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First-Responders to Start Receiving Vaccinations Jan. 11By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:01PM / Monday, January 04, 2021 | |
 BOSTON — First-responders in the commonwealth will be able to receive COVID-19 vaccinations starting Jan. 11, and Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday said he expects them to be enthusiastic participants in the vaccination program. Police officers, firefighters and emergency medical services workers will be part of the next wave of the state's program, which began last month with health-care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. Later this week, Berkshire County first-responders will be able to start signing up for appointments at one of three county vaccination centers, according to the state's website: St. Elizabeth's Parish Center in North Adams, 1 Comment
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Mill City Productions Announces A Virtual Staged Reading| 08:04AM / Monday, January 04, 2021 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mill City Productions (MCP) will hold a virtual staged reading of Jason Odell Williams's comedic drama "Church & State." The live performance will take place on Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. After a school shooting, a GOP politician in the heartland experiences a crisis of faith. As his political team scrambles to keep him on message, the story leaks out and forever changes his political career. Details can be found on the Mill City Productions Facebook page or by visiting www.millcityproductions.org. Questions can be emailed to contact millcity@gmail.com Formed in 2004, Mill City Productions is a 501(c)3 non-profit. 1 Comment
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North Adams Airport Commission Missing Decades of Meeting MinutesBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
12:33AM / Monday, January 04, 2021 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — An Open Meeting Law complaint revealed that the Airport Commission has failed to retain more than 30 years of meeting minutes. Gerrit Blauvelt of Williamstown was looking for minutes related to Harriman & West Airport's easements in Williamstown and the runway expansion project about 20 years ago. In his complaint to the attorney general's office on Dec. 15, Blauvelt said he had also appealed to the secretary of the commonwealth's office "as the City of North Adams responded to my request for meeting minutes from the North Adams Airport Commission that no meeting minutes exist from June 18, 1982, until what appears to 3 Comments
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Happy New Year From iBerkshires.comiBerkshires Staff,
10:01AM / Friday, January 01, 2021 | |
 We are hoping all of our readers have had a happy holiday season. Thank you for making iBerkshires your go-to source for local news. We appreciate your support and will continue to provide you with the relevant information you need in your daily lives as we enter 2021. 1 Comment
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North Berkshire Union Schools Will Be Back in Class Next WeekBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:45AM / Thursday, December 31, 2020 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The four small schools in the North Berkshire School Union will be back in class on Jan. 4, even as some larger school districts are planning a remote learning quarantine for the first weeks of the new year. "We haven't had any positive cases for anybody that works or goes to school in our district, so we're very happy with that," said Superintendent John Franzoni on Wednesday. "We've got a safety protocol we put in place that has been successful and we're looking forward to welcoming everybody back on Monday for in-person learning ... we're obviously very pleased with the fact we can educate our kids in 1 Comment
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Thief Makes Off With Louison House DonationsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
08:24PM / Wednesday, December 30, 2020 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — An opportunistic burglar made off with Louison House donations worth a $1,000 or more, along with a sleeping bag and coats early Tuesday morning. Executive Director Kathy Keeser said the theft was discovered Tuesday when a staff member entered the office at Flood House on Church Street to find the stack of mail she'd picked up the day before was missing. She speculated that the burglar saw cards and donation envelopes in the mail and thought they could get some quick cash. But there would not have been any cash. The envelopes would have contained checks made out to Louison House — and those can't be cashed since they're 1 Comment
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Nearly 100K COVID-19 Vaccinations Expected by Year's EndBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:58PM / Wednesday, December 30, 2020 | |
 BOSTON — More than 75,000 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and an estimated 20,000 more at long-term care facilities will be inoculated by the end of this year. Vaccines have been shipped to nearly 400 medical and health-care locations and more than 50 vaccination clinics are expected to be operating at long-term care facilities this week. Clinics will continue to be launched on a rolling basis to distribute about 219,000 more doses of the vaccine to long-term care facilities over the next month. Gov. Charlie Baker said this is a sign of "brighter days ahead" after one of the state's worst years but cautioned residents 2 Comments
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Veteran Spotlight: Sgt. McCarthyBy Wayne Soares, Special to iBerkshires
04:37PM / Sunday, December 27, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — An absolute pleasure to interview for this week's Veteran's Spotlight feature was Richard "Dick" McCarthy. McCarthy served his country as a sergeant in the Army in the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1968. His basic training was at Fort Dix, N.J., before he shipped out first to Alaska from McGuire Air Force Base. "We were drinking at a bar and this civilian who was working on the pipeline was bombed and said he wanted to go with us to Vietnam," said McCarthy, than laughed. "We wrapped him in an overcoat and snuck him on the plane. ... The pilot said he didn't have to pay for his flight over but had to pay 0 Comments
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McCann Technical to Continue In-School Learning By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
04:59PM / Saturday, December 26, 2020 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — With minimal COVID-19 cases, McCann Technical School will resume the school year in the current hybrid model. Principal Justin Kratz said this week that McCann will continue as is and allow students back in the building to participate in shops. "Things are going well. As well as can be expected in these crazy times," Kratz said. "We of course would rather have all of our students back with us all of the time, but until it is safe to do that, things are going as well as they can." With rising COVID-19 cases, other area districts have decided to go fully remote as least temporarily. Earlier this year, McCann opted to 0 Comments
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The Retired Investor: Where Have All the Christmas Trees Gone?By Bill Schmick,
04:22PM / Thursday, December 24, 2020 | |
 If you are one of those eleventh-hour holiday Christmas tree shoppers, you may be out of luck this year. Fresh balsam furs and other varieties of the traditional Yule symbol are hard to find. Blame the pandemic on the scarcity, but at the same time, celebrate the fact that more families than ever before are getting together this holiday season. And decorating that tree could be an intensely personal experience for the whole family. My wife, Barbara, and I actually set up our tree on Thanksgiving weekend. Given our ages, we chose to forgo turkey day with our loved ones, who reside in Manhattan, and tried to fill that emotional hole with something else. We found that 0 Comments
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High Winds, Heavy Rains Usher in Christmas 2020Staff Reports,
12:01PM / Thursday, December 24, 2020 | |
 The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., has issued a high wind warning from 6 p.m. Thursday into the afternoon on Christmas Day. The forecast is for damaging winds of up to 70 mph that could blow down trees and power lines. NWS is predicting widespread power outages and difficult travel conditions. The storm will be accompanied by heavy rains that could cause flooding in low-lying areas. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency is warning of 2 to 3 inches of rain between Thursday and Friday night. The city of North Adams issued a Code Alert asking for residents to prepare for power outages by charging phones and other devices, bringing in 0 Comments
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