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Wahconah to Present 'Mary Poppins'| 02:34PM / Wednesday, April 04, 2018 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — The Wahconah Regional High School Apollonian Players will present the Broadway musical version of "Mary Poppins" on Friday, April 6, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 7, at 1 and 7 p.m.
This "practically perfect" musical is based on the books by P.L. Travers and the classic Walt Disney film.
The jack-of-all trades, Bert (Anthony Coviello), introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. George Banks (Joe Willson) and his wife Winnifred (Julia Drury) are at a loss as to how to properly raise their children in a society that expects them to live up to a particular status. Young Jane (Anna Duquette) and Michael (Aiden Betit) have sent
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Should You Make Extra Mortgage Payments or Boost Your Investments?Submitted by Edward Jones,
01:36PM / Wednesday, April 04, 2018 | |
 Every month, you pay your mortgage. And, depending on your circumstances, you may be able to afford to put in additional payments – perhaps sizable ones. But should you? Or, if you really have the extra money, should you invest it?
Initially, you might think it would be quite nice to rid yourself of that mortgage sooner, rather than later. But is it really the burden it seems?
Actually, you get some real benefits from a mortgage. It certainly provides something of great value to you – your home. If you got your mortgage – or refinanced your home – within the past decade or so, you are borrowing money at a pretty favorable interest rate, by historical standards.
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North Adams School Committee Sets Date With Adams-CheshireBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
02:39AM / Wednesday, April 04, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee has set a tentative meeting for Monday, April 9, with the members of the Adams-Cheshire Regional School Committee to enter into discussions about the possibility of sharing a superintendent. The talks are coming on the heels of the looming retirement of Adams-Cheshire's superintendent and a push toward collaborations between districts encouraged by the research of the Berkshire County Education Task Force. The Adams-Cheshire committee on Monday reviewed a brief report on sharing leadership by District Management Group, a fast-tracked portion of a feasibility study on sharing a range of services that is being funded by a 0 Comments
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Labor Board to Hear Complaints Against BMCStaff Reports,
05:07PM / Tuesday, April 03, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The National Labor Relations Board will hear three cases against Berkshire Medical Center. The local chapter of the Massachusetts Nurses Association had filed a handful of unfair labor relations complaints with the hospital over contract negotiations. The labor board has now determined that three of them have enough merit to be heard. "We have been trying to negotiate a fair contract that ensures high-quality patient care since October 2016," said Alex Neary, co-chair of the nursing union's local bargaining committee. "These National Labor Relations Board findings show that while we have been negotiating in good faith, 2 Comments
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BRTA Sets Hearings on Service and Fare Changes| 02:53PM / Tuesday, April 03, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority is planning to increase Charlie Card fares and reduce routes because of proposed budget cuts at the state level that has created a nearly $400,000 deficit. The BRTA, the main public transportation unit serving the Berkshires, is facing an operational budget deficit of $378,400 for the upcoming fiscal year. Transit officials statewide say $88 million is needed to properly fund RTAs after four years of nearly level funding. The proposed options for the Fixed Route bus service would be to: discontinue the 4:30 p.m. trip on Bus Route 21 Express; eliminate Bus Route 3S, adding demand stops on Bus Route 3 to 0 Comments
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Nomination Papers Available for Clarksburg Annual Town Election| 12:38PM / Tuesday, April 03, 2018 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The annual town election will be held on Tuesday, May 29. There are 10 offices up for election this year, including two seats on the Board of Selectmen. One of the seats will see its third election in as many years. William G. Schrade was re-elected to the three-year seat in 2016 but had to step down because he moved; last year, Carlyle "Chip" Chesbro Jr. was elected to fill out the last two years of the office but he, too, resigned because of other responsibilities. The seat will be up for election again to fill out the final year of the term along with the three-year seat currently held by Jeffrey Levanos. There will 0 Comments
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Pittsfield's Nolan Earns MASCAC Honor at MCLA| 09:47PM / Monday, April 02, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- MCLA senior right-hander Liam Nolan was selected as the MASCAC Pitcher of the Week after not allowing a run in two appearances for the Trailblazers. Nolan was joined on the weekly honor sheet by a pair of Westfield State Owls. Colin Dunn was named the conference's player of the week while Vincenzo Camera earned the MASCAC Rookie of the Week. Pittsfield’s Nolan appeared in two games last week coming out of the bullpen for 2/3 of an inning against Springfield, but then went the distance in a commanding 2-0 win over Framingham State. Nolan went all seven innings and allowed just four hits in that contest. He struck out seven Rams and issued 0 Comments
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Clarksburg Awarded $78K in Complete Streets FundingStaff Reports,
06:01PM / Monday, April 02, 2018 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The town has was awarded nearly $78,000 toward making a section of Middle Road more pedestrian and bicyclist friendly. The money was part of some $5.5 million in Complete Streets program grants announced recently by Gov. Charlie Baker. The program was launched in fiscal 2016 as a way to promote safe and accessible access to all modes of transportation along the state's byways, such as improving sidewalks and intersections, widening roads for cycling and walking, and upgrading areas to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act. Clarksburg will receive $77,902 to improve Middle Road by widening it to create a 4-foot shoulder with bicycle 3 Comments
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Biz Briefs: Steepleview Realty Celebrating 20th Anniversary| 01:45PM / Monday, April 02, 2018 | |
 Going strong Steepleview Realty is celebrating 20 years in business. Owner Jennifer Segala opened the real estate company on April 1, 1998, in Adams. The first office was located at One Commercial Place; within the first year of business, Segala purchased the building at 63 Park St., where the flagship office remains today.
As the business became more successful, Segala expanded to include offices in North Adams and Pittsfield. In 2015, longtime sales associate Deb Trzcinski became a partner with Segala and now owns and operates the business on a daily basis with her.
Many agents have been with Steepleview from the beginning, including Pauline Green , Ruth Goyette and Christine
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Berkshires Beat: PCTV to Air PSAs for 29 Nonprofits| 12:31PM / Monday, April 02, 2018 | |
 A public service Pittsfield Community Television has completes its anuagural PSA Days production event. In a four-day production marathon, PCTV completed 29 individual television Public Service Announcements as a gifted service to the participating nonprofit organizations.
Over the course of two months, PCTV worked with each of the 29 nonprofits to create a PSA tailored to each organization’s media needs and message. These videos are already being utilized in a multitude of applications such as fundraising and outreach. With the high cost of media production, many of these organizations had not been able to achieve their outreach goals and thus, the objective of PCTV creating an
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Transportation Management Association For Berkshires In The WorksBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:58AM / Monday, April 02, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Transition Authority is looking into being part of the creation of a transportation management association for ride sharing. The BRTA's hours of operation limit the authority's ability to get workers to and from work beyond the typical first shift. This new group would be a collective of employers who would team up to provide rideshare options. Companies would be able to pay to be part of the nonprofit to provide the transportation for their workers and other groups that may have vans can contract with the TMA to provide the rides. "It is in the works right now that they are looking to do that," said 0 Comments
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Clarksburg to Vote on Stamford School Merger StudyBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
02:25AM / Monday, April 02, 2018 | |
Lev, School Committee Chairwoman Patricia Prenguber, Stamford School Board Chairwoman Cynthia Lamore, Roberts-Morandi and school legal counsel Fred Dupere. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Voters in Clarksburg will decide Thursday if they want to start down the path of creating an interstate school district. The single article at the special town meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Clarksburg School on Thursday will allow the town to enter into conversations with Stamford, Vt. Both schools are kindergarten through Grade 8; Stamford also has a preschool attended by a number of Clarksburg children. Both schools tuition students to neighboring high schools, mostly to Drury High 1 Comment
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