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Latest Seasonally Unadjusted Unemployment, Job Estimates| 08:15AM / Sunday, July 28, 2024 | |
BOSTON, Mass. — Local unemployment rates increased in twenty-one of twenty-four labor market areas in the state during the month of June 2024 compared to May 2024, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported. Compared to June 2023, the rates were up in all twenty-four labor market areas. Of the fifteen areas for which employment estimates are published, all fifteen NECTA areas gained jobs compared to the previous month. The largest percentage increases occurred in the Barnstable Town (+6.2 percent), Pittsfield (+2.5 percent), and New Bedford (+2 percent) areas. From June 2023 to June 2024, ten areas gained jobs with the largest percentage 0 Comments
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Harris Draws Crowds to Downtown PittsfieldBy Brittany Polito & Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:32PM / Saturday, July 27, 2024 | |
The closest iBerkshires got was a thumbs up from James Taylor. Most local media was kept outside and iBerkshires has no access to pool photos. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Vice President Kamala Harris fired up a capacity crowd at the Colonial Theatre on Saturday afternoon. The presumed presidential nominee for the Democratic Party was met in Westfield by Gov. Maura Healey before traveling to Pittsfield to give a 15-minute stump speech — more than an hour later than planned. "It was incredibly inspiring and comforting," said Lee Prinz of Pittsfield. "I felt heard, I felt like, oh, there are people, they are doing something, and we have 0 Comments
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Revolutionary War Re-enactment Returns to Old Sturbridge Village| 02:53PM / Saturday, July 27, 2024 | |
 STURBRIDGE, Mass. — Old Sturbridge Village is set to host "Redcoats and Rebels," one of New England's largest Revolutionary War re-enactments, on Saturday, Aug. 3, and Sunday, Aug. 4. The event promises a weekend of historical immersion, featuring nearly 600 costumed re-enactors from across the region portraying both soldiers and civilians from the Revolutionary War era. Guests will have the chance to witness dramatic re-enactments of historic battles and skirmishes between colonial and British troops, complete with cannon and musket demonstrations and cavalry displays. The event will also feature live fife and drum music and special presentations designed to 0 Comments
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Mexico Squad Edges Berkshire Force at World SeriesiBerkshires.com Sports,
11:33AM / Saturday, July 27, 2024 | |
 FLORENCE, Ala. -- The Berkshire Force travel softball team Saturday morning scored a run in the bottom of the sixth and had the tying run on second base but dropped a 4-3 decision to Mexico in pool play at the Babe Ruth World Series. Needing two runs to stay alive in a game that was bumping up against the tournament's time rule, Gianna Moses hit a one-out single to left to get Berkshire going in the sixth. She then stole second and eventually scored without the ball being put in play. With two out, Victoria Blanchard worked a walk, and she took second on a single by Lillian Pudelko. But Mexico pitcher Melissa Renteria got a called third strike to end the 0 Comments
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Moses Leads Force to Win in World Series Opener| 11:42PM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
 FLORENCE, Ala. – Giannah Moses went 2-for-3 with a double and drove in a run on Friday to lead the Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team to a 7-3 win over Davidson, N.C., at the Babe Ruth World Series. The Force got just one other hit, a single from Cassidy Flynn, who finished with a pair of RBIs, on a day when it took advantage of five Davidson errors. Berkshire jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, when Moses doubled and scored a run. The Force led, 7-0, going to the bottom of the fifth before Davidson was able to put three runs across. The game ended after five due to the tournament’s time constraints. Flynn and Olivia 0 Comments
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PIttsfield Little League Bows Out at State TourneyiBerkshires.com Sports,
11:33PM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
 ANDOVER, Mass. – Melrose’s Dylan Cote drove in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday to give his team a 6-5 win over the Pittsfield Little League All-Stars in an elimination game at the State Tournament. Pittsfield rallied for two runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 5-4 lead after trailing for three innings. But Melrose came back with a run in the bottom of the sixth to tie it and force extra innings. After a scoreless seventh, Pittsfield went down, 1-2-3, in the top of the eighth, giving the Section 3 champions a chance to win it. Weston Wigglesworth started the game with a solo home run, but Melrose answered with a run 0 Comments
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@theMarket: Markets Midsummer Slide Wallops Technologyby Bill Schmick,
03:52PM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
July, as promised, has turned out to be a month where financial markets have been buffeted by fireworks on various fronts. A gambit of data from inflation to economic growth combined with a new American brand of populism has led to some unexpected market consequences. The good news first. In the second quarter, gross domestic product grew well above economists' expectations at an annualized pace of 2.8 percent, compared to forecasts of 2 percent growth. The "core" Personal Consumption Expenditures Index (PCE), which excludes food and energy, grew by 2.9 percent in the second quarter. That was above estimates of 2.7 percent but significantly lower than the 3.7 percent 0 Comments
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Afternoon Arrival Estimated for Harris on SaturdayBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
03:16PM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to arrive in Pittsfield early Saturday afternoon, according to emerging information about the campaign event. Gov. Maura Healey will greet her at Westfield-Barnes Airport around 12:30 p.m. The Pittsfield event is expected to start around 1:30 p.m. "Please be advised that due to a special event occurring in the downtown area, we ask the public to follow all posted detours between 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 27," a press release from the city reads.
"Drivers should also expect delays downtown and should consider alternate routes. Parking restrictions will also be in place. Residents, visitors and
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Government Briefs: Healey Signs Gun Law| 02:45PM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
Healey Signs Law Targeting 3-D, Ghost Guns Gov. Maura T. Healey signed Thursday into law An Act Modernizing Firearms Laws (H.4885), which cracks down on ghost guns (homemade weapons that do not have a serial number and thus are untraceable) and guns made with a 3-D printer. The bill was passed by the Legislature as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which many believe weakened states' ability to protect their residents through gun safety laws. The bill modernizes Massachusetts' existing firearms laws to address issues such as untraceable "ghost guns" and 3-D 0 Comments
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BMS Announces Scholarship Recipients | 08:27AM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Music School announced the 2024-2025 Talent and Merit Scholarship recipients. Students who are accepted into the Talent & Merit Scholarship Program benefit from up to 100 percent tuition assistance. This year, BMS awarded almost $17,000 in Talent and Merit Scholarships, and continues to take Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarship applications on a rolling basis. The BMS Scholarship Program, which includes the Talent & Merit Scholarships and the rolling Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarships, remains integral to its mission of allowing students to learn and grow in the Berkshire County region without financial constraints. The 0 Comments
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BCC to Hold New Student Orientation on Aug. 29 | 08:00AM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will hold a New Student Orientation on Thursday, Aug. 29 from 9 am to 3:15 pm. The free session will be held at Paterson Field House on BCC's main campus, located at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield. To register, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/orientation. Check-in begins at 9 am, followed by a breakfast and welcome remarks. A Resource Fair welcomes students with all the information they need to start the fall semester smoothly. Breakout sessions allow students to engage with the Director of Recreational Services, Student Affairs representatives, BCC technology staff, academic deans and faculty, 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Housing Trust Digs into ARPA ProposalsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:16AM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Affordable Housing Trust has stepped toward allocating its $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding.
Last week, the trust reviewed five letters of intent for housing projects in the city and will ask the parties to submit a full application. ARPA funds must be allocated by December 2026 and applications will be handled on a rolling basis as they come in.
"I think that we're looking to do here with this meeting is to say yes, we think that this project meets the requirements of the ARPA funding, No. 1, and that second, we think that this is a project that the Affordable Housing Trust would like to either support or hear more about,"
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