 | Pittsfield Council Cuts School Budget After 'Unprofessional' Comments
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council preliminarily approved a $216 million budget for fiscal year 2025 with a last-minute reduction to the schools.
The meeting took an unexpected twist when displeasure with comments made during a School Committee meeting last week was brought forward and councilors voted to reduce the |
| @theMarket: Bond Yields Higher, Inflation Lower With Stocks Caught in Middle
This week, bond yields across the board rose on the back of several disappointing U.S. Treasury bond auctions. However, the Fed's key inflation index, the PCE, for last month came in a touch cooler. It helped, but not enough to keep stocks in the green for the week.
Three bond auctions this week met with tepid interest from |
 | Berkshire County Historical Society Offers Bird Walk
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Sunday, June 2, the Berkshire County Historical Society will offer a bird walk with Ben Nickley, Director of Berkshire Bird Observatory.
According to a press release:
Birds are miraculous! Especially in early summer when they dazzle us with bright, nuptial colors and serenade us |
| Library's Short Story Contest Begins June 1
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library, and the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum announced the 46th Annual Short Story Writing Contest for Children and the 27th Annual Short Story Writing Contest for Young Adults.
The contest opens on Saturday, June 1, 2024, and closes at 4 pm on |
| Weekend Outlook: Pride Celebrations and More
There are a variety of events this weekend, including Pride celebrations, music, and more.
Editors Pick
Berkshire Pride Week
Various Locations, Berkshire County
June 1 through June 9
There will be various Pride events this weekend to celebrate the LGBTQIA-plus |
 | Downtown Pittsfield Mural Shows Morningside Students Shining
The mural is a collaboration between Morningside School and local artists Huck Elling and Marina Dominguez and funded through the Mill Town Foundation and MassDevelopment.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Morningside Community School students smiled and pointed as they saw their own faces in the new mural on the YMCA.
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| The Retired Investor: Federal Reserve's Role in Today's Populism
The Federal Reserve Bank is the most powerful central bank in the world. It has a long history of successes and at times, failures in steering the U.S. economy through ups and downs. This is a story of how a well-intentioned policy has resulted in one of the worst disasters in American history.
After the stock market crash on |
| Berkshire Rowing Club Given OK for New Rack at Onota Lake
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community Rowing is expanding and would like a more sightly way to store its boats at Onota Lake.
"I don't know if I really need to say it, but rowing is a really great community-building sport," Head Coach Becca Cadoff said.
On Tuesday, the Parks Commission |
| BMC North Street Driveway Closing as Part of Construction Project
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced that the North Street driveway to Berkshire Medical Center (opposite the hospital's main entrance) will be closed as of Monday, June 3 and will remain closed for approximately six months.
This closure is the result of the |
| Pittsfield Police Threaten Criminal Charges for Orbeez Guns
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Police Department has doubled down on the school district's public warning about toy gel guns.
On Monday, Pittsfield Police issued a release about Orby or Orbeez toy guns, reporting that in recent weeks, there have been "numerous complaints" about juveniles playing with Orbeez and other similar |
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