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Local Businessman Planning Purchase of WaubeekaBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
07:44PM / Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
 A purchase and sale agreement has been signed for Waubeeka Golf Links. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Waubeeka Golf Links should have a new owner Friday.
Michael Deep of North Adams confirmed on Tuesday that he has signed a purchase-and-sales agreement for the 18-hole golf course.
"I'm excited," he said. "I'm very, very excited and happy. Now I'm just waiting for Friday."
Several local names had surfaced as interested buyers in the last few weeks as the deadline loomed for whether the course would open this spring or not. Deep said he had been interested but backed off when another potential buyer began serious talks with owners James and Jody Goff so as
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Berkshire Business Leaders Air Concerns To Gov. PatrickBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
05:50PM / Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
 Gov. Deval Patrick met with business leaders Tuesday morning. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Local business leaders posed their concerns — from raising the minimum wage to energy costs to funding for cultural institutions — to Gov. Deval Patrick on Tuesday at a roundtable forum at the Country Club of Pittsfield.
The governor kept his own remarks short at the joint meeting of the Berkshire and Massachusetts business roundtables so as to hear the concerns of Berkshire businesses. The gathering is one way the business community can help align public policy, according to Michael Daly, CEO of Berkshire Bank and chairman of the Berkshire Business Roundtable.
"I think we all as
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"Non-Stop": In the Jet ScreamBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
02:18PM / Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Universal Pictures Liam Neeson is a beleaguered air marshal stuck on a non-stop flight full of action-movie cliches. Just in case coffee, assorted world crises and the increasingly callous behavior of obnoxious fellow motorists aren't making you nervous enough, director Jaume Collet-Sera has concocted "Non-Stop." Fraught with tension and some of your worst apprehensions realized, it offers folks an entertaining rationale not to relinquish their fear of flying.
Starring at the center of this taut high-wire act, Liam Neeson is Bill Marks, a beleaguered air marshal whose personal
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Secret Outdoor 'Museum' Draws Graffiti Artists From Around RegionBy Joe Durwin, Pittsfield Correspondent
10:36AM / Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
 Artists were working over the weekend at the "Graffiti Museum," a little known outdoors studio in Pittsfield. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — It's Pittsfield's premier outdoor art studio, though few have laid eyes on it. Just out of view on private property, its existence and location are all but unknown to most locals, yet artists from cities around the Northeast routinely visit to exhibit new works. Tucked away behind a longtime local business, invisible from the road and all but a few out-of-the-way vantage points, several thousand square feet of walls clustered against a hillside have for years functioned quietly as a kind of semi-exclusive, self-regulated coop 0 Comments
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North Adams Rollover Sends Driver to HospitalStaff Reports,
10:27AM / Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A sport-utility vehicle rolled over at the bottom of Massachusetts Avenue on Tuesday morning, sending the driver to North Adams Regional Hospital. The black Chevy Tracker ZR-2 apparently veered out of the lane, hitting the banking on the westbound lane and rolling over. It came to rest rightside up across the eastbound lane.
The only occupant was the woman driving the vehicle. The road was briefly closed to remove the vehicle.
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North Adams School Contractor Bids Delayed by ComplaintBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:51PM / Monday, March 10, 2014 | |
 The School Building Committee will have to wait until next week to open the general contractor bids. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Conte School project is on hold for a week after complaints were filed over a subcontractor bid.
"Early last we week got notice from the subbids on the low masonry contractor on what we thought was a technicality," said Kenneth J. Guyette of Strategic Building Solutions, the owner's project manager. "The [attorney general] said the signature was a statutory requirement and we were contracted to reject the bid."
A bid complaint was filed against Champlain Masonry, the low bidder on the project, for failing to fill out
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Settling a Loved One's Financial AffairsWells Farg Advisors, Submitted Content
04:18PM / Monday, March 10, 2014 | |
Dealing with your grief when a loved one dies is hard enough. But often you may find yourself in a situation where you have to deal with financial and investment matters as well. The feelings of uncertainty about what to do next and who to consult can be overwhelming.
The following suggestions may help guide you through the process.
Gathering the Pieces
The first time you're involved in settling a loved one's financial affairs, the many details you must address may seem bewildering and time-consuming. As a first step, you may wish to consult your attorney regarding important deadlines and procedures; in some cases, an attorney's assistance is required. Regardless, there are
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North Adams Collision Sends One to HospitalBy Rebecca Dravis,
01:46PM / Monday, March 10, 2014 | |
 The driver of a pickup involved in a collision on Monday looks over the damage with a police officer. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Police are investigating a two-vehicle accident on East Main Street that occurred around midday on Monday.
The pickup trunk and small sedan collided head-on the curve near the intersection of East Main Street and Summit Avenue.
The driver of the westbound car, heading down the steep street, left the scene fairly quickly but police were reported to be looking to speak to him again.
The driver of the Dodge pickup truck was not injured. The passenger, his wife, was taken away by ambulance but was conscious and talking on the phone.
Neighbors and police said
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Clarksburg Interviews Former Selectman For Administrator PostBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:12AM / Monday, March 10, 2014 | |
 Selectmen Jeffrey Levanos and Chairwoman Lily Kuzia interview former board member Carl McKinney on Thursday. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The fourth candidate for town administrator put the Selectmen in the odd position Thursday of interviewing a former colleague.
Carl McKinney served on the Selectmen for 11 years, leaving as chairman in January to apply for the town administrator post.
McKinney is the fourth, and expected to be the final, candidate. Three candidates were interviewed two weeks before; a fifth candidate had been scheduled but withdrew her application. A new administrator could be named as soon as Tuesday. A meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday at 5 p.m.
McKinney
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Planning Commission Debuts New Regional Sustainability PlanBy Joe Durwin, Pittsfield Correspondent
06:12AM / Sunday, March 09, 2014 | |
 BRPC Executive Director Nathaniel Karns said the Sustainable Berkshires regional plan is nearing completion. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A three-year, half-million dollar countywide effort to develop an updated plan for promoting a stable and sustainable regional economy in the Berkshires has been completed. Now, public input is being sought as the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission prepares to make its final decisions on the plan. At a public hearing at the Berkshire Athenaeum on Thursday, BRPC representatives took comments and questions on the "Sustainable Berkshires" plan, which outlines goals and strategies to inform the region's developmental planning in 2 Comments
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