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State Shutting Down Child-Care Facilities, Bottle Redemption| 06:37PM / Wednesday, March 18, 2020 | |
 BOSTON – The governor on Wednesday issued an executive order requiring all early education centers and child-care providers to close effective Monday, March 23, except for those determined to be critical to maintaining services. The shutdown runs through April 6. The administration had initially resisted closing day-cares even as schools and preschools were ordered closed across the state. Gov. Charlie Baker has said at several press conferences that the need for access to child care was critical for health workers and front-line responders. Guidance had been issued more than a week ago for child-care facilities. At a COVID-19 update on Wednesday, Baker said 0 Comments
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Kitchen Fire Forces 18 to Evacuate North Adams Building| 04:50AM / Wednesday, March 18, 2020 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — An early morning fire forced the evacuation of about 18 people from a boarding house on Union Street. The fire started in a back common kitchen on the top floor about 2 a.m. and spread up through a vent. It took almost two hours to ensure it was it completely out. Fire Chief Stephen Meranti said the department was familiar with the building and has responded to burnt food in the past. "This time it extend up into the exhaust fan got up into the area above the ceiling, it followed the ductwork," he said. "It was burning on top of the stove — that set the sprinklers off — but it was also burning above the 10 Comments
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No Delay for Opening Day in Strat-O-Matic Baseball LeagueBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
03:48AM / Wednesday, March 18, 2020 | |
 CHESHIRE, Mass. — Xander Bogaerts will have a chance to lead his team back to the playoffs. Aaron Judge will continue his assault on the home-run record book. There will be a baseball season in 2020. And it will open sometime in early April. At least in Cheshire it will. For more than four decades, the World Baseball League has used Strat-O-Matic Baseball to bring the game home for brothers Jeff and Matt Chaput and a group of friends who have tested their baseball IQs against one another and fate to see who is the best at managing a virtual team of very real Major Leaguers. Strat-O-Matic, which began in 1961, combines the statistics of current players with 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Schools Working to Keep Kids Fed During ClosureBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:34AM / Wednesday, March 18, 2020 | |
Laurie Meehan helps pack lunch bags in the cafeteria at Mount Greylock Regional School on Tuesday morning. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dozens of youngsters in the Mount Greylock Regional School District were brown bagging it on Tuesday. But instead of bringing their lunch to school, they were getting a "grab-and-go" lunch from school courtesy of the district's food service staff. At 7 on Tuesday morning, cafeteria personnel Tammy Jennings and Laurie Meehan were joined by acting Director of Special Education Patrick Priester and Superintendent Kimberley Grady in the cafeteria at the middle-high school. The quartet prepared bags with a turkey and 2 Comments
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Guest Column: The Time is Now to Protect Our Local Hospital Workers By U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, Guest Column
06:27PM / Tuesday, March 17, 2020 | |
 It is now clear that we are at war with the coronavirus. While the people of our state need a range of help and assistance, one action we need to take is clear to me: we need a massive wartime manufacturing mobilization for coronavirus testing kits and personal protective equipment for medical personnel. The courageous men and women who are on the frontlines at area hospitals need to have all the tools, equipment, and devices they need to test and treat patients. That is why I have called on the Trump administration to immediately use existing authorities under the Defense Production Act to increase private production of the personal protective equipment, medical supplies and 1 Comment
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North Adams Happenings: March 17| 05:03PM / Tuesday, March 17, 2020 | |
 COVID-19 UPDATES & LOCAL RESOURCES Greetings,
For the next few weeks we'll be changing our focus from promoting events in our area to offering updates and resources related to the Coronavirus pandemic.
This is uncharted territory for all of us and we will continue to work together to keep everyone safe, informed, and supported. We are in this together and if there's one thing we do really well it's helping each other through rough times. We got this!
Below is the most current information available. We hope this 1 Comment
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It’s Not Easy, But Look Past the Market SelloffSubmitted by Edward Jones,
10:45AM / Tuesday, March 17, 2020 | |
 These are challenging times. Like everyone, you are concerned about keeping your family safe and healthy, and you're doing your part to help protect your community from the effects of the coronavirus. And if you're an investor, you must also address your financial situation. How should you respond to the current market volatility and recent declines in investment prices? For one thing, try to avoid what many others seem to be doing: panicking. The market selloff may feel unsettling, but it appears to be driven as much, or more, by fear and panic than by economic or financial reality. Uncertainty is high, but there are reasons – solid, objective reasons – that
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North Berkshire Opens COVID-19 Operations CenterBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
06:40PM / Monday, March 16, 2020 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Northern Berkshire Regional Emergency Planning Committee has opened an operations center to coordinate efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The center will be staffed weekdays for the time being with representatives including health officials, first-responders, public safety and partner organizations. "We have a centralized COVID-19 operation center that is committed to unifying all our regional partners," said Amalio Jusino, co-chairman of the REPC and the multi-agency communications coordinator. "Our commitment is to be a single source of communication directly to FEMA to streamline resources and potential assets 3 Comments
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Some Local School Districts Set Up 'Grab & Go' Meals| 02:40PM / Monday, March 16, 2020 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Public schools are making an effort to ensure schoolchildren are continuing to get the nutrition they need despite the closures forced by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The North Adams Public Schools initially set up locations for "grab and go" meals on Monday at Colegrove Park and Brayton elementary schools. That will be expanded to Mohawk Forest Apartments and Greylock Valley Apartments on Tuesday to accommodate parents and caregivers that may not be able to pick up at the school lo. All food will be delivered for curbside pickup from 11 to noon weekdays through April 3. The bags will include a lunch as well as a breakfast item for 0 Comments
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Governor Closes Schools Statewide, Bans Gatherings of More Than 25| 06:31PM / Sunday, March 15, 2020 | |
Gov. Charlie Baker speaks at a press conference detailing emergency actions being taken by his office. BOSTON — State officials are taking "unprecedented" measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, including closing all private and public schools, banning gatherings of more than 25, prohibiting on-premise patronizing of restaurants and taverns, and disallowing all visitors to long-term care facilities and nursing homes. The school and restaurant orders take effect Tuesday. "I realize these measures are unprecedented. But we're asking our residents to take and understand the rationale behind the guidance," said Gov. Charlie Baker at 2 Comments
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Veterans Spotlight: Sgt. Delphia Took Care of Fellow SoldiersBy Wayne Soares, Special to iBerkshires
05:05PM / Sunday, March 15, 2020 | |
Dick Delphia served as a corpsman at a hospital in Germany. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — What an absolute pleasure to sit and interview veteran Dick Delphia recently. Delphia served his country stateside as a corpsman from Jan. 1, 1953 to to Jan. 1, 1956. At the age of 86, he is tremendously fit (he and his wife, Teresa, ride their stationary bikes every day), honest and possesses an "old school" humility. Delphia had to quit Pittsfield High School at the age of 14 because of the sudden death of his mother. "I had to take care of the family ... there was six of us" he remembered. He enlisted at the age of 19 and was sent to 1 Comment
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Guest Column: SVMC Preparing for Coronavirus Containment, Treatment| 04:03PM / Sunday, March 15, 2020 | |
 Dear Community Member, The health and safety of the patients, caregivers, and communities we serve is our most important priority. Our hospital and community health centers remain open and safe, and there has been no disruption to the high-quality patient care that we provide. Beginning in mid-January, Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) took a proactive and measured approach for planning for the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19, by holding daily multidisciplinary meetings. When confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States escalated, we immediately implemented appropriate response protocols. When SVHC admitted Vermont's first presumptive positive patient 0 Comments
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