.8 percent less than collections in the same period of FY2023, and $275 million or 1.2 percent less than the year-to-date benchmark. "February collections increased in income tax withholding and corporate and business tax in comparison to February 2023," said Commissioner 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Figure Skating Club Show Returns to Full ForceBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:22AM / Sunday, March 10, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — As the fourth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic nears, one of its first casualties is celebrating a return to normality. The Pittsfield Figure Skating Club will hold its annual skating exhibition, titled "Skating Up a Storm," on Saturday, March 16, at 1 and 6 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club. It is not the first time the club has held a show since the pandemic, but it is the first time the show and club are approaching the strength they had in mid-March 2020. "In 2020, we were supposed to have our show on Saturday, and they closed us down on Thursday," coach Tracy Fancher recalled recently. "That was 0 Comments
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Fitch-Hoose House Gets African American Heritage Trail BrochuresBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:45PM / Saturday, March 09, 2024 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — Fitch-Hoose House now has brochures for the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage African American Heritage Trail. The African American Heritage Trail has 48 sites in 29 Massachusetts and Connecticut towns that showcase the history and context of African Americans who played crucial roles in the region, United States, and world. "You will experience the impact and contributions of ordinary, humble people of achievement, and you will meet others who emerged as leaders and activists of their times," the Housatonic Heritage website says. Other Berkshire County locations featured on the trail include the W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood 0 Comments
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