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Eversource Files Reduced Summer Supply Costs for Natural Gas Customers in Mass| 05:50AM / Friday, April 21, 2023 | |
BOSTON — Eversource natural gas customers can expect lower costs for the upcoming off-peak season beginning May 1 due to a significant drop in global market prices and reduced individual use during the summer months. The energy company has filed decreased gas supply rates with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) and if approved, an average residential customer would see an approximately 15-20 percent savings per month compared to last summer. "Whenever we can pass cost savings on to our customers and provide financial relief it is welcome news, especially following historically high energy prices throughout the region this past winter," 0 Comments
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The Retired Investor: The Boom in Pickleball.By Bill Schmick,
04:47PM / Thursday, April 20, 2023 | |
Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the U.S. for the third year in a row. It has taken the country by storm, thanks to its popularity among all ages. Industry experts expect to grow at an annual rate of 9 percent between 2023 and 2033. The game was invented by three middle-aged fathers on vacation on Bainbridge Island in 1995 and named after the family dog, Pickles. Recently, my wife Barbara suggested we might find out what makes the game so popular. For those, like me, who have not played yet, the game is a cross between tennis, badminton, and ping pong. It is not difficult to learn and can be played almost anywhere. All you need is a paddle and a whiffle-like ball and 0 Comments
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Wahconah Adds Early Childhood as Dual Enrollment CourseBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
02:50PM / Thursday, April 20, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — Wahconah Regional High School is now offering a dual enrollment course in early childhood. The district has had an ongoing relationship with Berkshire Community College to offer dual enrollment so students can earn college credit. Students receive both high school and college credit. The course will be under the guidance of career and guidance facilitator Catherine Grady and Principal Aaron Robb. The course is currently available to Grades 10 through 12. The School Committee was told last week that there are 30 students signed up to participate. Participating high schoolers will be required to do 20 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Fundraisers, Music, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
01:16PM / Thursday, April 20, 2023 | |
Cecilia Aldarondo's documentary film 'Memories of a Penitent Heart' is being screened at the Williams College Museum of Art on Friday. Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this spring weekend including jazz festivals, markets, and more. Editors Pick: Pittsfield City Jazz Festival Various locations, Pittsfield There will be jazz performances throughout downtown Pittsfield including Hot Plate Brewing and the Berkshire Athenaeum beginning Friday, April 21, through April 30. Complete schedule here. Thursday Vinyl Night Methuselah Bar and Lounge, Pittsfield Start your weekend early with music 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Awarded Funds To Assist in Sewage Notification Requirements| 01:09PM / Thursday, April 20, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city was awarded $8,216 from MassDEP to reimburse efforts spent developing their SSO Public Notification Plan and develop a wet-weather hydraulic model of the wastewater collection system. To celebrate Earth Week, the Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced that $600,000 in grants have been awarded to 10 regional or municipal wastewater utilities and systems across Massachusetts. This grant program is the first to help local communities meet new requirements to notify the public of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) – which are sewage discharges and untreated stormwater and wastewater – into the surface waters of the 0 Comments
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CHP Berkshires and Elizabeth Freeman Center Form One Door Project | 08:24AM / Thursday, April 20, 2023 | |
 The partnership hopes to improve safe reporting of domestic and sexual abuse? Compared with the pre-Covid era, EFC has seen a 262 percent increase in calls to its Berkshire County hotline For a victim of sexual or domestic violence, trafficking, or other abuse, seeking help can be a high-risk act. For many, confiding in a medical professional may, at first, feel safer than calling a domestic abuse hotline.?? Health care centers where clinicians are trained in trauma-informed care can be safe and private access points for victims. Research shows that women who talked with a health care clinician about domestic abuse were four times more likely to seek out intervention 0 Comments
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Lanesborough Opts Out of Early Voting By MailBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:41AM / Thursday, April 20, 2023 | |
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Voters will not be able to cast ballots early by mail but can they can still request an absentee ballot for the town election.
Last week, Clerk Ruth Knysh asked the Select Board to opt out of early voting by mail for municipal elections. Her request came after the state expanded access last year.
"An act passed to allow early voting by mail for local elections. It used to be just state and federal," she said. "So my thought on that is it's not in my budget, it's a lot of extra work added on me. I'm only one person in there."
Knysh explained that all of the mail-in ballots would have to be opened and processed by herself
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Pittsfield Children Assist in Trout Stocking Onota LakeBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:17AM / Thursday, April 20, 2023 | |
MassWildlife offers opportunities for children to help with the stocking during school vacation week. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The wind blew a sharp chill through the air Wednesday afternoon but that did not stop the annual spring trout stocking at Onota Lake. More than 75 community members enthusiastically released 600 rainbow trout, hailing from the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife's McLaughlin Hatchery in Belchertown. Children leaped in the air as they waited in line for their white buckets to be filled with trout ranging in size from about a foot to up to 18 inches. "Fishies" some kids yelled and danced as they watched the fish 0 Comments
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Dalton Residents Discuss Parking and Zinky's Pub Capacity By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
07:14PM / Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — Multiple residents attended last week's Select Board meeting to register complaints about Zinky's Pub on Daly Avenue. A resident filed a complaint saying the pub is often over capacity, causing dangerous conditions for the residents who live in that area. The board voted to refer this complaint to its legal counsel KP Law to review and see what within the complaint is a licensing violation and if a public hearing should be held. This process could take up to eight weeks so resident Deborah Merry asked if she should reach out to the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission so it can send an investigator to look into the 0 Comments
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Berkshire Museum Welcomes Foster Families with Free Admission Program | 04:32PM / Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Museum announced partnership with Wonderfund – a non-profit working with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families to provide enrichment opportunities to foster children and families. Under this program, foster families receive free admission to Berkshire Museum for two adults and two children. Free admission to the Museum also gives families access to Museum programs such as "WeeMuse Littlest Learners" a weekly, educator-led activity for infants and toddlers to spark curiosity with hands-on cognitive and social experiences, Thursdays from 4 PM to 4:45 PM. The Museum's aquarium 0 Comments
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BCC Accepting Applications for Physical Therapist Assistant Program | 08:21AM / Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass —?Berkshire Community College (BCC) is now accepting applications for entrance into its Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program. About 20 students will be accepted into the fall 2023 cohort. Physical therapist assistants work in diverse settings that include hospitals, private PT practices, community health agencies, schools, pediatric facilities,nursing homes, industrial or corporate health facilities and rehabilitation centers. PTAs are in high demand, and that demand is expected to increase in response to the healthcare needs of an older population and individuals with chronic conditions, such as diabetes and obesity. The median annual wage for a 0 Comments
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Central Berkshire Discussing Preschool at Wahconah RegionalBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:32AM / Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School District School Committee started a discussion on adding a preschool to Wahconah Regional High School during its meeting last week. This addition would address feedback that the district has received from community members regarding the accessibility of its other preschool programs and provide more internship opportunities to Wahconah students. The district's preschool program is very healthy and there are times when families are turned away and added to the waitlist because there isn’t enough room in the program, Superintendent Leslie Blake-Davis said. Currently, Kittredge Elementary School only 0 Comments
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