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Superior Court Briefs: May 21 - May 23Staff Reports,
04:17PM / Friday, May 25, 2012 | |
 Cases heard before Judge Daniel Ford on Monday, May 21.
Trevor Pryce Jr., 30, of North Adams pleaded guilty to a single count of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.
Pryce was ordered to serve two and a half years at the Berkshire County House of Correction. Pryce assaulted 26-year-old Jahda Martin in Pittsfield on March 6, 2010.
Single counts of murder and intimidation of a witness were dismissed by the state.
Cases heard before Judge Daniel Ford on Wednesday, May 23.
Fred Greer, 38, of Adams pleaded guilty to single counts of rape and indecent assault and battery.
Greer was sentenced to one year to one year and one day at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar 0 Comments
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Sullivan Elementary School Honors VeteransBy John Durkan, iBerkshires Staff
02:45PM / Friday, May 25, 2012 | |
 The band, conducted by Roger LaRocca, performed American classics throughout the ceremony. For more photos, see the slideshow.NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Principal Shelley Fachini opened Friday morning's Memorial Day ceremony at Sullivan Elementary School by asking the sea of pupils why they were here. One pupil quietly responded, "To thank the people who saved our world." The school children and staff joined the community and veterans for a ceremony that honored veterans. The classes took turns singing popular, celebratory tunes and state Rep. Gailanne Cariddi, Mayor Richard Alcombright and retired Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Sellars briefly spoke to the crowded 2 Comments
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North Adams Public Safety Budget To Increase $400KBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
10:05PM / Thursday, May 24, 2012 | |
 Mayor Richard Alcombright hopes that increasing current staff levels in the Police Department and strengthening the number of reserves will curb overspending in the overtime budgets.NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mayor Richard Alcombright is proposing about a $400,000 increase in the budget's Public Safety Department in hopes to curb overtime costs and put more police on the street.
The budget includes fully funding the public safety commissioner position, which was only partially funded in 2012 because retiring E. John Morocco cut his hours, hiring three police patrolmen and increasing the number of reservist in the Fire Department.
The overall public safety line item, which encompasses such 4 Comments
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Clarksburg Fire Department Plans Live Fire Exercise| 03:32PM / Thursday, May 24, 2012 | |
 View Middle Road, Clarksburg, MA in a larger map CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The Clarksburg Volunteer Fire Company will be conducting a live fire training exercise between the hours of 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1036 Middle Road on Saturday, May 26.
Access along upper Middle Road will be restricted to local traffic and at times my be stopped altogether. Call the fire station at 413-663-5761.
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Clarksburg Appoints Town Accountant, Returns to NormalcyBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
11:22AM / Thursday, May 24, 2012 | |
 Meeting Thursday to appoint a town accountant are Selectmen Jeffrey Levanos, Chairman Carl McKinney and Lily Kuzia. Also at the table are interim administrator Debra Choquette and new Town Administrator Thomas Webb.CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The Selectmen on Thursday morning marked the return of normalcy to the town's government with the appointment of a new town accountant.
The selection of Christa Marsh, the treasurer until that post was eliminated as an elective office in the town election last week, completes the town's administrative structure.
The meeting table on Thursday was at capacity with the addition of Selectman Jeffrey Levanos, elected last week, and new Town Administrator 0 Comments
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North Adams Begins Fiscal 2013 Budget ReviewBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:25AM / Thursday, May 24, 2012 | |
 The Finance Committee reviewed the budget with Mayor Richard Alcombright and Treasurer David Fierro Jr., at right. Committee member David Bond was absent.NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city's proposed spending plan for fiscal 2013 is $1,073,000 up from last year and about $270,000 out of balance.
"We have some work ahead of us," said Finance Committee Chairman Alan Marden as the committee began the first of four meetings to review the proposed spending plan. He noted that council can only cut from the budget but it can request that the mayor increase line items.
Mayor Richard Alcombright said the largest increases were in veterans services ($150,000), health insurance ($75,000), 0 Comments
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Holocaust Survivor Says Past Must Not Be ForgottenBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
11:17PM / Wednesday, May 23, 2012 | |
 Rabbi Philip Lazowski of West Hartford, Conn., shared his story on Wednesday night of surviving the Holocaust 70 years ago. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — In another decade, the survivors of the Holocaust will be all but gone.
The witnesses of one of the greatest horrors ever inflicted on a people, a civilization, a continent, will pass, their voices silenced.
Those dwindling numbers moved Rabbi Philip Lazowski of Connecticut to set down his own story of survival 70 years in the book "Faith and Destiny."
"My story is a lesson to show the Nazis brutalized, murdered and oppressed a civilization," Lazowski told the roomful of eighth-graders and community members at Clarksburg 0 Comments
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North Adams Council Differs On Budget ProcessBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:27PM / Wednesday, May 23, 2012 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Finance Committee will begin review of the $36 million fiscal 2013 budget on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
The committee will meet again on Thursday at the same time and twice in June. The North Adams School Committee will hold a public hearing on the school budget on Tuesday, June 5, at 6 in the conference room in the lower level of the Silvio O. Conte Middle School.
Mayor Richard Alcombright submitted the budget draft at Tuesday's City Council meeting, with the request it be referred to the Finance Committee for review.
Councilor John Barrett III objected to the way the budget was being submitted, saying it should be presented as an order to the council. "I don't 0 Comments
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Stamford Students Take Trip To Celebrate Positive BehaviorBy John Durkan, iBerkshires Staff
01:30PM / Wednesday, May 23, 2012 | |
 Pupils from Stamford Elementary School take their time ordering food from Pedrin's Dairy Bar.NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —
Eleven lucky pupils from Stamford (Vt.) Elementary School took some time from their schoolday to enjoy a lunch at Pedrin's Dairy Bar as a part of the school's Positive Behavior Interactions and Support program. The program promotes good behavior throughout the year, principal Beth Choquette said. Children are rewarded with tickets when they're caught performing one of the four Rs — respectfulness, reliability, reasonableness and responsibility. "It's an extra little motivator," Choquette said. "The kids have done a remarkable job 0 Comments
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MCLA Gallery 51 To Feature Photojournalist Gillian Jones| 11:26AM / Wednesday, May 23, 2012 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' Gallery 51 will present "Gillian Jones: Twenty Years of Photojournalism in the Berkshires," a selection of photographs taken throughout Jones' career at the North Adams Transcript, starting on May 31.
Jones captured a number of the unique moments that happened in the Berkshire County. This exhibition is a survey of her career, thus far. The public is invited to attend a free opening reception on Thursday, May 31, 5-7 p.m.
“It is one of the most challenging and exciting jobs in the world. It is the ‘toughest job I’ve ever loved.’ I capture people at their best and worst moments,” Jones 0 Comments
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