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Pittsfield Sees Potential Candidates for All PositionsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:33PM / Saturday, April 19, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — There are potential candidates for all positions on the Nov. 4 ballot. There are several wards where only the incumbent councilor has taken out papers so far.
It's election season again, and as of Thursday, potential candidates have taken out papers for city clerk, councilor at large, Wards 1-7, and the School Committee. Nomination papers became available on April 3, and certified papers are due by Aug. 1.
A preliminary election will narrow the race down on Sept. 16 if a position has more than two candidates, or nine for at-large councilor.
The six-person School Committee so far has only five potential candidates: incumbents Daniel Elias and Sara Hathaway,
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North County, Pittsfield Hold Egg ScramblesiBerkshires Staff,
02:34PM / Saturday, April 19, 2025 | |
Above, ready, set, go in Williamstown; below a mad scramble for eggs in Clarksburg. See more photos here. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — A number of egg scrambles were held in the Berkshires on Saturday ahead of Easter. The light spring ran didn't stop hundreds of children from darting across lawns and fields to search for treasure in the form of plastic eggs. Peter A. Cook VFW Post 9144 held its annual event at the town field named in memory of Cook, Clarskburg's only Vietnam War casualty. Children in four age categories ran, or toddled, across the field to grab brightly colored eggs. The returned to the pavilion for juice and 0 Comments
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MassDOT, State Police, and AAA Remind Motorists to Slow Down in Work Zones | 01:15PM / Saturday, April 19, 2025 | |
BOSTON — Ahead of National Work Zone Awareness Week and as construction season gets underway, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), Massachusetts State Police, and AAA are reminding motorists to exercise caution when passing through active construction and maintenance projects. This includes following traffic laws, reducing speed as indicated by signage and as necessary to prevent a crash, and remaining alert when passing through active construction and maintenance projects. National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is an annual event that brings attention to work zone safety and education around preventing crashes and fatalities in these areas. 0 Comments
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Lanesborough Advancing Combined Police/EMS ProposalBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:41AM / Saturday, April 19, 2025 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Town officials will again propose a combined police and EMS facility to voters. This time, for a couple of million dollars more.
On Monday, the Select Board voted to advance a $7.3 million combined police/emergency medical services facility to town meeting, discarding the option for a $6.5 million separate build. The same design, then priced at $5.9 million, was shot down in 2023.
"We can't go to a town meeting and give them two options," said Selectman Timothy Sorrell, the town's former police chief.
"We have to decide, I'm ready tonight to make a motion on what I think is the best decision."
Members agreed that this option
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Berkshire Humane Society Holding Fee Waived Event Next WeekBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
05:24PM / Friday, April 18, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Humane Society is having a fee-waived adoption event for dogs one year and older. This event is called "Big Dog Energy" and is happening in many shelters across Massachusetts. It runs from April 22 through April 27. "There is still just an influx of adult dogs who are sitting in shelters," said Berkshire Humane Society's Executive Director John Perreault. Last year, the Berkshire Humane Society participated in a week of fee-waived adoptions for the Mass-Saves promotion, also because of an influx of adult dogs staying in the shelter. Perrault said it's still the case, unfortunately. "They're not moving all across
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AccessPlus Awarded Grant to Bring Fiber to Affordable Housing UnitsBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
03:15PM / Friday, April 18, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Internet provider AccessPlus was recently awarded the Massachusetts Broadband Institute Retrofit program grant. "We are committed to delivering high-quality, high-speed internet to the Pittsfield community," said Kevin Alward, CEO of AccessPlus in a recent press release. "This grant allows us to further our mission of ensuring that everyone has access to the fast and reliable internet they need." The grant was a part of the Healey-Driscoll administration's $10.4 million initiative to modernize the public housing internet in Massachusetts. This grant will be used to bring high speed fiber internet to 13 multi-unit dwelling properties. This
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@theMarket: Fed Disappoints, Markets Swoon, While Tariff Talks ContinueBy Bill Schmick,
01:41PM / Friday, April 18, 2025 | |
On Thursday, investors hoped that Fed Chair Jerome Powell, speaking in Chicago at the Economic Club, would assure markets that he would backstop any downside from President Trump's policies. They were disappointed. Even worse, he said, "The level of tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated, and the same is likely to be true of the economic effects, which will include higher inflation and slower growth." The fact that the leader of the world's most powerful central bank seemed to confirm the worst fears of investors triggered another $1 trillion sell-off in equity markets. The president quickly posted his displeasure at the 0 Comments
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Holiday Hours: Patriots Day| 11:00AM / Friday, April 18, 2025 | |
 Monday, April 21, is Patriots Day, a state holiday marking the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolution. The day has been celebrated on the third Monday in April since 1969. This year mark's the 250th anniversary of what many consider the start of the American Revolution with the "shot heard round the world."
It was on the morning of April 20, 1775, that Paul Revere and other riders began the alert across and beyond Massachusetts Colony that troops were planning to advance from Boston to the towns of Lexington and Concord. They were to seize a cache of gunpowder and arms and capture revolutionaries Sam Adams and John
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BCC to Host Women's Volleyball Letter of Intent Signing Press Conference| 10:58AM / Friday, April 18, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will officially launch its new athletics program with its first Women's Volleyball Letter of Intent signing ceremony and press conference on Thursday, April 24, at 3:45 p.m. at the Paterson Field House gymnasium. High school athletes Hannah Burrows from Wahconah Regional High School, Maya Creamer from Miss Hall's School, Jazmine Gregory from Hoosac Valley High School, and Jasmin Aslan from Taconic High School will sign their letters of intent to join BCC's inaugural Women's Volleyball team for the fall 2025 semester. The college will also launch its first Men's Baseball team in spring 2026. Both sports will
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Hancock Shaker Village Announces Plans for New Visitor Center & Center for Shaker Studies| 08:17AM / Friday, April 18, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hancock Shaker Village has announced plans to begin construction in June 2025 on a redesigned Visitor Center & Center for Shaker Studies. This project follows several years of strategic planning, design work, and fundraising efforts. The new facility will include updated galleries, community event spaces, collection storage, and research areas for the museum's collection of over 22,000 Shaker artifacts and ephemera. The renovated building aims to enhance the visitor experience through improved orientation, expanded program offerings, closer access to collection items, and views of the surrounding landscape. The project has 5 Comments
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Berkshire United Way Recognizes Exemplary VolunteersBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:01AM / Friday, April 18, 2025 | |
The celebration event was held at Wander in Pittsfield. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire United Way raised a craft soda on Wednesday to two community members who embody volunteerism.
Brenda Lee Petell was given the Robert K. Agar Jr. Volunteerism Award and Maria Encalada the Daniel C. Dillon Helping Hands, Caring Heart Award during a ceremony at Wander, an inclusive sober cafe downtown.
"I'm not breaking any news when I tell you all that Maria and Brenda represent the spirit and the legacy of volunteerism in this community that are exemplified by Dan Dillon and Robert Agar, who are the folks these awards are named after," President and CEO Thomas Bernard
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Select Board Conditionally OKs May Carnival at Berkshire MallBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:19PM / Thursday, April 17, 2025 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The springtime carnival will return to the Berkshire Mall property in a couple of weeks, if the hosts reach an agreement with emergency medical services.
On Monday, the Select Board approved a community event application for Gillette Shows' carnival from May 1 to May 11, pending a reasonable donation to the Ambulance Gift Account for EMS services. "This isn't a new concept. We discussed this after last year's carnival," EMS Director Jen Weber said.
The department saw an "exponential" increase in the need for services at the event as its attendance continues to rise. In 2024, there were 20 transports to the hospital over
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