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Are We There Yet?: Book It To These EventsBy Rebecca Dravis,
11:07PM / Thursday, July 24, 2014 | |
 I've got Pownal on my mind. I know, strange, right? It's a little town in the corner of Vermont. What's so special about Pownal? This Saturday, July 26, the annual Pownal Valley Community Fair will be held behind the post office on Route 346, starting at 10 a.m. The fair features kids games, an exhibit hall, crafts and vendors, food for sale, horseshoe tournament and more. The day ends with fireworks at 9:30 p.m. But more personally, my daughter and I just finished reading Williamstown author Elizabeth Winthrop's "Counting on Grace," a book about a girl in the early 1900s who has to work in a cotton mill in North Pownal. The book is inspired by a photo
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North Adams Making Pothole Progress With New EquipmentBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
08:42PM / Thursday, July 24, 2014 | |
 The new hot box will keep asphalt at the right temperatures for pothole repairs. The city got the equipment last week. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Department of Public Works has received two new machines that will provide more efficient asphalt distribution to keep up with the city's many potholes. Public Services Superintendent Timothy Lescarbeau said the new Hot Box and the Asphalt Recycler will greatly improve blacktopping in the city as well as save money. "The recycler takes used asphalt … and reheats it; we throw some rejuvenator in it so we have our own hot mix basically," Lescarbeau said. "In the hot box you put the mix in, and there is a burner in
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Burgess Leads Mount Anthony Boys in OT| 02:49PM / Thursday, July 24, 2014 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Mount Anthony Union High School's Damon Burgess scored 21 points to lead the Bennington, Vt., school to a 63-60 double overtime win over Manchester, Vt.,'s Burr & Burton Academy on Wednesday night the John Giorgi Summer Basketball league. Ty Champagne scored 14 points with five rebounds and four blocks for the Patriots. Burr & Burton's Tyeshawn Gadson scored 26 points in the loss. In Wednesday's other High School Division game, Emmett Shepard scored 14 points to lead Mount Greylock past Hoosac Valley, 52-32. Michael McCormack scored nine and grabbed eight rebounds for the Mounties. Avery Hall scored eight for 0 Comments
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Lager, Latin on Tap for Local FaithfulBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:03PM / Thursday, July 24, 2014 | |
 Singing hymns in the back room at Baba Louie's in Pittsfield recently, as part of Zion Lutheran Church's 'Beer & Hymn' events. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Area Christians will have a couple of "outside the box" offerings from local churches over the next few days. On Thursday in Pittsfield, the Zion Lutheran Church will offer the latest in its series of "Beer & Hymns" events at 7 p.m. in the back room at Baba Louie's Pizza on Depot Street. On Sunday in North Adams, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church will substitute its regular 10:45 a.m. service with a traditional Latin Mass, celebrated by a visiting priest from the Nebraska 0 Comments
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Clarksburg Town Administrator Off to Running StartBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
02:37AM / Thursday, July 24, 2014 | |
 New Town Administrator Carl McKinney is in a different seat at the table after nearly a dozen years as a selectman. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The new town administrator was all business Wednesday night, running the Selectmen through a list a backlog of items.
Not surprising, since the town's new executive is Carl McKinney, a longtime former selectman and Finance Committee member.
"It was exciting," he said of his first week in the town administrator's office. "You better know what you're doing and your Is are doted and Ts are crossed. ... as long as you understand who you're serving."
Expected to start in August, McKinney stepped into the post
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The Family Place to Host 'Back-Packed for Success'| 10:43AM / Wednesday, July 23, 2014 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Family Place is hosting a back-to-school event for kids entering pre-K through sixth grade at local northern Berkshire elementary schools.
Students and their parents can get a free backpack filled with school supplies and meet their school principal.
The event for families living in Florida and Savoy will be located at Gabriel Abbott Elementary School, 56 North County Road, Florida, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
The event for families living in Williamstown, North Adams, Clarksburg, Adams, & Cheshire will be located at The Family Place, 61 Main St., North Adams, on Thursday, Aug. 14 from 1 to 3 p.m.
This event requires pre-registration
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Tremblay, McLaughlin Lead Tony's to Giorgi League Win| 11:12PM / Tuesday, July 22, 2014 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Lucy Tremblay scored 15 points, and Courtney McLaughlin had 10 to lead Tony's Electrict/Flynn & Dagnoli to a 39-35 win over Teddy's Pizza on Tuesday evening in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League. Hollie Steinman scored 12 with 14 rebounds for Teddy's. Alson on Tuesday, Williamstown Physical Therapy defeated Mount Anthony, 59-36, behind 23 points from Alia Curry. Emily Rosse and Danielle Racette each scored 10 for WPT. Brianna Legacy scored 13, and Morgan Hewitt had nine for the Patriots. On Monday night, MCLA/Deep Insurance, Bloom Property and Key West each picked up wins in the Open Division. For MCLA, Khalil 0 Comments
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'Rats Sink 'CatsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
10:42PM / Tuesday, July 22, 2014 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The die was cast early for the North Adams SteepleCats on Tuesday night. The 'Cats were given a golden opportunity to score in their first turn at bat, and they could not convert that chance or any others in a 4-0 New England Collegiate Baseball League loss to the Laconia, N.H., at Joe Wolfe Field. "First inning, we have a runner on third, nobody out, and we strike out three straight times without even making contact," North Adams coach Chris Cates said. "The lack of execution -- that completely turns a ballgame around. "We get a run there, and we're up 1-0 with our all-star pitcher on the mound, who has already beaten 0 Comments
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Major Demolition Nearly Complete for North Adams School ProjectBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
10:38PM / Monday, July 21, 2014 | |
 Scaffolding covers the north end of what will be the Colegrove Park Elementary School. A blog with photos of the progress being kept up by Jones Whitsett Architects can be found here. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Conte School gymnasium will come down this week as demolition continues on the renovation of the former middle school.
Crews have removed most of the windows, dug up the ground floor for piping and are nearly finished with asbestos abatement. The steel roof of the gym was removed last week and the old oil tank taken out.
So far, few surprises have popped up during demolition, a concern for the School Building Committee overseeing the $30 million project to turn the
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North Adams Second-Graders Drilled in Emergency SkillsBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
04:08PM / Monday, July 21, 2014 | |
 An 'injured' student is attended to by an EMT at a mock emergency drill on Monday morning, part of the North Adams Public School's summer science camp. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A visitor to Northern Berkshire YMCA on Monday morning might have been alarmed to see young children swathed in bandages and "bleeding" behind the building. Not to worry. The children were taking turns on how to react to a real crisis — such as falling off their bikes — fake blood and all. The second-graders were participating in the school district's 21st Century Community Learning Center Summer Science Camp. And they loaded classmates onto stretchers as a
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