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Pittsfield Little League 10-Year-Olds Survive in SectionalBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:46PM / Friday, July 11, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Luca Bassi struck out four and allowed four hits in four innings Friday to lead the Pittsfield Little League 10-year-old All-Stars to an 11-1 win over Longmeadow in an elimination game in the Section 1 Tournament at Deming Park. Bassi helped his cause by going 2-for-2 with a double and a pair of RBIs as Pittsfield stayed alive to advance to Saturday’s game at Holden, a 3-2 loser against Westfield on Friday night. Bassi left a runner on third base in three of four innings in Friday’s complete-game effort. He left the bases loaded in the top of the third and had runners on second and third with one out trying to preserve a 10-run lead in the 0 Comments
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HVA Selects Next Executive Director | 03:53PM / Friday, July 11, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — After conducting a national search, the Board of Directors of The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) announces that Timothy B. Abbott will be HVA's new Executive Director. He succeeds Lynn Werner, who retired on July 1, 2025, after 42 years with the organization and 30 years as its Executive Director. Abbott has 27 years of conservation leadership experience in western Connecticut and eastern New York with national and regional conservation nonprofits, including 17 years at HVA, where he most recently served as Conservation Director. In making the announcement, James H. Maloney, Search Committee Chair and President of the Board of 0 Comments
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@theMarket: 'Valuations Don't Matter'By Bill Schmick,
02:49PM / Friday, July 11, 2025 | |
Over the last few weeks, the above statement has been appearing on financial channels, in newsletters, and on many trading desks. That runs counter to everything taught in business schools and the financial world at large. Has the stock market truly become a trillion-dollar casino, or is there something else going on? As readers are aware, the Trump administration has pushed back the implementation date of reciprocal tariffs until Aug. 1. In the meantime, the White House is sending a flurry of form letters to various countries, listing what will happen if they do not make a deal with the U.S. before that date. A new risk on the tariff front is that Donald Trump showed his 0 Comments
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Jake's Java Celebrates One Year By Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
11:47AM / Friday, July 11, 2025 | |
Jake's Java services Jake Galliher's favorite coffee -- an iced caramel macchiato. LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Jake's Java recently celebrated its one year anniversary. "It's been really great. It's been incredibly emotional. It feels like a community hug. Being able to talk about the boys and have a legacy and memory for each and every one of them is really an amazing part of Jake's Java world here," owner Kim Krautter said. Krautter said she wants people to see the coffeeshop as a place of love and fun. It was opened last year in honor of her son, Jacob Galliher, who lost his life during an Air Force exercise in 2023. He'd 0 Comments
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BCC Names Spring Dean's List Students| 10:36AM / Friday, July 11, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) is pleased to announce it has named 584 students to the spring 2025 dean's list. To be eligible for the dean's list, students must achieve a GPA of 3.750 to 4.000 to earn high honors, while students with a GPA of 3.250 to 3.749 earn an honors designation. All dean's list students must be matriculated in a certificate or degree program; complete a minimum of six traditionally graded credit hours, and achieve grades of C or higher in all classes during a semester of one academic year. Students are grouped first by award level, then listed by city and state. The following
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Playwriting Reception and Reading at Arrowhead| 10:29AM / Friday, July 11, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Historical Society invites visitors to hear selected works by playwrights who attended the July 13-18 playwriting intensive held at Arrowhead and lead by Elizabeth Doss. The free event is being held at Arrowhead July 18 at 7 pm. In addition, on July 19 Ms. Doss will "talk back" to "The Confidence Man", the last published and completed novel by Melville in his lifetime. The event begins at 7 pm in the barn at Arrowhead. Tickets: $15 for BCHS members, $20 for non-members and can be purchased by using the BOOK NOW button at berkshirehistory.org. 0 Comments
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The Brien Center Appoints New CBHC Division Director| 08:20AM / Friday, July 11, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Brien Center announced the appointment of Lindsay Morin Ciepiela, LICSW, as the organization's new Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) Division Director. Lindsay joins The Brien Center with experience in behavioral health program development and leadership. Most recently, she served as Vice President of Outpatient Services at the Center for Human Development (CHD), where she worked for many years. In that role, she led the successful implementation of CHD's CBHC program, which included mobile crisis intervention and crisis stabilization services. She also played a key role in launching six behavioral health urgent care centers, 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Launches Applications for the Citizens Academy| 07:57AM / Friday, July 11, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Applications are now being accepted for the City of Pittsfield's Citizens Academy, which will begin in mid-August. The Citizens Academy, a 12-week program, is designed to help community members understand the operations of local government. Participants will gain awareness on the various functions of city departments within municipal government, tour designated locations, and engage in breakout activities. Attendees also will learn more about service opportunities available within local government. "We have seen continuous growth of this academy throughout the years and over 100 community members who have participated to date," said 0 Comments
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Dalton Select Board Hires Consultant for Town Manager SearchBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:50AM / Friday, July 11, 2025 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The town has hired Municipal Resources Inc. to conduct a thorough search for its next town manager. During the Select Board meeting last week, the consultants Reginald "Buzz" Stapczynski and Robert Mercier introduced themselves and outlined the recruitment process. "I think it's a consensus of the board that we would like to have someone on board for a two-week training period, on or about mid-September," Select Board member John Boyle said. Interim Henry "Terry" Williams III said his training period was invaluable to him so having one for the new town manager would be beneficial. Municipal 0 Comments
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Thanksgiving Angels Leaders Honored as Commonwealth HeroinesBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:38AM / Friday, July 11, 2025 | |
State Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier recognizes Hope Amandos and Gretchen Debartolo at Tuesday's City Council meeting with proclamations from the state House and Senate. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Thanksgiving Angels leaders were deemed "heroines" for bringing food to the holiday tables of thousands each year.
During Tuesday's City Council meeting, Hope Amandos and Gretchen Debartolo were honored as Commonwealth Heroines by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. Last fall, the two were selected as iBerkshires' Community Heroes of the Month.
Thanksgiving Angels, a meal kit distribution initiative, served more than 2,200 local
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Westfield 10-Year-Olds Top Pittsfield in SectionalBy Leland Barnes, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:17PM / Thursday, July 10, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hunter Werman threw four innings of shutout baseball as the Westfield 10-year-old Litte League All-Stars defeated Pittsfield, 9-5, in the Section 1 Tournament on Thursday. In his strong outing, Werman recorded eight strikeouts. Pittsfield used six different pitchers in the loss. “We really just wanted to test our arms tonight, and we learned a lot from what we called a 20/20 pitcher,” Pittsfield coach Matt Stracuzzi said. “This means we put a new pitcher in every 20 pitches just to get to see how they perform and I was not disappointed despite the loss.” Caleb Tierney of Pittsfield 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Little League 11-Year-Olds Fall in Extra InningsiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:04PM / Thursday, July 10, 2025 | |
WESTFIELD, Mass. – The Westfield Little League 11-year-old All-Stars Thursday scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning to earn an 8-5 win over Pittsfield in the first game of the Section 1 Tournament. Brayden Getty and Dylan Schortmann each hit an RBI single in the winning rally. Schortmann and Ben Case each had a pair of hits in a 10-hit attack for Westfield. Chase Albano and Myles Morrison-Gould each had a double for Pittsfield, which used six pitchers in the extra-inning loss. Mason Fox worked three scoreless innings on the mound, striking out four. Pittsfield is on the road on Friday in an elimination game against the loser of 0 Comments
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