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Watercooler: Michelle Little of Pittsfield Wins Berkshire United Way Car| 12:19PM / Monday, June 04, 2018 | |
 The winner is ... Michelle Little of Pittsfield won the Berkshire United Way car on May 10 at The Johnson Dealerships. The 2018 Ford Fiesta was sponsored by The Johnson Dealerships and Greylock Federal Credit Union as an incentive for donations to Berkshire United Way's 2017 campaign. This marks the 18nth year the two companies have participated in this giveaway, their contributions totaling more than $200,000.
Berkshire United Way board member Mike Stoddard, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Greylock Federal Credit Union, drew the winning ticket and left Little a voicemail during the Driving Our Community Forward event, informing her that she had won.
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SteepleCats Present Reading Program for Kids| 12:00PM / Monday, June 04, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - The North Adams SteepleCats, in partnership with the North Adams Public Library, presents a Cub Club summer reading program that aims to cultivate a youth presence at the ballfield and promote literacy.
Through events like story times and game nights, participating youth have the opportunity to partake in a mentorship with SteepleCats players that fosters excitement over reading and continues past the library, to the ballfield. To sign up, contact Duffy Martin by email. The following events have been scheduled for Cub Club members: Ballpark Sundays At 3:30 p.m. on Sundays June 10, 17 and 24 and July 1, 8, 15 and 22 at Joe Wolfe Field, Cub Club members and their
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Berkshires Beat: Clark Acquires Guillaume Guillon Lethière Masterpiece| 11:06AM / Monday, June 04, 2018 | |
 Adding art The Clark Art Institute has acquired "Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death," an important early work by neoclassical French artist Guillaume Guillon Lethière (1760–1832), marking a significant addition to its permanent collection.
Completed in 1788 when Lethière was at the French Academy in Rome, and subsequently displayed at the Salons of 1795 and 1801, the painting depicts a dramatic scene featuring the decapitation of one of the sons of Lucius Junius Brutus. Brutus led the 509 BC revolt to overthrow the last king of Rome and establish the Roman Republic, swearing a sacred oath before its citizens that Rome would never again be subject to the rule
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New Adams Art Gallery Opens on Park StreetBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
03:55AM / Monday, June 04, 2018 | |
Bill and Francie AnneRiley have wanted to open a gallery for some time. ADAMS, Mass. — William "Bill" Riley has spent most of his career creating visually arresting scenery for theater productions. Now his backdrop is a spare white space, the better to accentuate his own works of art and those of other local artists. "I started studying art kind of seriously when I was 16," Riley said during the buzz of conversation at Saturday's opening reception for Real Eyes Gallery. "Eventually, in order to make a living, I became a scenic artist in the theater industry." But Riley said he wanted to do more than express other 5 Comments
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Local Authors Extend Their Boulder Hunt From Massachusetts To New England By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
02:47AM / Monday, June 04, 2018 | |
 CHESHIRE, Mass. — With their new book "Erratic Wandering," local authors Christy and Jan Butler expand their boulder hiking guide from Massachusetts to Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. "We are all living in New England and we all go to Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine," Butler said. "They are close and are destinations for people who like the outdoors…and there are some big rocks out there." Butler, a Cheshire resident and visual artist, published two waterfall guidebooks with co-author Russell Dunn, a licensed hiking guide. In 2016, the two came together to publish their first boulder book "Rockachusetts" that 2 Comments
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Legendary Newsman Schieffer Tells Williams Grads to Think About Public ServiceBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:49PM / Sunday, June 03, 2018 | |
Newsman Bob Schieffer urges the graduates to put their talents to good use by becoming involved in politics for altruistic reasons. See more photos here. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College's Class of 2018 Sunday was encouraged to make the world their classroom and use the ideals that they learn in service to the world. Commencement speaker Bob Schieffer exhorted the grads to dive into public service and reverse what he described as a troubling trend of professionalization in the political class. After telling the story of his first brush with politicians in his Texas hometown in 1948, Schieffer explained that the Lyndon B. Johnson rally he attended as 1 Comment
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Star Power: BArT Graduates Class of 2018By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:33PM / Saturday, June 02, 2018 | |
Caleb Duffy tells his classmate that they are about to embark on a journey, starting at the bottom of a 'mountain of dreams.' See more photos here. ADAMS, Mass. — For years, the members of Berkshire Arts & Technology Public Charter School's Class of 2018 walked into school across a sidewalk emblazoned with the school's ubiquitous star-shaped logo. Before walking out of the school one last time on Saturday morning, the graduates heard just how appropriate that logo really is. "Many other elements are inside of us," the school's Executive Director James White told the graduates at the start of Saturday's commencement. 1 Comment
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@theMarket: Another Week of Market VolatilityBy Bill Schmick,
04:29PM / Friday, June 01, 2018 | |
 As the month wound down, so did stocks. Pronouncements from Washington dominated the market's direction on a daily basis. We can expect to see that trend continue as the summer doldrums reduce liquidity and exaggerate market swings. The adage of "sell in May," however, did not fulfill the bears' expectations this year. Actually, the month of May has been pretty good for stocks recently. The S&P 500 Benchmark Index gained a smidge over two percent for the month this year. That's not to say those gains were easy. The stress level for those who are trying to trade this market is through the roof. And that's because two opposing trends are 0 Comments
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'Concerts at the Lake' Return to Windsor Lake| 01:08PM / Friday, June 01, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — This year's "Concerts at the Lake" season kicks off on Wednesday, June 6, with local blues favorite Misty Blues. The series, sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union, runs every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. through Aug. 29, excluding Aug. 15 for the Downtown Celebration).
The weekly concerts combine great music, community vibes and the beautiful natural backdrop of Windsor Lake. Guests should bring blankets or chairs and feel free to let the kids run wild on the brand new playground. Some concessions are available at the Snack Attack (provided by BFAIR), but people are welcome to bring their own food. Parking is always free at this time.
In addition,
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McCann Announces Valedictorian, Salutatorian| 10:39AM / Friday, June 01, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School has named Aimee Louise Dowling and Daniel Joseph Gamari as the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for the class of 2018, according to Principal Justin Kratz. Dowling, daughter of Michael and Jennifer Dowling, is a senior in the Business Technology Program. She is the recipient of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendent's Award for Academic Excellence and ranks first in her class with a 4.29 grade-point average. Her course of study included four Project Lead the Way courses that are above and beyond the required course load, as well AP Calculus and AP Physics and she is a member of the National 1 Comment
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Neal Announces $348K in NEA Funding for Local Cultural ProgramsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:29PM / Thursday, May 31, 2018 | |
Victoria Beaupre tells how her experience with the Fall Festival of Shakespeare changed her personally. LENOX, Mass. — State Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli remembers when Lenox residents couldn't wait for the Tanglewood crowd to finally go home at the end of summer. That was back when General Electric in Pittsfield employed 12,000 to 13,000 and the cultural attractions were more a matter of pride than the economy. "Then General Electric and the papers mills started to cut back and go away," he said Thursday morning at Shakespeare & Company's Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. "We transformed ourselves, we pulled in 0 Comments
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The Independent Investor: Italy's Crisis Threatens Financial MarketsBy Bill Schmick,
04:05PM / Thursday, May 31, 2018 | |
 A political crisis in the fourth largest economy in Europe has spilled over into the financial markets. Global stock exchanges greeted Italy's present political dysfunction by registering major declines — and the crisis may just be getting started. Back in 2010 through 2012, readers may recall a similar eurozone calamity. Greece was at the center of that maelstrom and, at its worse, threatened the viability of the European Union and its currency, the Euro. This time around, many of the same issues are now bedeviling Italy. The country has the third largest debt load in the world after the U.S. and Japan. It still suffers from double-digit unemployment while their 0 Comments
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