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Longtime Nephrologist Honored with BMC Patient-Centered Award| 11:18AM / Tuesday, April 16, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A highly respected and longtime Berkshire Medical Center nephrologist has been recognized with the 2019 Patient-Centered Physician Award, presented annually to a physician who exemplifies the philosophy of patient-centered care at BMC.
Dr. Henry Rose, who has served kidney disease and dialysis patients at BMC for more than 30 years, was awarded the honor during a special breakfast ceremony on March 29, National Doctors Day.
"Henry works in an environment and with patients facing a critical illness and life-altering treatments and care. When these patients first begin their dialysis, they are naturally concerned, nervous, and are often frightened about their
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North Berkshire Coalition Forum Urged to Think GreenBy Rebecca Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:31AM / Tuesday, April 16, 2019 | |
Mary Stucklen, a member of the Pittsfield Green Committee, had some green advice for the forum participants on Friday. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — We've all heard it before, but the "reduce, reuse, recycle" mantra is one we should still be heeding. That was the message a group of environmental advocates gave to the approximately 100 participants in the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition forum on Friday, titled "Moving Toward Sustainable Living in North Berkshire": Do what you can to help reduce your own footprint. Elena Traister, professor of environmental studies at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, got the ball rolling by reminding the audience of the
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MCLA's New Named League's Pitcher of Week for Third Time this Year| 07:37PM / Monday, April 15, 2019 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- For the third time this season, MCLA's Bobby New has been selected as the MASCAC pitcher of the week. The Pittsfield High graduate earned the honor twice in March for the Trailblazers. Sharing weekly honors with New was Andrew Miller of Worcester State. He was tabbed the conference's player and rookie of the week. New put together two outstanding performances this week, both against Mass. Maritime. His week began on Friday by tossing a nine inning complete game shutout against the Bucs. He struck out 10 batters to earn his first win of the weekend. Unexpectedly, New came back on Sunday out of the bullpen and tossed three more scoreless 0 Comments
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Locals Compete at 123rd Boston MarathoniBerkshires.com Sports,
07:28PM / Monday, April 15, 2019 | |
 BOSTON, Mass. -- Lee’s Matt Kinnaman finished 71st in his division to post one of the strongest performances among Berkshire County residents competing at Monday’s 123rd Boston Marathon. Kinnaman, 58, covered the 26.2 mile route from Hopkinton to downtown Boston in 3 hours, 13 minutes, 15 seconds. The fastest county resident listed on the Boston Athletic Association’s list of official finishers on Monday evening was Great Barrington’s Nicholas Curelop, 30, who broke the three-hour mark, finishing in 2:58:18 to finish 1,603rd in his division. The fastest woman across the finish line from the county contingent was Housatonic’s Kristen 0 Comments
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Windstorm Blows Through Berkshires| 12:14PM / Monday, April 15, 2019 | |
A wind gust or microburst blew out the side of a barn in Clarksburg. Owner Dan Tanner posed on Facebook that it shifted the barn 4-6 inches and took down trees around the property. A severe storm system working its way along the East Coast blew through the Berkshires early Monday morning, taking down trees in several areas. The region saw winds of 45 to 60 mph and tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were in place for several areas overnight in eastern New York state. There is a flood watch in effect through Tuesday morning from rainfall and snowmelt runoff and strong winds are expected to continue in the I-91 corridor, according to the National 0 Comments
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Jake Ferrara's Walkoff Single Lifts MCLA| 05:55PM / Sunday, April 14, 2019 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Jake Ferrara's single to center field scored Taconic graduate Austin Rachiele with the winning run and completing a comeback win and lifting the Trailblazers to a 4-3 nine inning win over Mass Maritime in Game Two of a twinbill at Joe Wolfe Field in MASCAC action on Sunday. The Buccaneers took game one 2-1 in a pitchers duel. MCLA (8-17) took the season series from MMA and is now 2-8 in the conference. MMA (7-18) drops to 4-8 in the league. Game One The opening game saw both starting pitchers throw very well. MMA's Brian Kwedor and MCLA's Brendan Kelly matched each other pitch for pitch and kept opposing offenses at 0 Comments
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City Woman Wins Hometown Holidays Gift Basket |
Jonathan Secor had some help in pulling the winning ticket.
Congrats to Janet O'Neill of North Adams who won the big Hometown Holidays gift basket on Thursday. O'Neill won some $1,300 worth of gift certificates and merchandise.
The drawing could be entered by spending $50 downtown during the Thursday night Hometown Holiday events. Jonathan Secor of MCLA Gallery 51 said 62 people had entered the contest (including the editor of iBerkshires &mdash amazing how much cat toys cost nowadays).
Secor contacted O'Neill who was excited and surprised at winning. "No, I'm not kidding," Secor assured her
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