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State Treasurer Reappoints Deputy Treasurers| 03:34PM / Sunday, February 26, 2023 | |
Boston — Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg announced the reappointment of the following people as deputy treasurers: James MacDonald, First Deputy Treasurer: As CEO of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), Jim MacDonald has served as First Deputy Treasurer since 2011. Sarah Kim, Deputy Treasurer: As General Counsel to the Office of the State Treasurer and Receiver General, Sarah Kim has served as Deputy Treasurer since 2017. Alayna Van Tassel, Deputy Treasurer: As the Executive Director of the Office of Economic Empowerment, Alayna Van Tassel has served as Deputy Treasurer since 2015. Sue Perez, Deputy Treasurer: As the Executive Director of the 0 Comments
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Governor Appoints State Police Interim Colonel | 08:13AM / Sunday, February 26, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel John E. Mawn, Jr. as Massachusetts State Police Interim Colonel, effective Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Mawn succeeds Colonel Christopher Mason, who retires after a 40-year career in law enforcement. "Lieutenant Colonel Mawn is an accomplished leader with 30 years of experience at the Massachusetts State Police," said Governor Maura T. Healey. "We are grateful for his public service and know he has the commitment and skills to provide steady leadership during this transition period." The Healey-Driscoll Administration is finalizing 0 Comments
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West Street Walkout Urges Pittsfield to Prioritize Safer StreetsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:28PM / Saturday, February 25, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Following the death of a pedestrian in a West Street crosswalk, community members are demanding action for safer public ways.
On Saturday, the Pittsfield Community Design Center founder Nicholas Russo led a walking group through a portion of the corridor to show issues with navigation. The procession began at Dorothy Amos Park.
He explained that the event aimed to call attention to the crash that killed Pittsfield resident Shaloon Milord in January and the national trend of increasing traffic fatalities.
"We want to not contribute to those statistics," Russo said. "We want to get to zero deaths."
There have been seven traffic deaths in
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Hoosac, Wahconah Girls, Drury Boys Claim Western Mass CrownsIBerkshires.com Sports,
04:55PM / Saturday, February 25, 2023 | |
 The Hoosac Valley and Wahconah girls basketball teams each came away with victories in all-Berkshire Couty finals on Western Mass tournament Championship Saturday The day ended with the Drury boys giving Berkshire County a third championship on the day. Hanna Shea scored 20 points Saturday to lead the Hurricanes to a 71-56 win over Lenox in the Class D final at Holyoke High School. Down the road at Westfield High, Grace Wigington scored 23 to lead Wahconah past Pittsfield High, 61-49 in Class B. The Taconic boys dropped their Class B final to Springfield International Charter, 57-51, despite 18 points from Tayvon Sandifer. In the Class C hockey final, 0 Comments
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State Treasurer Reappoints Chair of the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission| 03:42PM / Saturday, February 25, 2023 | |
Boston — Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg reappointed Jean M. Lorizio Commissioner of the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC). Lorizio will continue to serve as Chair of the Commission. Lorizio is an attorney and graduate of Suffolk University Law School. Prior to becoming Chair of the ABCC in 2017, she served as Executive Secretary and Legal Counsel for the Licensing Board for the City of Boston. The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC) is an agency under the Office of the State Treasurer and Receiver General Deb Goldberg. Its overall objective is to provide uniform control over the sale, purchase, transportation, manufacture, and 0 Comments
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FEMA Awards Over $1.3M to Mass for COVID-19 Vaccination Supplies| 10:41AM / Saturday, February 25, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be sending more than $1.3 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse it for the cost of vaccination supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $1,343,707 Public Assistance grant will reimburse the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency for the cost of vaccination supplies. "FEMA is pleased to be able to assist the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency with these costs," said FEMA Region 1 Regional Administrator Lori Ehrlich. "Providing resources for our partners on the front lines of the pandemic fight is critical to their success, and to our success as a 1 Comment
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Governor Announces Grants for Low, Moderate-Income Electrification | 08:13AM / Saturday, February 25, 2023 | |
BOSTON —The Healey-Driscoll Administration launched a $50 million grant program to fund decarbonization retrofits of existing low- or moderate-income residential buildings. Known as the Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Decarbonization Grant Program, this large-scale program will accelerate Massachusetts' clean energy transition, improve public health, and preserve housing affordability for residents. This grant program is the first step in the Administration's commitment to support the electrification of buildings and prioritize the people most deeply impacted by fossil fuels. "Wherever I go across the Commonwealth, I hear about the high 0 Comments
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Pittsfield School Committee Votes to Adopt Language & Literacy programBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:21PM / Friday, February 24, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Committee voted to pilot the "Imagine Learning: Language & Literacy" program last week. This is a supplemental computer-based English language program for multilingual students that is available in 12 languages for kindergarten through eighth grade. It was piloted at Morningside Community and Williams Elementary schools but has since been integrated into all the elementary schools and expanded into the middle schools. The program does not include the Afghan language Dari but the Curriculum Department has applied for a grant for some resources that are geared toward Dari speakers in the school 0 Comments
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@theMarket: Bond Yields Weighing on StocksBy Bill Schmick,
03:11PM / Friday, February 24, 2023 | |
 There is a discrepancy growing between bond and stock markets. The bond vigilantes are betting the Fed is nowhere near done hiking rates. Stock jockeys disagree. Which camp will prove correct? A look at the government's U.S. Treasury bond auctions this week resulted in most yields going higher. Buyers insisted on higher returns to purchase the billions of dollars in U.S. Treasury notes, bills, and bonds that are a weekly occurrence in the financial markets. Overall sentiment in the markets has turned cautious and, for some, downright bearish once again after the January rally in stocks. Recession fears are once again taking center stage for many although there is still not 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Shows Some Love With 10x10 Fest Ice SculptureBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
02:15PM / Friday, February 24, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The sound of power tools could be heard in downtown Pittsfield as two artists crafted icy letters in front of the Berkshire Museum.
Peter Vacchina and Robert Markey spent hours on Thursday creating a large frosty display that reads "Love 10x10" as part of this past week's 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival.
"We feel like love is all around and love is what everyone needs," the city's Cultural Development Directo Jennifer Glocker said. "So it's just a simple message of love and it's going to be here as long as Mother Nature cooperates and it stays cold, which looks very good." With temperatures dipping into the 20s on
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Affordable Housing Trust Talks Preservation of Pittsfield UnitsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:07AM / Friday, February 24, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Affordable Housing Trust member Michael McCarthy asked his colleagues: How do we leverage trust fund monies for quality affordable housing?
"I represent a lot of people and I've spoken with a lot of people about this issue and I'm thinking that one of the things that we should focus on as our trust is to figure out how our money can be a catalyst for developers or current owners of rental properties to make it affordable for them to make their properties nice while still keeping rents affordable and low," the attorney said last week.
"I think that's where we would get the most bang for our buck."
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Pittsfield Expands Downtown Public Wi-Fi Network| 06:10PM / Thursday, February 23, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — As part of its ongoing commitment to advancing digital equity, the city of Pittsfield has expanded its downtown public Wi-Fi network. Free Wi-Fi is now available via the network name "Pittsfield_Free_WiFi" from the intersection of East and West Housatonic streets and South Street north to the intersection of Linden Street and Maplewood Avenue, as well as North Street. The network also includes The Common, a city park located at 100 First St. The expansion was made possible through the commonwealth's Community Compact Cabinet Information Technology Grant Program. "The expanded network provides free wireless internet to 1 Comment
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