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Youth Baseball Players Run, March Into 2023 SeasonBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:05PM / Sunday, May 07, 2023 | |
Ricky Ostellino, left, joins Greg Coscia prior to throwing out the first pitch for the Pittsfield Little League American Division on Sunday. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — With a big assist from its biggest fan, the Pittsfield Little League American Division officially kicked off its 2023 season on Sunday at Deming Park. Although the league has been playing games for a week, its Opening Day ceremonies were pushed back due to last weekend's rain. Ricky Ostellino is the kind of fan who shows up in all kinds of weather for the Little Leaguers. And on Sunday, he showed off his right arm by tossing the ceremonial first pitch to open the '23 campaign. It 0 Comments
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MassDOT Berkshire County Temporary Closures | 04:20PM / Sunday, May 07, 2023 | |
HINSDALE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will temporarily close Middlefield Road (SkylineTrail) in Hinsdale and Peru. A temporary detour will be in place from Monday, May 8, to Friday, May 12, and motorists will be redirected to take Route 8 (South Street) to Route 143 to Creamery Road. The closure and detour are needed to facilitate paving operations over the newly installed culverts as part of the project to reconstruct the Skyline Trail (Middlefield Road). MassDOT is also conducting bridge repairs and guard rail repairs in the evening and overnight hours the week of May 8 on I-90 in Montgomery, Russsell, Becket, 0 Comments
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Dalton Historical Commission May Reissue 'Down Memory Lane'By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:45PM / Sunday, May 07, 2023 | |
 DALTON, Mass.—The Historical Commission is looking to have a copy of the book "Down Memory Lane" rebound. The book is a compiled series of weekly columns by the Rev. Franklin L. "Cap" Couch that appeared in the now defunct Dalton News Record from 1972 to 1977. The project would improve the accessibility of the book so that interested buyers can purchase it because finding a copy is difficult. There is a question who owns the copyright because the publisher, Berkshire Family History Association, compiled the columns from newspaper but the commission is unsure if it can republish it. The book that Commissioner Bonnie 0 Comments
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MassDOT New Round of New Industrial Rail Access Program Grant Applications| 10:25AM / Sunday, May 07, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will offer a new round of funding for the Fiscal Year 2024 Industrial Rail Access Program (IRAP). Effective until 5 p.m., Thursday, June 1, the program is accepting applications from freight rail-supported businesses across the state for projects to expand or improve rail or freight access and which will support economic opportunity, safety and job growth. "This grant program has been highly successful in supporting the expansion of businesses which move rail freight in Massachusetts, thereby resulting in taking truck traffic off the roads and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the 0 Comments
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Governor Launches New Climate Resiliency Program | 08:01AM / Sunday, May 07, 2023 | |
BOSTON — Governor Maura Healey and Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper announced a new pilot program to support cities and towns across Massachusetts in updating and putting their climate change resiliency plans and projects into action. The Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Planning 2.0 (MVP 2.0) expands the MVP grant program, which provides communities with funding and technical support to identify climate hazards, develop strategies to improve resilience, and implement priority actions to adapt to climate change. After a year of reviewing the initial MVP Planning Grant program and conducting extensive stakeholder input, EEA developed MVP 0 Comments
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Governor Names Director of Federal Affairs | 04:26PM / Saturday, May 06, 2023 | |
 WASHINGTON D.C. — Governor Maura T. Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll have announced that Will Rasky will serve as Director of Federal Affairs. Rasky will be based in Washington, D.C. and serve as point person to the Biden-Harris Administration as well as Congress, working closely with the Massachusetts delegation to help advance the state's interests. "We know that having strong relationships with our federal partners is essential to our state's success," said Governor Healey. "Will Rasky brings a wide range of experience in politics, policy, and public affairs and will help build on our relationships in Washington, 0 Comments
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Governor, MLSC Expands Initiative to Support Diverse Entrepreneurs | 02:02PM / Saturday, May 06, 2023 | |
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll joined Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) President and CEO Kenn Turner, and President of Takeda's U.S. Business Unit and U.S. Country Head Julie Kim, to formally launch the expansion of the Massachusetts Next Generation (MassNextGen) Initiative, a public-private partnership to support underrepresented entrepreneurs in the Massachusetts life sciences ecosystem. "MassNextGen is an important tool to make sure that Massachusetts remains a global leader in the life sciences while also breaking down barriers to entry and opening the 0 Comments
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FEMA Awards Over $2M to Mass for COVID-19 Hospital Staffing| 09:48AM / Saturday, May 06, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $2 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse it for the cost of hiring temporary staff to handle the increased patient loads at public health care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $2,079,767 Public Assistance grant will reimburse the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the cost of contracting for medical and nursing staff to support the state-run medical facilities between April 2020 and July 2021. The department contracted for 123 staff such as registered nurses, certified medical assistants, physicians, and respiratory therapists for a total of 20,595 hours 0 Comments
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Q&A: Lenox's Schwartz Places Sixth at Freestyle Skiing NationalsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:35AM / Saturday, May 06, 2023 | |
Schwartz, second from left, with classmates at Banger Park in Austria. The teen's competed across the country and in Europe. LENOX, Mass. — Arthur Schwartz had high expectations for himself going into last month's USASA National Championships at Colorado's Cooper Mountain. But waiting to take his turn in the open FIS Slopestyle competition, Schwartz had a little high anxiety. "I always have the highest thoughts for myself," Schwartz said this week. "Obviously, I went into it hoping I would win. There's no point in going into a competition thinking you're going to lose. So I went into it thinking I was gonna do pretty 0 Comments
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Design Guidelines Adopted for Pittsfield Downtown Creative DistrictBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:23PM / Friday, May 05, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Downtown Creative District now has design guidelines to better guide development within the corridor. On Tuesday, the Community Development Board adopted guidelines to provide clarity in the design process for developments or renovations within bounds. Because this is not a part of the city ordinance, it does not have to go through the City Council.
After explaining that the guidelines are within the panel's purview, Chair Sheila Irvin commented that members have been looking at them for "a period of time now." They were approved with no conversation.
These parameters will be used to review applications for a building permit, site plan review,
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@theMarket: Banks Bashed as Fed Continues to Raise RatesBy Bill Schmick,
03:30PM / Friday, May 05, 2023 | |
The Federal Reserve Bank raised interest again, even as another regional bank saw its stock price collapse. Investors are asking when enough tightening is enough. The key Fed funds interest rate was hiked by another 0.25 percent, which increased its benchmark rate to between 5 percent and 5.25 percent. That was the 10th hike in 14 months and has pushed interest rates to a 16-year high. The stock market sold down after Chairman Jerome Powell made it clear (again) that fighting inflation is the Fed's number one objective. Powell did hold out some hope that this hike could be the last, although that decision, he said, would be data-dependent and be decided from meeting 0 Comments
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Ruth P. Boraski Celebration Honors Scholars and Woman LeaderBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
02:28PM / Friday, May 05, 2023 | |
Linda Dulye is this year's recipient of the 'She Knows Where She's Going' Award, presented by the Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center. See more photos here. PITTSFIELD,Mass. — Community leaders, organizers, and residents gathered at the Proprietor’s Lodge on Thursday night to recognize scholarship and award recipients for the Ruth P. Boraski Celebration. Amongst those in attendance included City Council President Peter Marchetti, City Councilor Peter White and Berkshire Black Economic Council President A.J. Enchill. The Ruth P. Boraski Fund for Girls Inc. of the Berkshires at the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation was 0 Comments
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