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Berkshire Education Task Force Developing Models for CollaborationBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:13AM / Tuesday, October 09, 2018 | |
 LEE, Mass. — The Berkshire County Education Task Force has completed its initial mission of determining options for local schools facing difficult economic and academic futures. Now, it's hoping to offer pathways to school officials as they decide whether and how far to proceed toward the task force's solution of a single countywide school district. William Cameron, task force member and retired superintendent of the Central Berkshire Regional School District, presented the coalition's goals to the meeting of Region VI of the Massachusachusetts Association of School Committees last week. The task force last met on Sept. 22, he said, 0 Comments
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Clarksburg Principal Looks to Spend More Time in ClassroomBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:07PM / Monday, October 08, 2018 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Principal Tara Barnes will be a little less available this school year. Barnes told the School Committee she'd made a point of getting back as quickly as possible to parents and guardians when they've called. But after a recent coaching session, she's reorganizing her calendar to get her out of the office and into the classrooms more. "Being in the classroom is where the work is happening," she told the committee on Thursday. "We all know this because this is where all the magic is happening and sometimes principals get bogged down with reports, and meetings ... we allow things to pull us away from 0 Comments
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Area Teams Earn Titles at Dalton Youth Soccer Tournament| 09:34AM / Monday, October 08, 2018 | |
DALTON, Mass. -- Teams from Dalton, North Adams, Pittsfield and Williamstown picked up titles at the 22nd annual Dalton CRA Just for Kicks Socccer Tournament on Sunday. Fifty-five teams of boys and girls in various age groups converged on Nessacus Middle School and Wahconah Regional High School for two days of games starting on Saturday morning. Teams were drawn from every part of the county plus the Pioneer Valley, Vermont and New York's Capital District. The hometown squad from Dalton earned the U14 boys championship with a 6-1 win over Pittsfield Soccer Club in the title game. In the U14 girls, PSC turned the tables, taking a 1-0 win over Dalton in the 0 Comments
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Parkington Standing Out on College Volleyball TeamiBerkshires.com Sports,
05:38AM / Monday, October 08, 2018 | |
 Wahconah High graduate Emma Parkington is a two-time Rookie of the Week in the Empire 8 as a freshman on the Russell Sage College volleyball team this fall. Parkington most recently earned the award on Sept. 24 after averaging 1.83 kills per set over 18 sets while hitting to a .310 percentage and recording a team-best 49 assists in four matches for the Gators. On the year, Parkington leads Sage (5-15) in kills (132), assists (189) and hitting percentage (.224). She also has 20 service aces. And she is only one of a number of 2018 Berkshire County high school graduates making impacts on their collegiate volleyball teams this season. At Anna Maria College, freshman 0 Comments
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Gabriel Abbott School Starts Off School Year With Anti-Bullying BlitzBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:01AM / Monday, October 08, 2018 | |
Children in the kindergarten/accelerated preschool class make lion and mouse puppets to learn about kindness and friendship. FLORIDA, Mass. — The class of third-graders at Gabriel Abbott Memorial School were quick to raise their hands on Friday as their bingo square was called out. This game wasn't about numbers but about attitudes, empathy and safety. Each block had a word or phrase related to bullying and relationships like verbal and emotional, trusted adults, walk away, kindness and "think before you click." "Our words can really hurt someone," said Carol Mulcahy, director for community outreach and education for the 1 Comment
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New Leads MCLA Golfers at Elms Invitational| 10:15PM / Sunday, October 07, 2018 | |
 SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. -- The MCLA golf team Sunday finished 15th at the Elms Invitational. The event was won by Husson University, and Husson's Gavin Dugas took home individual honors after shooting a 36 hole total of 143. MCLA was paced by Pittsfield's Bobby New, who finished in 32nd place. He followed up his first round 84 with a closing 82. The event was played at the Ledges Golf Club over the par 72 layout. MCLA is back in action next Sunday when it opens play in the NAC Championships. 0 Comments
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MCLA Volleyball Drops a Pair| 08:09PM / Saturday, October 06, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The MCLA volleyball team dropped a pair of games Saturday afternoon as they hosted a tri match with Norwich and Lebanon Valley. The Trailblazers fell in five sets to the Cadets in the opening game, 3-2, before Lebanon Valley earned a 3-0 win in the nightcap. Lebanon Valley completed the sweep by defeating Norwich 3-1 as well. The Trailblazers fell to 6-12 on the season with the losses. MCLA took the opening set against Norwich, 25-20, before the Cadets took the next two by scores of 26-24 and 25-23 to take a 2-1 lead. MCLA forced a fifth set with a 25-23 win of their own before Norwich took the decisive fifth set 15-9 to earn the 0 Comments
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@theMarket: Will China Be Next?By Bill Schmick,
10:37AM / Saturday, October 06, 2018 | |
 After this week's trade deal between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, investors are waiting to see if China will now come to the table. What would it take for that to happen? Mid-term elections could be the trigger. It wouldn't surprise me to see a deal before November — since the polls appear to favor the Democrats. Trump's tariff offensives, while supported by most of his base, are deeply disturbing to those who are feeling the brunt of foreign-trade retaliation. Farmers, for example, and blue-collar workers in certain steel-related industries, are suffering. Many of them are also part of the 39 percent minority of Americans who support Donald Trump and his 0 Comments
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Berkshire Bank Promotes One to First Vice President| 03:45PM / Friday, October 05, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Bank has promoted Deanna Markham to first vice president/retail distribution manager.
In her new position, Markham will maintain a strong leadership presence and community involvement as she remains local to the Berkshires, working from the company's Pittsfield office.
Markham has held many positions throughout the company since her start with Berkshire Bank in 2006 as a branch manager in Lee, Mass. In her 12 years at the bank, she has advanced in the company, including promotions to AVP/branch manager, vice president/regional manager in Berkshire County and, most recently, vice president/sales and delivery in 2017.
Recognized for her hard
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Hinds Named Co-Chair of Committion on Public School Transportation| 03:35PM / Friday, October 05, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — State Sen. Adam Hinds has been appointed to co-chair the Special Commission on Improving Efficiencies in Student Transportation by Senate President Karen E. Spilka.
"The method and formulas by which our public school districts are funded are flawed, and this impacts the budgets of all our schools," Hinds said. "That is why I am excited by this opportunity to address such a significant issue that impacts school and municipal budgets, and, ultimately, directs money back into our classrooms."
The Special Commission, established by Section 77 of the FY19 state budget (Chapter 154 of the Acts of 2018), is charged with making recommendations
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'Fahrenheit 11/9': It's Worse Than you ThinkBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
03:00PM / Friday, October 05, 2018 | |
 Walk down almost any street USA and ask 10 people if they know who Mike Pence is. You'd be surprised how few do. But I betcha bunches of them know where Miley Cyrus is playing this Friday night. Such is the complacent folly of a citizenry entirely certain that the Founding Fathers put our democracy on automatic pilot. And therefore, no amount of selfish incursion from greedy forces within should tear us away from munching Fritos and gulping mass quantities of beer while we watch today's version of the gladiators do their best to sustain brain injuries. But hark, good citizen, there are, alas, true patriots in the land, and not the kind that simply wrap themselves in the flag 1 Comment
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The Independent Investor: Estate Planning Is for All of UsBy Bill Schmick,
02:32PM / Friday, October 05, 2018 | |
 Here is a trick question. What did Aretha Franklin, Tupac Shakur, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Lincoln have in common? They are all famous people who died without a will. In the case of the "Queen of Soul," she died in August leaving $80 million and according to Michigan state law, those assets should eventually be divided up among her four children. In the meantime, the entire estate must go through the probate process, which is both expensive and time-consuming. Some other famous people who failed to prepare their heirs and beneficiaries for their eventual death are: Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Howard Hughes Sonny Bono, James Brown, Prince, and Michael 0 Comments
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