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MCLA Tennis Downs Lyndon State| 09:11PM / Saturday, April 06, 2019 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. -- The MCLA mixed tennis team cruised to an 8-1 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) win this afternoon over visiting Vermont's Lyndon State. MCLA (3-4, 1-1 NAC) started fast and never looked back. Charles Najimy and Matt Bluteau earned a point in the top doubles slot with a hard fought 8-6 win over Patrick Wickstrom and Neal Mulligan. Nick Castle and Sam Gawron defeated Kyle Leighton and Mukhtar Abdullahi 8-2 in the second slot for another point. Briana Higgins and Mackenna Jordan rolled to an 8-1 win in the third doubles slot to give MCLA a 3-0 advantage heading into singles play. Najimy earned his second tough point of the afternoon by dispatching 0 Comments
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Northern Berkshire School Union Offers Business Post to SVC VeepBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
06:29PM / Friday, April 05, 2019 | |
David Fierro is interviewed Thursday as a finalist for the NBSU post. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — A former treasurer for the city of North Adams has been offered the post of business administrator for the Northern Berkshire School Union. Jennifer Macksey of North Adams has accepted the position, pending negotiations, Superintendent of Schools John Franzoni said Friday. Macksey was one of three finalists for the position who were interviewed on Thursday evening at Clarksburg School. Nine members of the School Committee representing the union's five towns spent nearly 2 1/2 hours interviewing the three candidates and debating their choice, finally 0 Comments
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@theMarket: Markets on a TearBy Bill Schmick,
04:22PM / Friday, April 05, 2019 | |
 As fearful as investors were back in December, the greedier they have become in April. Investor sentiment is climbing, interest rates are falling, and the Fed is on hold. All we need to push the markets even higher is a trade deal with China. It's coming. The S&P 500 Index has tacked on a hundred points in nine days. The all-time record highs for that index is at 1,940 less than 50 points away. That index has been up seven days in a row. The Dow up 6 out of 7. Last week's worry, the inverted yield curve, which occupied everyone's attention, is a barely remembered footnote in buyers rush to own stocks. Of course, there are warning signs sprouting up throughout 0 Comments
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Rodgers Takes Over as Head of Berkshire MuseumBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
01:07PM / Friday, April 05, 2019 | |
Rodgers watches as a student learns hands on about Leonardo Da Vinci machines. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Museum is a place you can grow up in, according to Jeff Rodgers. Rodgers is the new executive director of the museum and started his new gig on Monday. He comes in the wake of a controversial period of the 116-year-old museum's history when museum officials sold off nearly two dozen pieces of its collection to raise $53 million. The sale of the art spurred significant backlash and tore a rift in the community. For Rodgers, that's in the past. As his first week comes to an end, his goal is to build the inter-disciplinary experience at the 0 Comments
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Berkshires Beat: Berkshire Grown Hosts Spring Supper| 10:46AM / Friday, April 05, 2019 | |
 Spring Supper Berkshire Grown chefs will celebrate the coming of spring at the Spring Supper on Monday, April 8. Host chef Alex Hammond of the Mezze Restaurant Group has assembled a talented group of local chefs: Daire Rooney Corcoran from Morgan's at Interlaken Inn, Alex Hammond from Mezze Catering, James Lowe of the Pittsfield Country Club, Peter Platt from The Old Inn on The Green, and Doria Polinger of H.R. Zepplin Fine Handmade Chocolates. The chefs are collaborating on a farm-to-table menu that will highlight the freshness of the spring season.
This year's event is at the Country Club of Pittsfield and benefits Berkshire Grown and its win-win project, Share the Bounty. Share
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Freeman Center Rally Raises Awareness of Domestic ViolenceBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
05:51PM / Thursday, April 04, 2019 | |
Each flag represents a new victim of sexual or domestic assault in the Berkshires. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — There were 345 flags in Park Square on Thursday, with each one representing a new local victim of domestic and sexual violence. The Elizabeth Freeman Center placed one flag per new disclosure of sexual or domestic violence in 2018. And those are only the victims that received services from the organization. The flags, coupled with a rally in the city's center, were intended to demonstrate the issue and the services the center provides. "April is sexual assault awareness month so each year we put out flags for our survivors that we served the 0 Comments
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The Independent Investor: Coffee Prices at 13-Year LowsBy Bill Schmick,
04:45PM / Thursday, April 04, 2019 | |
 A few days ago, arabica coffee futures prices fell to a price they haven't seen since December 2005. But don't expect your morning cup of coffee to reflect those cheaper prices. The coffee business doesn't work like that. Normally, when the price of a commodity falls (like oil), consumers can expect to see a drop in price at the gas pumps within a week or three. The same thing might happen if the price of beef, wheat, corn or any number of commodities experienced a decline in price, so why not coffee? You might guess (as I did) that the demand for coffee by consumers must be falling, but that's not the case. In fact, more Americans are drinking at least one cup 1 CommentRead More >> |
'Us': It Takes Two to TerrorizeBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
04:38PM / Thursday, April 04, 2019 | |
 Point of disclosure: Save for classics like "Dracula" (1931) and "Frankenstein" (1931), I'm a scaredy-cat when it comes to horror films. I'm not simply afraid of them, but rather, in the parlance of childhood, "a-scared'"of them. That is, until now. Gripping my armrests in anticipation of a body-elevating jolt whilst viewing film auteur Jordan Peale's "Us," his unconnected followup to the highly praised "Get Out" (2017), the epiphany dawned on me. Having lived through the last two years of the real-life horror that has masqueraded as American politics, I am immunized. Any fiction purporting to be horror pales in 0 Comments
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Clarksburg Officials Preparing for Debt Exclusion QuestionsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:32AM / Thursday, April 04, 2019 | |
The Select Board is considering one or two information sessions
to explain the need for a debt exclusion. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Elected officials are preparing for information sessions to lay out to voters the need for a debt exclusion to borrow $1 million over five years. The town is hoping to use that money to address numerous needs for roads, buildings, equipment and the infrastructure at the elementary school. The money would be equally split at $500,000 for the town and $500,000 for the school. "We need to have a good concrete plan to present to the voters," said Select Board Chairman Ronald Boucher at a meeting held Wednesday 3 Comments
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Westfield State Baseball Tops MCLA| 09:45PM / Wednesday, April 03, 2019 | |
 WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Westfield State used a five-run eighth inning to pull away to an 11-6 win over the MCLA Trailblazers Wednesday afternoon in MASCAC action. The game was originally scheduled to be played in North Adams but was moved to Westfield due to wet field conditions. The Owls started fast putting up three runs in the top of the first off Trailblazer starter Mike Urbanski (2-2). Westfield's Anthony Crowley belted a two run homer to deep left for an early 2-0 advantage. The Owls added another run on Aaron Clancy's sacrifice fly which scored Nick Martin to make it 3-0 after one inning of play. The Owls added another run after a Trailblazer miscue put 0 Comments
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Briggsville Water District Votes in New BoardBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:50PM / Wednesday, April 03, 2019 | |
Carl McKinney, town administrator and district member, convenes the meeting. Select Board Chairman Ronald Boucher, who also attended, says the town will be supportive of the new board's efforts. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — It took only a few minutes, but the Briggsville Water District once again has a board of water commissioners. Only a handful of the 180 members of the district attended the short meeting held Tuesday at the Senior Center to reconstitute an oversight board that's been missing for years. Nominated and voted to the board was Mary Giron of Hayden Hill; accepted as indicating interest but not attending was Deborah Lapine and Judy Licht, 0 Comments
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MassDOT Announces Enhanced Teen Driver Initiative| 12:28PM / Wednesday, April 03, 2019 | |
 BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation Registry of Motor Vehicles, in collaboration with Safe Roads Alliance and program sponsors Safety Insurance, Toyota North America, and the Massachusetts National Guard has announced that "The Parent’s Supervised Driving Program" has been updated and is now available at statewide full-service RMV Service Centers and online. A copy of the guide will be distributed for free to all Junior Operators when they obtain their learner’s permits.
"We're pleased to continue our partnership with the Safe Roads Alliance and founding sponsor Safety Insurance, and welcome new sponsors Toyota and the Massachusetts
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