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Berkshire Food Project Recognizes Hours Put in by Volunteers By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:11AM / Tuesday, January 28, 2020 | |
Three generations of volunteers with Linda Palumbo, left, Cindy Bolte, Alicia Rondeau and Cassandra Shoestack. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Five days a week a troop volunteers helps the small staff of the Berkshire Food Project feed hundreds of people. On Monday night, the tables were turned. More than 30 volunteers and attending family members were served up a choice of beef wellington and potato, salmon and rice, or a vegetarian meal, along with appetizers, dessert and beverages. "Just from 2018 to 2019, [we served] 10,000 more meals, right, a 28 percent increase in 2019. So the numbers on the stove, same amount of counterspace. The only thing 0 Comments
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Medicare For All Bill Slowly Building Support in MassachusettsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:06AM / Monday, January 27, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — There's a group working hard to make Massachusetts the Saskatchewan of the United States. State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, 1st Hampshire District, sees the potential for the Bay State to follow the Canadian province's groundbreaking example in 1962 of being the first to provide single-payer health care to its citizens. "Health-care costs are rising by 3 percent every year ... we know we're in an untenable situation where health care costs keep rising, where people are paying more and more every year," she told more than three dozen people gathered at the Tavern on the A on Thursday night. "We need to really come up with 8 Comments
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Clarksburg Applying for Housing Rehabilitation Grant FundsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
02:26AM / Monday, January 27, 2020 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The town is applying for about $300,000 in federal money that can help some residents fix up their homes. The Select Board on Wednesday voted to sign on to a Community Development Block Grant application with the towns of Lee and Lenox for housing rehabilitation. The application is due on March 6. "This is a competitive grant application ... the most amount of money for one town would be $800,000 and for several towns going together, it's up to $1.3 million," explained Patricia Mullins, community and economic development program manager for Berkshire Regional Planning Commission. Administrative and program delivery costs 0 Comments
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Hunter College Snaps MCLA Men's Basketball's Winning StreakMCLA Sports Information,
11:30PM / Friday, January 24, 2020 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- MCLA's Noah Yearsley scored 26 points, but it wasn't enough as the men's basketball team saw their nine game winning streak snapped by Hunter College 84-79 Friday afternoon in non league action. In the opening half, neither team led by more than six points as the Hawks (5-13) took a slim 41-39 lead into halftime. The same held true in the closing half, but with six minutes remaining, Hunter led 67-62. MCLA (12-5) responded with a 7-0 spurt to grab a 69-67 lead as Yearsley scored five points in the run, but still with five minutes left to play. After trading leads over the next several minutes, Hunter took the lead for good on Melvin 0 Comments
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Guest Column: Statement on Sentencing in Steele-Knudslien MurderGuest Column,
08:23PM / Friday, January 24, 2020 | |
 As the region's longest-serving LGBTQ organization, Berkshire Stonewall Community Coalition has closely followed the case of the murder of Christa Steele-Knudslien, the North Adams resident and founder of the Miss Trans New England Pageant. Today [Thursday], her murderer has been sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole after serving 25 years. In the two years since we lost Christa, the community has rallied around her memory and inspiration. In North Adams, a grassroots task force was founded in reaction to her death and those of other residents killed by their partners. This led to the Berkshire County Domestic and Sexual Violence Task Force, a coalition of 0 Comments
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@theMarket: FOMO Infects InvestorsBy Bill Schmick,
04:55PM / Friday, January 24, 2020 | |
 The stock market is frothy. The great gains that investors experienced last year are extending into this year. As the indexes climb, more and more of those on the sidelines are jumping in. Is this a good sign? No, it isn't. "The Fear of Missing Out," or FOMO is rearing its greedy head on Wall Street. Those who may have raised some cash in the past few months, fearing a trade war, or the impeachment proceedings, have watched the portfolios underperform the averages, ignore all the negative news and climb higher. On the geopolitical front, we have seen the same thing. Selling on fear of an Iranian response to the killing of one of their heroes was the wrong move 0 Comments
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Berkshire County Adult Baseball League Welcomes New PlayersCommunity submission,
01:15PM / Friday, January 24, 2020 | |
 The Berkshire County Adult Baseball League is looking for players from Berkshire County for the 20-and-over league and the 35-and-over league. To register anyone can go to the league's website at www. Leaguelineup.com/orazl For more information, contact Lou orazio at Orazl@aol.com or 413-663-0741. The first meeting of the year is on Feb. 22 at the Dalton American Legion from 5 to 7 p.m. 0 Comments
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Man Sentenced to Life for Murder of Christa Steele-Knudslien| 05:50PM / Thursday, January 23, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The murderer of Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien will spend life in prison. Mark Steele-Knudslien, 49, pleaded guilty on Thursday in Berkshire Superior Court to second-degree murder in the death of his wife. Judge John Agostini sentenced him to life in state prison, with parole eligibility in 25 years. Steele-Knudslien had killed Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien, his wife of less than a year, on the evening of Jan. 4, 2018, in their North Adams home by stabbing her and striking her with a hammer. "I send my heartfelt condolences to those who loved Christa dearly and the entire transgender community who looked up to her as a 0 Comments
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Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Welcomes Four New Board Members| 04:36PM / Thursday, January 23, 2020 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires announces the addition of four new members to the NPC board.
The organization was founded in 2016 to help nonprofits connect, learn and grow. Since then, it has launched 20 programs, including workshops, publications, networking events, and the Berkshire Nonprofit Awards.
"We're excited to evolve our board to meet the challenges of our fast-growing organization, and harness their creativity and connections to meet the demands of the nonprofit sector we serve," NPC founder Liana Toscanini said.
Stephanie Bosley serves as the Community Connector Partnership Coordinator with Berkshire Community Action
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The Independent Investor: Intellectual Property Has Not Always Been So ImportantBy Bill Schmick,
04:33PM / Thursday, January 23, 2020 | |
 America's intellectual property (IP) is worth more than $6.6 trillion and employs 45 million Americans and hundreds of millions more worldwide. It is estimated that IP-intensive industries account for one-third of the country's total Gross Domestic Product and 52 percent of U.S. merchandise exports. It is why we, as a country, are fighting so hard to protect these rights today. The figures above come from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. If anything, they understate the value of IP to all of us. So what, exactly is IP? Generally, it is any product of the human intellect that the law protects from unauthorized use by others. Inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, 0 Comments
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Berkshire Money Management Welcomes Operations Manager| 04:28PM / Thursday, January 23, 2020 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — Natalie Wheeler has joined the Berkshire Money Managament team as operations manager.
Prior to joining Berkshire Money Management, Wheeler was the director of office operations at Atlas Private Wealth Management for nine years. During her time at Atlas, she helped spearhead organizational goals and procedures to ensure that all general office and personnel operations ran smoothly across multiple offices. Her professional versatility provided all employees with the necessary tools, training and resources they needed to be successful.
Wheeler also managed employee benefits and all human resource questions and concerns.
"Natalie has significant executive-level
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Mass MoCA Hosts Community Day with Free Admission on Saturday| 03:52PM / Thursday, January 23, 2020 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mass MoCA will host its annual Community Day, with free admission for all, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25. End the day by dancing along to M.A.K.U. Soundsystem’s mash of Colombian folklore, psychedelic rock, and Caribbean grooves, up in Club B10 at 8 p.m.
The annual community celebration is brimming with art-making, gallery tours, live music, pop-up performances, fun photos, a free screening of "Museum Town" directed by Jennifer Trainer Thompson, and tons more to inspire and explore.
Also, Kidspace turns 20 this year, and everyone is invited to join the festivities to celebrate two decades of bringing engaging exhibitions and a vibrant
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