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Amazing Pho Brings Vietnamese Favorites to Berkshire CountyBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
04:34PM / Saturday, March 15, 2025 | |
Amazing Pho opened in early February in the Center at Lenox, near Marshall's. LENOX, Mass. — A local couple is bringing their love of Vietnamese food to the Berkshires. Xiaoqing "Iris" Pan and Kang Chen, husband and wife, opened the Amazing Pho last month in the Center at Lenox on Route 7. Though both are from China, they fell in love with Vietnamese cuisine and Pan would often travel far for some pho and three hours to Boston or New York to get a taste of milk tea, now something she sells at Amazing Pho. "Everytime I go there I will bring six milk teas back here," Pan said. "I will drink one when I'm there and drink 0 Comments
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Art Exhibition on View at BCC: Dreaming of Light and Line| 03:36PM / Saturday, March 15, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) presents "Dreaming of Light and Line,” an exhibition of oil paintings and silver pen drawings by Sean McCusker, on view in Koussevitzky Art Gallery through March 31, 2025. The gallery is open Monday–Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Admission is free. According to a press release: Sean McCusker has been creating surreal landscapes inspired by the hilly Berkshires for over 20 years. His oil paintings, full of light and color, are made up of roughly 30 thin layers, each one adding complexity. The translucent layers create a glowing composition of dark shadows suspended in light. The artist 0 Comments
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Big Y Donates to American Red Cross for California Wildfire Relief| 11:27AM / Saturday, March 15, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Big Y Foods, Inc. has donated $75,000 to the American Red Cross to support relief efforts for those affected by the California wildfires. The funds were raised through customer and employee donations collected from January 17-31, 2025, at Big Y registers, online, and through the myExpress Checkout Mobile app. Big Y also provided additional support to reach the total donation amount. The American Red Cross will use the funds to provide humanitarian relief to those impacted by the wildfires. 0 Comments
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Berkshire Health Opening New Urgent Care Facility in LenoxBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
07:48AM / Saturday, March 15, 2025 | |
Hospital officials were at the open house on Wednesday to tour the new urgent care facility. LENOX, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems is gearing toward opening its new urgent care facility in The Center at Lenox. On Wednesday night, BHS held an open house for people to come and tour the new facility before its opening on Monday. The health system opened an urgent care at 505 East St. in Pittsfield in 2015. But annual visits doubled from just over 17,000 patients in 2020 compared to more than 35,000 in 2023. "At the end of the pandemic, we saw an increase in our usage, community usage, of our urgent care. We found it a little difficult about the demand. Wait times
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Pittsfield School District Says No Personnel Layoffs PlannedBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:39PM / Friday, March 14, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The district says that no school employees will lose their jobs because of reductions in the fiscal year 2026 budget.
On Wednesday, the School Committee got a first look at the proposed $86,450,361 spending plan that has $1,238,000 in payroll reductions. District officials anticipate cuts will be made through job movement, attrition, retirements, etc.
"I want to be very clear that the reductions you see here, we don't anticipate anyone actually losing a job through budget reductions," Superintendent Joseph Curtis said.
"… We always think of pink slips or some kind of layoff slips that will make the headlines. We don't anticipate
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District Moving On From Allegations Against PHS AdministratorBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
03:29PM / Friday, March 14, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The district is "moving on" from unsubstantiated allegations against two Pittsfield High School administrators, saying there is no threat.
Dean of Students Molly West returned to work last week after being put on leave in December. The Department of Children and Families has cleared West and Vice Principal Alison Shepard of misconduct claims that surfaced after another PHS dean was arrested and charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office for allegedly conspiring to traffic large quantities of cocaine.
School Committee Chair William Cameron on Wednesday emphasized that when such an investigation finds no evidence of wrongdoing, fundamental fairness and
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@theMarket: The Markets' Flash CorrectionBy Bill Schmick,
03:17PM / Friday, March 14, 2025 | |
The market's decline has been one of the fastest in history. The fall has been fueled by the Trump administration's economic policies. The question most investors are wrestling with is what to do about it. Looking back on this period in a year or two, I guarantee that most investors will have trouble remembering exactly what happened. There is nothing abnormal in this decline thus far except its speed. It is a simple garden variety pullback, which occurs at least once a year if not more. It is the price of doing business for equity investors and savers with tax-deferred retirement accounts. Given that, the decline is probably a good thing for an over-extended market on 0 Comments
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New York Man Found Guilty in Pittsfield Murder | 10:56AM / Friday, March 14, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Thursday, March 13, in Berkshire Superior Court, Lance Burke was found guilty by a jury of his peers for the 2018 murder of David Green Jr. Burke, 46 of New York, was found guilty on three charges related to the crime, murder in the first degree (Murder), illegal possession of a firearm, and illegal possession of a loaded firearm. Green was murdered in 2018 while sitting in his vehicle on Willow Street. Burke was identified as the suspect based on witness testimony, cross-state investigations, and video and mobile phone tracking surveillance. District Attorney Shugrue stated while he is satisfied that justice was 0 Comments
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Candidates for Central Berkshire Superintendent All LocalBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:32AM / Friday, March 14, 2025 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — Central Berkshire Regional School Committee won't have to go far to find a new superintendent. The four finalists for the post are all from Berkshire County. They are Michael Henault, current assistant superintendent for Central Berkshire; John Franzoni, superintendent of the Northern Berkshire School Union; and Matthew Bishop, interim deputy superintendent for the Pittsfield Public Schools. Timothy Callahan, assistant superintendent for the North Adams Public Schools, was also put forward as a finalist and, per the committee chair on Monday, had been expected to continue through the interview process. Callahan informed iBerkshires 0 Comments
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The Retired Investor: U.S. Dominance of Global MarketsBy Bill Schmick,
04:15PM / Thursday, March 13, 2025 | |
It has been a great run. For 15 years, the U.S. stock market has been the envy of the world. Led by the FANG stocks, global investors could not get enough of American stocks — until now. By the end of 2024, global investors had committed more capital to America than ever before. At the same time, the dollar traded at a higher value than ever since the world abandoned fixed exchange rates 50 years ago. While America's share of the global economy was 27 percent, its stock market represented 70 percent of the worldwide stock market. Since 1992, every year China has grown closer to the U.S. as the world's biggest economy. China's GDP has grown 6.5 times as fast 0 Comments
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Heating Oil Leaks Into Dalton BrookBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
03:08PM / Thursday, March 13, 2025 | |
DALTON, Mass. — A residential oil tank at Wahconah Falls Mobile Home Park leaked heating oil, which entered Wahconah Falls Brook on March 10. Approximately 200 to 250 gallons of heating oil leaked from the tank, Fire Chief Chris Cachat said. The department responded to the report of gasoline in the brook on Cleveland Road at 6:43 p.m. Wahconah Falls Brook flows underneath the roadway. Cachat, squad one, engine three, and utility 11 arrived on the scene where they detected "a strong odor of fuel and upon inspection of the brook a sheen was visible." The crews were directed to start working their way upstream to search for 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Looking Green This WeekendBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:07PM / Thursday, March 13, 2025 | |
There are several events this weekend to help you recharge from your week including St. Patrick's Day celebrations, art, live music, and more. Editor's Picks 32nd Annual St. Patrick's Parade and Irish Fest Downtown Hoosick Falls, N.Y. Time: Saturday, 1 p.m. Annual parade kicks off with more than 40 marching bands and floats at 1 p.m. from Wood Park and down and around Main Street. An Irish festival with Burns Moore Bridge Band begins at noon at the Hoosick Armory, Full Tilt plays from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Hoosick Falls Eagle Club and Toss the Feathers starts at 1 p.m. in the Walloomsac Taproom. Various vendors will be open and a Cousins 0 Comments
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