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Little League All-Star Play Opens on Saturday| 06:45AM / Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The summer's baseball all-star tournament play gets underway on Saturday when the Donald Gleason District 1 Little League tournaments open at Clapp Park. First pitch in the county's 8- to 10-year-old tournament is scheduled for noon when Dalton Hinsdale takes on the Pittsfield Little League National Division. At 2, the Pittsfield Americans will face Great Barrington. The same four teams will be back at it on Sunday at noon and 2, and the four-team round-robin will conclude on Thursday, setting up the 10-year-old District 1 title game at noon on July 8. Just the Pittsfield Nationals and Americans entered teams in the 9- to 11-year-old 0 Comments
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Central Berkshire Considers Updating Cell Phone Policy By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:20PM / Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School District began its discussion on revising its cell phone policy to make it more stringent during its School Committee meeting last week. The goal of the policy change is to help students be more engaged in school and to prevent students from taking videos of their peers without permission and spreading them around. Superintendent Leslie Blake-Davis presented the discussion to the committee by inquiring whether the best path would be to prohibit cell phone use all day or to allow use during students' lunch period. Many districts in the surrounding areas have started this discussion 0 Comments
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No Lifeguards at Onota Lake This SeasonStaff Reports ,
02:14PM / Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lifeguards will not be present to monitor the water and related activities like swimming at Burbank Park (Onota Lake) this summer. The city stated that they have had difficulties finding and hiring qualified lifeguards. The city began a search for qualified lifeguards in March of 2023, and after several months of unsuccessful attempts to fill the lifeguard positions, the city is unable to provide lifeguarding for the 2023 season. Those who choose to swim and/or partake in any water-related activities, will be doing so at their own risk. Signage will be available in various area located throughout Burbank Park notifying the public of this 0 Comments
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Lenox Memorial 'As Schools Match Wits' Champion| 01:47PM / Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | |
 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The team from Lenox Memorial High School is the champion of the 62nd season of "As Schools Match Wits." The season ended on Saturday, June 24, with the broadcast on New England Public Media TV of the championship match between Lenox and Westfield High School. Lenox will proudly take home the Collamore Cup. "As Schools Match Wits" pits teams of western New England high schoolers against each other in a fun but competitive game of academic performance. The competition is open to both public and private high schools throughout western New England. The show was created by Leonard J. Collamore in 1961 to 0 Comments
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District Attorney's Office Hosts Investigating Sexual Assault Workshop| 12:07PM / Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Friday, June 23 the District Attorney's Office led an Investigating sexual assault workshop with law enforcement. The workshop was offered to local law enforcement agencies and focused on the foundations of investigating sexual assault. This was the inaugural law enforcement workshop offered by the District Attorney's Office. District Attorney Shugrue plans to hold reoccurring workshops on a variety of topics to improve upon partnerships and share up-to-date information with law enforcement partners and community agencies. Presenters included: Cognitive Bias in Sexual Assault Investigations, Second Assistant 0 Comments
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General Dynamics Union Pickets For Fair WagesBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:08AM / Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Unionized workers at General Dynamics are demanding an end to a pay system that they don't see as equitable.
On Saturday, the IUE-CWA Local 255, which represents employees at General Dynamics Mission Systems, held an informational picket in the rain at Park Square to get community support for its upcoming contract negotiation.
The park was filled with employees from both of the company's tiered pay systems advocating for a fair contract.
"We're ready to make changes," Union President Andrew Burdick said. "And we did it rain or shine because we're willing to do whatever it takes to make the difference in the contract."
The
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Pittsfield School Committee Asks for Input on Cell Phone PolicyBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:39PM / Monday, June 26, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Department is inviting members of the school community to weigh in on student cell-phone usage as it mulls a new policy regulating their use in schools. In a communication to the school community, Superintendent Joseph Curtis asked for students, parents, and teachers' thoughts to inform the committee's decision-making.
Concerns about phone usage were brought forward by educators earlier this month along with a push for stricter regulations. Chair William Cameron called for an accelerated policy review with possible recommendations made at Wednesday's meeting.
"As you are aware, cell phones have become an integral part of our
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Patrick's Pub Reopening for Monday Dinner After Small Fire By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:00PM / Monday, June 26, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Patrick's Pub is having a late opening on Monday after a spontaneous combustion that occurred in the kitchen on Sunday. On Sunday around 9:15 a.m., one alarm was called to the restaurant after some oil-soaked rags ignited and produced a small fire. It was deemed accidental and the damage is minimal.
"It was 90 percent contained by a single sprinkler head. [Pittsfield Fire Department] made sure it was out completely and turned off the water to minimize damage," Deputy Chief Daniel Garner reported.
"Tower 1 ventilated the restaurant and used squeegees to remove excess water from the kitchen floor."
The restaurant alerted customers of the
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Pittsfield Notice of Discharge of Untreated Wastewater| 02:41PM / Monday, June 26, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Public Utilities department discovered a discharge of untreated wastewater near the Wastewater Treatment Plant located at 901 Holmes Rd. It was determined that this discharge was caused by a power failure due to a thunderstorm in the region causing the hypo disinfection process to shut down. The discharge began at approximately 11:20 PM on June 24 and ended at 7:20 AM on June 25. The estimated discharge duration at the time of this notification (12:53 pm) is 8 hours. The estimated discharge volume at the time of this notification is 3 mg, and the Housatonic River was the impacted body of water. This overflow 0 Comments
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Dalton Select Board Turns Down Citizens' Energy Credit OfferBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
02:35PM / Monday, June 26, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Select Board voted last week to decline a proposal from Citizens Enterprises Corp. for a solar alternative on-bill credit agreement under the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target program. Citizens Energy, a non-profit energy company, is planning a 13-acre solar farm off Bridle Road. The town already has sufficient net metering credits for its current electricity supply through Rockwood and would not be able to absorb the credits offered by Citizens, Town Manager Thomas Hutcheson’s preliminary report said. The net metering and on-bill crediting are largely the same in that they allow for excess energy generation from one account 0 Comments
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Striking Out Cancer Event Moved to July 1| 09:41AM / Monday, June 26, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- After Saturday's rain forced a postponement, the Striking Out in the Berkshires Jimmy Fund fund-raiser will try again on Saturday, July 1 at Clapp Park. Players of any ability are welcome to participate in a charity baseball and softball games. So are players with no ability at all. "I've had some people call and text me and ask, 'Do you have to be a baseball player?' No, you don't," organizer Joe DiCicco said last year of the Striking Out Cancer in the Berkshires event. "It's about fun and about raising money for a good cause." DiCicco started Striking Out Cancer in 2021 in honor of his wife, who 0 Comments
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State Fire Marshal: Leave Fireworks to the Professionals| 08:33AM / Monday, June 26, 2023 | |
STOW, Mass. — After a record-setting number of fireworks-related fires in 2020 and a sharp decline in 2021, fireworks incidents in Massachusetts rebounded last year. Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey and State Police Colonel John E. Mawn, Jr. are reminding residents to leave fireworks to the professionals this summer. Fireworks-related fires and explosions in Massachusetts skyrocketed at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, jumping from 57 in 2019 to 189 in 2020. These numbers declined significantly in 2021, when 80 incidents were reported statewide. In 2022, however, Massachusetts fire departments reported 106 fires and explosions 0 Comments
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