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Holiday Hours: Memorial Day| 09:00AM / Saturday, May 26, 2018 | |
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Arlington National Cemetery is the nation's first federal military cemetery. A ceremony is held each Memorial Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Memorial Day is being celebrated Monday, May 28. It is a federal holiday observing the sacrifices of the nation's servicemen and -women. It started as a day to decorate the graves of fallen Civil War soldiers, particularly in the South, and many states adopted the day as Decoration Day to commemorate all U.S. soldiers after World War I.
Memorial Day was established as a federal holiday in 1971 by Congress. It falls on the last Monday in May.
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Brayton Pupils Encouraged to Remember Sacrifices By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
07:40PM / Friday, May 25, 2018 | |
Teacher Marie McCarron and her fourth-grade class the lead the event each year with help from the school community. See more photos here. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Brayton Elementary School pupils got a lesson in sacrifice and honor during the school's annual Memorial Day observance on Friday. Guest speaker James Canavan, a Coast Guard and Navy veteran, reminded the assembly in the school's cafetorium that some 37,000 Massachusetts residents had given their lives over the years "so that we can do things like we're doing here today." It was a commemoration, he said, a matter of remembering together the sacrifices made by the men and 1 Comment
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@theMarket: Nothing Memorable in the Markets this WeekBy Bill Schmick,
04:35PM / Friday, May 25, 2018 | |
 Most indexes ended the week where they started. While day traders may have lost or gained from intraday moves, serious investors simply ignored the constant and contradictory stream of news coming out of Washington. It isn't worth the space to comment on all the on-again, off-again series of tweets and statements that has become part of our daily diet. The main events that did carry some substantive weight were the House rollback of the Dodd-Frank rules. This easing of regulations on all but the largest banks, removes the required ‘stress tests' from most banks. While it relaxes some of the more stringent rules on banks, it does continue to regulate those areas that 0 Comments
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Drury Announces Third Quarter Honor Roll| 02:40PM / Friday, May 25, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Drury High School has announced its honor roll for the third quarter of the 2017-18 school year. Grade 12 High honors: Brayman, Jacob Richard; Clements, Ashley Elizabeth; Copeland, Mackenzie Marie; Crosier, Cassandra Champagne; Eastwood, Serena Marie; Moon, Amanda Marie; Wright, Kevin Robert.
Honors: Boillat, Taylor Nicole; Davis, Isaiah Julien; Denning, Cady Aileen; Dubie, Ryan David; Flynn, Trinity Marie; Lessard, Matthew Ryan; Middleton, Joseph James; Neff, Anthony John; Therrien, Brianna Marie; Therrien, Jordyn Renee; Zoito, Allison Elizabeth. Grade 11 High honors: Alicandri, Vincienza Mai; Bergendahl, Nea Helena; Bohl, Natasha Irene; Bolte, Cynthia Ann;
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Attorney Judith Knight Running for Berkshire District Attorney| 01:23PM / Friday, May 25, 2018 | |
LEE, Mass. — Criminal defense attorney Judith Knight has formally announced her candidacy for Berkshire district attorney. Knight, a former assistant district attorney, has more than 30 years of experience in the criminal justice system prosecuting cases and defending individuals charged with crimes. She is an advocate of criminal justice reform promoting alternative sentencing for first-time non-violent offenders by imposing a stint of community service, restorative justice, or inpatient treatment for addicts instead of incarceration. Knight wants to end the school to prison pipeline and is committed to fighting the opioid crisis at all 0 Comments
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Memorial Day Events 2018By Staff Reports,
09:30AM / Friday, May 25, 2018 | |
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The parade will step off at 10 a.m. from the former Adams Memorial Middle School and conclude with the traditional ceremony at the Maple Street Cemetery. The usual route will be followed: Columbia Street to Hoosac Street, Hoosac Street to Summer Street, Center Street to Park Street. The American Legion Post 160 Honor Guard will participate. Music will be provided by the Hoosac Valley High School band and the Berkshire Highlanders. In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held in the Adams Fire Station. Adams American Legion Post 160 will make its 85th pilgrimage to the Mount Greylock Veterans Memorial on Sunday May 27, 9 a.m. There will be a ceremony and firing squad and the
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North Adams Housing Authority Receiving Capital Fund Increase By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
02:48AM / Friday, May 25, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The North Adams Housing Authority will receive $686,580 in federal Public Housing Capital Funds to make improvements to its properties. Executive Director Jennifer Hohn announced in a press release Thursday that the award will increase $236,679 from last year and will allow the expediting of some needed improvements. "North Adams Housing Authority is extremely excited and grateful in this economic climate to be receiving such a substantial increase in our capital funding," Hohn said. "This which will enable us to get ahead of capital improvement goals and needs of our developments, in addition, to improve on the quality of life of our 0 Comments
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North Adams Airport Commission Delays Hangar Decision By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
06:24PM / Thursday, May 24, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A Bennington, Vt., man who has been pushing to open his aviation and skydiving business, was approved last week to lease office space at Harriman and West Airport. The Airport Commission voted Tuesday, May 15, to grant Alex Kelly permission to use office space in the city's hangar until June 30. But it delayed a vote to allow permanent use of space in the recently renovated hangar to solicit more information from potential occupants. Kelly said he felt he was still being given the runaround. "It is an obstruction and discriminatory," he said. "I need resolution one way or the other. I am constantly spending time, money 4 Comments
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'Book Club': Can Be Judged From Its CoverBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires film critic
04:06PM / Thursday, May 24, 2018 | |
 The grist and gist of the pleasantly engaging but no-great-shakes "Book Club," directed by Bill Holderman and starring four of our national treasures, reminded me of an informing moment a few years back. My wife, Joanne, and I were driving across the Neversink River in the Catskills just as Mick Jagger and that band of his came over the radio. It was "Jumping Jack Flash" that stirred me to opine, "Can you imagine if someday we're in the old age home and the Rolling Stones visit to entertain us?" Her answer surprised me. "Cool!" said my co-veteran of the Hippy Era, the resilience therein implied brightening the picture I had 0 Comments
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The Independent Investor: It Is No Longer Enough to Simply Manage MoneyBy Bill Schmick,
03:37PM / Thursday, May 24, 2018 | |
 Back in the day, money managers were revered. News stories spotlighting the year's "hottest hands," or that hedge fund's rising star were all the rage. Retail investors chased performance and paid for it. But times are changing, and simply beating the market for a year or two fails to impress most investors. And with good reason. Most of us are in the investment game for the long haul. We are saving for retirement: a process involving decades of saving and planning. Chasing the firm or adviser that "beat the market" this year has turned out to be a disastrous approach to that concept. Most of us have now realized that you can't beat the 0 Comments
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The Choice for Western Mass: Lead or Lose, Guest Column
02:22PM / Thursday, May 24, 2018 | |
 State Houses across the country, and right here in Massachusetts, are facing a moment of generational change in leadership. Particularly in Western Mass, which is too often ignored by decision-makers on Beacon Hill, we will have to speak up — and fight together — for the funding, the projects and the policy priorities we need. There are many issues where we are already leading the state. On the opioid epidemic, which has hit our region especially hard, we helped create the Narcan bulk purchase program that has saved thousands of lives. And our residents have banded together to form groups like Belchertown's Speaking Out About Addiction and Recovery, the Opioid Task 0 Comments
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Northern Berkshire EMS Debuts at Ambulance Service's 40th AnniversaryBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:02AM / Thursday, May 24, 2018 | |
The North Adams Ambulance Service gets its license around 1978 with longtime President Barbara Wagner in the middle. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — North Adams Ambulance Service was created in 1978 to fill a void in emergency care in the city. The closure of the private Mohawk Ambulance Service prompted a dedicated group of directors and about a dozen emergency medical technicians to form a new nonprofit to service the city and its environs. Some 40 years later, its workforce is closer to 100 and it covers most of North Berkshire and a wide swath of Southern Vermont. It merged with Village Ambulance and it's ready to embark on its next chapter with a new name 2 Comments
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