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MassRMV Announces 2024 Low Number Plate Lottery | 12:05PM / Sunday, July 14, 2024 | |
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is announcing applications for the 2024 Low Number Plate Lottery will be available online at myRMV Online Service Center beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, June 17, 2024. To be eligible, applicants must apply for this year's lottery by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 16, 2024. Winners will be notified by mail if selected for a low number plate. This year, there are 298 plates available through the low plate lottery. Some of the available low plates include 34, 255, 1912, 2X, 33V, B8, and Z88. Applicants should note that there is no fee to apply for the lottery. However, should the applicant be selected as a
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Greylock 14U Softball Team Tops DaltonBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
07:46PM / Saturday, July 13, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The Greylock Thunder 14-and-under travel softball team Saturday ended pool play in its Summer Storm Tournament just like it began pool play on Friday: with a win over Berkshire County rival. Genevieve Lagess went 2-for-2 with a pair of triples and scored three times, and the Thunder overcame an early deficit to take a 13-9 win over Dalton in the pool play finale on Francis Millard Field. On Sunday morning, the eight teams in the tournament will be seeded for the 10 a.m. quarter-final round. The four survivors move on to a pair of 1:30 p.m. semi-finals with the title game scheduled for about 3:30 p.m. The Thunder, which beat the 0 Comments
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Free Screening of Video on Appalachian Trail Tom LevardiBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:19PM / Saturday, July 13, 2024 | |
A hiker sets up his tent in Tom Levardi's back yard. The film includes interviews with Appalachian Trail hikers. DALTON, Mass. — The community is invited to the premier of "Trail Angel" on Tuesday, July 23, at 7 p.m. at the Stationery Factory. The short film follows Tom Levardi, who has been a supporter of the hiking community over the last 45 years by allowing Appalachian Trail hikers to camp in his back yard. Through these efforts, he became known as the "trail angel" because of the kindness and generosity he showed to the hikers. The video, which lasts about 30 minutes, will provide a glimpse into 0 Comments
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Westfield 11-Year-Olds Top Pittsfield in Little League Tourney| 03:06PM / Saturday, July 13, 2024 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Westfield's 11-year-old Little League All-Stars Saturday scored seven runs in the fifth inning to pull away with a 13-2 win over Pittsfield in the Section 1 tournament. Oliver Brown, Bradley Charow and Sean Pedrotti each had a hit for Pittsfield. Charow, Andrew Scalise and Edaniel Hebert handled the pitching duties for Pittsfield, combining to strike out six and allow eight earned runs. Pittsfield drops into the losers' bracket of the double elimination tournament and will be home at Deming Park on Sunday at 1 p.m. for an elmination game. 0 Comments
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ConCom Greenlights Pontoosuc Lake Park ImprovementsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
11:36AM / Saturday, July 13, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Conservation Commission has greenlighted vast improvements to Pontoosuc Lake Park.
On Thursday, the commission issued 36 conditions for the city project that include a new boardwalk, access stairs, paring improvements, seasonal docks, and a new swimming beach on the park's two properties at 1447 North St. and 40 Hancock Rd.
Work will be within the 100-foot wetland buffer, bordering vegetated wetlands, bank, and land under waterbodies, requiring ConCom approval.
"This is a big project, as you can tell," Conservation Agent Robert Van Der Kar said.
After decades of planning, the city plans to break ground on phase 1 this year. A $500,000
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Governor Details Stay Policy at Emergency Assistance Sites | 08:01AM / Saturday, July 13, 2024 | |
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll administration announced details of the new nine-month length of stay policy for the state's Emergency Assistance Family Shelter System (EA). The policy was passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor at the end of April. EA is for families with children or pregnant women experiencing homelessness. Last year, Governor Healeyannouncedthe system reached capacity at 7,500 families. Approximately half of the families in EA are newly arrived immigrants and half are long-time Massachusetts families. "This policy is a responsible measure to address the capacity and fiscal constraints of our state's emergency 0 Comments
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Greylock Thunder Open Home Tourney with Convincing WinBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:40PM / Friday, July 12, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After allowing the first batter she faced to reach base and score, Marlee Arhnold gave up nothing at all on Friday night. The Greylock Thunder’s Arnhold struck out eight and gave up just two hits in an 11-1, five-inning win over the Berkshire Force in the 14-and-under Summer Storm Tournament on Fran Millard Field. Genevieve Lagess went 2-for-3 with a double, and Gianna Witek was 2-for-3 with three RBIs for the Thunder, which started its home tournament in style. Arnhold was in control throughout after giving up a leadoff walk to Lillian MacDonald and a two-out RBI triple to Kylie Duhamel in the bottom of the first inning. At one 0 Comments
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Little League Sectionals: Pittsfield 11s Win, 10s Fall in Extra InningsiBerkshires.com Sports,
09:10PM / Friday, July 12, 2024 | |
 LEOMINSTER, Mass. -- Connor Dalton went 2-for-2 with a triple and a pair of RBIs Friday to lead the Pittsfield Little League 11-year-old All-Stars to an 11-1 win over Leominster in the Section 1 tournament. As the only 11-year-old all-star team in Berkshire County (District 1), Pittsfield automatically qualified for the four-team double-elimination sectional to compete for a berth in the state tournament. Will Nichols and Ayden Mazzeo each had a pair of hits in an 11-hit attack for Pittsfield in Friday's post-season opener. Ryder Froio and Bradley Charow split time on the mound, combining on a four-inning no-hitter. Froio struck out three and allowed one 0 Comments
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Government Briefs: EV Funding, MassReconnect Results| 05:01PM / Friday, July 12, 2024 | |
The following is a roundup of state and federal announcements and programs this week. • Members of the state's congressional delegation have announced $60 million in funding for commnities to transition to low- or zero-emission buses. This is expected to reduce transit systems' reliance on fossil fuels, and reduce diesel-related air pollution along major transit corridors for Black, brown, and low-income communities that disproportionately bear environmental health burdens from transportation emissions. Some $40 million of the funding goes to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for battery-powered buses; the MBTA was awarded $116 million in 0 Comments
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@theMarket: Inflation Data Boosts MarketsBy Bill Schmick,
04:51PM / Friday, July 12, 2024 | |
The Consumer Price Index was cooler than expected in June, while the Producer Price Index was warmer. Equity traders responded by selling winners and buying losers. CPI inflation fell further than most expected as easing prices for gasoline and other staples like food and new lease rents cooled dramatically. That information might help the level of anxiety people are feeling about inflation. It appears that the price points of most staples have finally flattened out year-over-year instead of constantly going up as they have for the last few years. Countering that good news, wholesale prices climbed 0.2 percent last month led by prices for services, which offset a decline 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Meeting on West St. Traffic Calming Project| 08:05AM / Friday, July 12, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield's Department of Public Services will be hosting a public meeting on July 18 at 6 p.m. at the Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Avenue in the auditorium, to provide an update on the planned improvements to West Street, focusing on the area between Francis Avenue and Backman Avenue. As part of the meeting, the following will be discussed: The addition of a signal to the intersection of West Street and Francis Avenue intersection is proposed to become signalized to make it safer and easier to navigate. Adjusting lanes to a uniform standard width to naturally encourage appropriate driving speeds. Repaving the road 0 Comments
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Additional Office Space Sought for Pittsfield PoliceBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:24AM / Friday, July 12, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city is seeking more office space for the Pittsfield Police Department outside of its aged station. A request for proposals for office building acquisition to house police personnel was made available on June 12 and bidding will open on July 16. It calls for 12,000 square feet of move-in ready space. "The age of the structure" and the Police Department's evolution over the years led to the RFP, according to Catherine VanBramer, Mayor Peter Marchetti's director of administrative services and public information officer. The current station has long been described as being inadequate, for having out-of-date facilities, not 0 Comments
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