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Breaking: Adams Man Accused in Terror Plot Pleads Guilty, Agrees to 20-Year SentenceBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com
02:36PM / Monday, May 21, 2018 | |
 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Adams man accused by the government of plotting a terror attack and providing material support to the Islamic State pleaded guilty to all charges in federal court on Monday afternoon. Alexander Ciccolo, 25, admitted to supporting ISIS, planning a terror attack at an unnamed college campus outside Massachusetts, illegally possessing firearms and assaulting a nurse at the Franklin County Jail on the first night of his incarceration during a 50-minute hearing before Judge Mark G. Mastroianni. According to a plea agreement negotiated between Ciccolo’s lawyers and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ciccolo would be sentenced to 20 years in prison and a 0 Comments
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Berkshires Beat: Roots Rising Enters New Phase| 01:40PM / Monday, May 21, 2018 | |
 Rise up Roots Rising, Pittsfield's farm-based youth development program, was developed in collaboration by Alchemy Initiative and Berkshire Botanical Garden, and launched in 2017. Now that the program is in operation, the two organizations have agreed to shift to a single managing organization. This will ensure the most efficient oversight of the program’s continued growth and success. Effective immediately, Roots Rising will become a program of Alchemy Initiative, with Berkshire Botanical Garden stepping aside as a program partner.
Both Alchemy Initiative and Berkshire Botanical Garden are extremely proud of Roots Rising's achievements in its first year of operation. In
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Music & Art Come Together This Summer With Painted PianosBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:08AM / Monday, May 21, 2018 | |
Keith Bona checks out his piano at Memorial School. ADAMS, Mass. — More than a dozen pianos are being transformed into singular artworks to evoke the county's musical and artistic heritage. Dirty, dusty and out of tune, these castoffs found new partners as local artists tramped through the empty Memorial School last Tuesday to select the perfect piano for their endeavors. Sue MacVeety of Sheffield had come prepared with primer, covering her selection with its first base coat of white. Keith Bona of North Adams picked a large upright and was planning out a celestial concept and figuring how he might use the frame-like back. "This 3 Comments
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Local Collegians Making their Marks in Spring Post-SeasoniBerkshires.com Sports,
09:30PM / Sunday, May 20, 2018 | |
 Taconic graduate Dom Nda is headed to the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships next weekend in Wisconsin. The UMass Boston senior qualified as an individual in the 100-meter dash and will run a leg on the Beacon’s 4-by-100 relay quartet. Earlier this month, the 4-by-100 relay squad broke the school’s record in the event by clocking a time of 41.15 seconds at the MIT Last Chance Qualifying Meet. Nda is just one of several area alumni who are competing or have competed in national championships this spring. At the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Championships over the weekend in Minnesota, Hoosac Valley graduate Kali 0 Comments
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Six Qualify to Regional from Pittsfield Pitch, Hit and Run CompetitionCommunity submission,
10:23AM / Saturday, May 19, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Baseball in the Berkshires held the Pitch, Hit and Run Competition at Belanger field on May 12. Although the weather was un-baseball like - cold and rainy - the competition was held, and six boys and girls qualified to move onto the sectionals which will be held in Hadley on June 2. Qualifiers at the sectional competition will move to the regional competition to be held at Fenway Park and the finals at the All-Star Game Weekend in Washington, D.C. Qualifiers from the Pittsfield event included: Aiden Arsenau, Aiden Underdown, Jason Fields Jr., Lily Smith, Gavin O'Donnell and James Smith. 0 Comments
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'Life of the Party': Celebrates the Joys of MediocrityBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
05:43PM / Friday, May 18, 2018 | |
 If you redo in black and white director Ben Falcone's "Life of the Party," wherein suddenly divorced Deanna (Melissa McCarthy) returns to college after dropping out 20 years ago, you've epitomized any number of escapist comedies that populated theaters during the Great Depression. Light, frothy confections that specialized in proving that one can indeed turn lemons into lemonade, they featured silly but likeable characters who, through some unseen benevolent power or just sheer luck, were able to navigate a series of farcical and convoluted perplexions. Even the villains in such fare are rather lighthearted foils as opposed to full-bodied miscreants, 0 Comments
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Mayors' Fitness Challenge 2018 Kicks Off on SaturdaysStaff Reports,
11:54AM / Friday, May 18, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Mayors' Fitness Challenge kicks off on Saturday with demonstrations and activities. Mayor Thomas Bernard will lead off North Adams' kick off at Terra Nova Church's The Green, 87 Main St., from 11 to 1. For Pittsfield, the kick off runs from 9 to 1 at the Common, with Mayor Linda Tyer leading off the challenge 10:55 a.m. The 8-week fitness challenge pits the county's two mayors in a competition to see which one can get the higher percentage of his or her residents engaged in wellness activities. People can sign up as individuals or teams on the website and track their water and healthy food intake and physical activities to rack 0 Comments
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North Adams Committee Lays Out City Clerk Transition PlanBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
03:53AM / Friday, May 18, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council Ad Hoc City Clerk Committee will recommend appointing the Assistant Clerk Deborah Pedercini as the new city clerk. The ad hoc committee met with City Clerk Marilyn Gomeau and Assistant City Clerk Deborah Pedercini Wednesday to go over the positions and a possible transition plan. The committee agreed to recommend promoting Pedercini and hiring a new assistant clerk. "I think this is just that kind of position where you hire someone you are comfortable with knowing that they will move up…there are some positions that are just like that," Committee member Joshua Moran said. "I am perfectly comfortable going this 2 Comments
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Girls Inc. Awards Scholarship to 10 Young Women| 08:45PM / Thursday, May 17, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Girls Inc. of the Berkshires awarded scholarship to 10 young women at its annual Ruth P. Boraksi Celebration Evening on May 3. The event recognizes the achievements of young women throughout Berkshire County and awarded scholarships through the Ruth P. Boraski Funds for Girls and on behalf of area community partners. Receiving Ruth P. Boraski Funds for Girls Inc. Scholarships were Sarah Beckwith and Marya Makuc from Mt. Everett Regional High School; Janayah Burgess and Molly Clement from Taconic High School; Danielle LaBlanc from Pittsfield High School; and Sophie Shron from Monument Mountain High School. On behalf of area partners, scholarships were awarded to
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MCLA Announces Recipients of Berkshire County Educator Recognition Awards| 08:38PM / Thursday, May 17, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has announced the recipients of the eighth annual Berkshire County Educator Recognition Award. This award, presented by MCLA in collaboration with Berkshire County K-12 superintendents and Berkshire Community College, was created to honor the region’s exceptional teachers. The recipients, all of whom recently were recognized at an MCLA ceremony, are Deborah Hartwig (Early Childhood – Community Setting), a Head Start teacher at Berkshire Head Start in Adams; April Mazzeo (Pre-K-Grade 2), a first-grade teacher at Hoosac Valley Elementary School in the Adams-Cheshire School District; Kimberly Comier (Grades 3-6), a
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A Suspicious Package Causes Evacuation Of North Adams Police StationStaff Reports,
06:12PM / Thursday, May 17, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Police Station was temporarily evacuated after a suspicious package was received in the mail. Police say at 11:02 a.m. on Thursday a resident brought a package into the station. The building was immediately evacuated, and emergency operations were implemented. "In a relatively short period of time, law enforcement was able to definitively determine the device was not a threat. This was further confirmed in collaboration with the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and the Massachusetts Department of Fire Service Hazardous Materials Team. Shortly after this determination was made the public safety building was re-opened and police, fire, 0 Comments
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The Independent Investor: Are Americans Saving Enough for Retirement?By Bill Schmick,
05:00PM / Thursday, May 17, 2018 | |
If you simply read the headlines, you would assume that over half of Americans aged 55 and over, have no savings as they approach retirement. That's a dramatic statement, but is it true? Most statisticians derive that data by adding up those who have an IRA or similar tax-deferred savings account such as a 401(k). The latest data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank's Survey of Consumer Finance indicated that 53 percent of households, age 55 to 64, had some savings in those tax-deferred accounts. So, yes, by that standard, almost half of all Americans fail the savings test. But what about all the people who work for the government? There are 22 million workers toiling 0 Comments
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