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BArT Announces Upcoming Enrollment Deadline| 08:00AM / Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts and Technology (BArT) Charter Public School is currently accepting applications for students in grades 6 through 10 for the 2023-2024 school year. The next enrollment deadline for the 2023-2024 school year for grades 6 through 10 is Thursday, Oct.12, 2023, at noon. The easiest way to apply is to visit https://bartcharter.schoolmint.com/. Interested families should note that the best way to secure a seat, or a desirable waitlist spot for the 2023-2024 school year is to apply before the Oct. 12 deadline. More information on the school's enrollment and lottery process can be found at www.bartcharter.org. Interested 0 Comments
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Dalton Board Approves Sales Agreement for Bardin PropertyBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:21AM / Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — After nine years of navigating regulations that complicated the sale of the so-called Bardin property, the town has taken the last step in being rid of the land. The Select Board on Monday signed the purchase-and-sales agreement for the property, awarding it to Charlotte Lind Crane for the amount of $150,000. Of that amount, $25,000 has already been paid as a deposit. The state Department of Agricultural Resources now has 60 days to enact its right of first refusal. The 148 acres of land made up of three parcels came into the town's possession in 2016 in a taking for delinquent taxes. The town had first placed a lien against the 0 Comments
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Berkshire Athenaeum Celebrates National Library Card Sign-up Month| 02:01PM / Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library, in partnership with Downtown Pittsfield, Inc., and its member businesses, is observing National Library Card Sign-up Month during the month of September. The public is encouraged to sign up for or renew their library card at the Athenaeum and enjoy special discounts exclusive to library cardholders at participating Pittsfield businesses. Patrons of the library may enter a raffle to win a $150 Downtown Pittsfield gift card or a Family Membership for the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum. Prizes provided by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum. A brochure listing the discounts 0 Comments
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Berkshire Communities Receive Highway Funds| 11:05AM / Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced that MassDOT has received an additional $80 million in funding from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as part of the annual funding redistribution process. These redistribution funds represent federal transportation funds that were unable to be used for the programs to which they were originally allocated. As part of this redistribution, MassDOT will add or increase funding for 12 infrastructure projects across Massachusetts. "Our Administration is committed to pursuing transportation projects that increase safety, equity, and reliability 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Becomes Purple Heart Community on 9/11By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:45PM / Monday, September 11, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city is now a Purple Heart Community and a portion of Route 20 is a Medal of Honor Highway.
The announcement was made during Monday's ceremony remembering the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon that left nearly 3,000 people dead, thousands wounded, and launched two of the nation's longest wars.
The memorial highway stretches more than 3,300 miles from Newport, Ore., to Boston, with Massachusetts as the last state to be added. The Veterans Memorial Park, where the ceremony was held, is on the route.
"This highway now is the longest highway in the United States honoring veterans and it's appropriate that
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Pittsfield Residents Call for 'No More Roundabouts'By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:36PM / Monday, September 11, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Nearly 100 residents are up in arms about a traffic-calming measure for busy intersections.
On Tuesday, the City Council will tackle a citizens' petition that reads "To the City Council of Pittsfield- No more roundabouts."
The petition from Deborah Cooper has garnered nearly 90 signatures.
Last year, the problematic intersection of Tyler Street, Tyler Street Extension, Dalton Avenue and Woodlawn Avenue was converted into a roundabout. Data has shown that a roundabout decreases the rate of injury caused during crashes, though a slight increase in crashes has occurred in the first year.
The state Department of Transportation is planning an
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Berkshire County Historical Society Community Day | 09:23AM / Monday, September 11, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Historical Society (BCHS) welcomes the community to Herman Melville's historic Arrowhead for a free day of family-friendly activities on Sunday, Sept. 16 from 10 am to 4 pm. The day includes food, fun, music, history, hands-on activities, traditional craft demonstrations, and more. House tours are available by ticket only. A full schedule of activities is available at https://berkshirehistory.org/event/arrowhead-community-day-2/. The event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union. "Community Day is one of the most important things BCHS does," said Executive Director Lesley Herzberg. "We 0 Comments
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Second Street Second Chances Triples its Outreach GoalBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:40AM / Monday, September 11, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Since launching a little over a year ago the nonprofit Second Street Second Chances has tripled its original goal. When the organization first started out its goal was to help 150 people in its first year but as of date it has seen more than 500 people, Executive Director Jason Cuyler said. Second Street Second Chances works with current and formerly incarcerated individuals to provide the support that they need for a successful reintegration into the community. It was established when a community coalition started looking into the challenges people go through when being reintegrated into their communities, board 0 Comments
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Pittsfield's 'Pearl Street Shelter' Opening SoonBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:08AM / Monday, September 11, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The shelter at First Methodist Church is soon to open with a straightforward name that has a deeper meaning. ServiceNet's Director of Shelter and Housing Erin Forbush told the Homelessness Advisory Committee last week that the new facility is planned to open around the end of the month as the Pearl Street Shelter.
When people get to know the shelter and its staff, the hope is that it is referred to as "The Pearl."
Because the entrance to the shelter is on Pearl Street, the name was proposed to eliminate confusion because the building's frontage is on Fenn Street. There is also a sentimental interpretation.
"I would like
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Pittsfield Firefighters Respond to Blaze on East Street By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
09:39PM / Sunday, September 10, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A section of East Street was closed for more than an hour as firefighters knocked down a blaze at a building on the Haddad Subaru lot. The fire was in a former home turned office between the Ford and Subaru dealerships. It was called in just before 8 p.m. "There was a fire in the wall in the garage," said Deputy Fire Chief Matthew Noyes, referring to the small two-car garage on the east side of the building. "The investigators are on scene trying to figure out what started it." He estimated it took about 15 minutes to contain and douse the blaze but checking for extensions in the building "takes quite a bit of 0 Comments
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Two-Car Collision Closes Lakeway Drive, Valentine Road Intersection | 04:53PM / Sunday, September 10, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Sunday, Sept.10, 2023, at approximately 1:20 pm, Pittsfield Police, Fire and County, and Lanesborough Ambulance responded to the intersection of Lakeway and Valentine Road for a report of a two-car crash with injuries and entrapment. A 2017 Subaru was traveling westbound on Lakeway Drive approaching the intersection with Valentine Road when it failed to stop at the stop sign and collided with a northbound 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe. As a result of the impact, the Hyundai rolled onto the driver's side and came to rest off the roadway. Both operators were transported to Berkshire Medical Center for what appeared to be 0 Comments
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Executive Office of Veterans Services Announces Statewide Logo Redesign Contest | 10:53AM / Sunday, September 10, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The Executive Office of Veterans Services (EOVS) announced the launch of a statewide logo redesign contest to visually represent the mission of the recently elevated Cabinet Secretariat. On March 1, Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kimberley Driscoll unveiled the formation of the Commonwealth's new Executive Office of Veterans Services. This elevation raised the Department of Veterans' Services to a Cabinet-level Secretariat. Over the past six months, the Executive Office of Veterans Services has undergone a significant transformation with regard to departments and programs under its umbrella, including overseeing our 0 Comments
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