| State Awarded $1M For Registered Apprenticeships
BOSTON — Today, at the Massachusetts Apprenticeship Council meeting, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced that the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) awarded $1,052,584 for Massachusetts to support Registered Apprenticeship as a training and employment strategy for emerging industries.
This awarded USDOL |
| Carr Hardware Announces Pittsfield Store Remodel
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carr Hardware announced that the Pittsfield location will undergo a $400,000 remodel this fall.
The remodel will be completed with all local contractors, and the store will remain open through the remodel, ensuring customers will continue receiving service and products.
Shoppers will |
| Dalton Green Committee Member Receives MassRecycle Award
Thomas Irwin
DALTON, Mass. — Local environmental activist and Green Committee member Dr. Thomas Irwin was awarded the inaugural outstanding volunteer award during MassRecycle's 29th annual award ceremony.
MassRecycle is a statewide non-profit coalition dedicated to improving sustainable materials |
| Paul Mark Appointed to Cultural Economy Advisory Council
BOSTON — The Healey Driscoll Administration appointed members of the Cultural Economy Advisory Council.
The group is comprised of public and private sector stakeholders charged with exploring policies that support artists and cultural organizations, examining ways to create economic opportunities in the arts and culture |
| BIC to Host TEDx Berkshires 2024
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Innovation Center (BIC) are hosting TEDx Berkshires 2024.
TEDx Berkshires is a local, independently organized event.This year's event will be held on Thursday, OCt. 10, 2024, from 1:30 – 5:00 pm, with a reception to follow.
Tickets are now |
| Dalton Sets Special Town Meeting for Oct. 9
DALTON, Mass. — There will be a special town meeting at Nessacus Regional Middle School on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. to vote on four articles.
The first article requests the voters approve decreasing the fiscal year debt exclusion line item by $48,668.
Article 2 asks to transfer a sum from capital |
| @theMarket: China Stimulus Boosts World Markets
A week after the U.S. central bank's policy shift, Chinese authorities unleashed their monetary policy dragon. The move caught world financial markets by surprise and launched the Shanghai Composite index up more than 9 percent in three days.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) launched its largest stimulus package since |
 | BRPC Outlines Busy Year Addressing Region's Needs
Executive Director Thomas Matuszko highlights the work the commission as done this past year at BRPC's annual meeting.
RICHMOND, Mass.— Berkshire Regional Planning Commission had a busy year addressing the region's needs through a dozen cross-cutting programs.
"We really are out of the COVID era and have |
| The Retired Investor: My Economic Outlook into 2025
On the back of last week's half-point cut in interest rates by the Federal Reserve Bank, equities and many commodities rallied anticipating continued growth in the U.S. economy. Why, therefore, did bond prices plunge?
Normally, after the Federal Reserve Bank begins an interest rate-cutting cycle, bond prices rally, and yields |
| Pittsfield Police Arrest Maine Murder Suspect
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Police arrested a man on a warrant for murder in Maine after a pursuit Friday that prompted Pittsfield schools to enact a brief lockdown.
Keith Thorpe, 42, of Bangor is wanted in the homicide of 39-year-old Virginia Cookson, who was found dead in her home Wednesday.
Police posted on social media that |
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