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BRTA Awarded Grant to Expand Service Area| 08:01AM / Wednesday, December 04, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) with the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA) and Franklin Regional Transit Authority (FRTA) were awarded a $1,577,607 Regional Transit Authority(RTA) grant to facilitate connections between the PVTA and FRTA service areas. The grant will support commuter service between Pittsfield and Northampton, service between North Adams and Greenfield, and increased frequency on current service between Greenfield and Northampton, announced the Healey-Driscoll Administration in a press release Tuesday. "Residents across our state rely on Regional Transit Authorities to get to work, school, the grocery 0 Comments
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North Adams Begins Search Process for New SuperintendentBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:42AM / Wednesday, December 04, 2024 | |
Tuesday marked the last time retiring Superintendent Barbara Malkas will present the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents Certificate of Academic Excellence. Colin Daly will graduate as valedictorian of the class of 2025. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee plans to cast a wide net in its search for a new superintendent. Superintendent Barbara Malkas, hired in 2016, will retire at the end of the school year. On Tuesday, she presented her last Superintendent's Award to Drury High senior Colin Daly before the committee launched into a lengthy discussion of how to replace her. "This singular honor is conferred 0 Comments
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Letter: Save Notch ForestLetter to the Editor,
05:00PM / Tuesday, December 03, 2024 | |
 To the Editor: I'm writing in regards to the Save Notch Forest signs that I have seen. As a proud Masshole native from North Adams, that has transplanted to Southwest Vermont, I was curious as to what the signs were about. I am grateful that I checked out the site on the sign to learn of the extensive and heinous logging plans of the Mass Audubon society near the North Adams reservoir. As someone who travels back down to Mass sometimes daily and ventures to the reservoir 95 percent of that time for just the peace and beauty of being able to just sit there in awe. Each time I go, I am guaranteed to see the bald eagle that perches on the pine or birch on the eastern end of the
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North Adams Council OKs Union Wage HikesBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:46AM / Tuesday, December 03, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council passed an updated fiscal 2025 classification and compensation plan with no debate at a special meeting on Monday. The updated plan covers recent agreements with the firefighters, police and Department of public Works' unions and is retroactive to July 1. The firefighters and police are getting about a 3 percent raise. An entry-level firefighter will have a minimum starting wage of $46,574, up from $45,218, and Step 1 will start at $48,085. A patrol officer at Step 1 will get $47,272, up from $45,031. Second shift will get an 8 percent differential ($48,633 at Step 1) and third a 9 percent 0 Comments
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MCLA Theatre Program Presents 'The Method Gun' | 04:06PM / Monday, December 02, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' (MCLA) Theatre program announced its second show of the 2024-2025 season, "The Method Gun." This work by Kirk Lynn and the Rude Mechs, re-imagined under the direction of Professor Laura Standley, will take place Dec. 6 and 7 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. According to a press release: "The Method Gun" takes audiences into the world of actor training, examining the intense and mysterious techniques of mid-century acting guru Stella Burden and her fiercely committed company of actors. Through a mix of archival material and imaginative storytelling, the play revisits the 0 Comments
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One Eagle Street Restaurant: Three Eateries InsideBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
06:52AM / Saturday, November 30, 2024 | |
Pat Maloney and Gail Demo have breakfast at Eagle Street Cafe. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Three veterans of the restaurant industry are experimenting with a collaborative that will offer distinctive experiences in a single space. Chris Bonnivier, a well-known chef, had purchased the former Desperados' assets at 23 Eagle St. and wasn't sure what to do with it after an earlier partnership failed. He took inspiration from recent pop-up eateries to partner with Michael Kelly and Joseph and Leila Segala. The chefs will split the rent three ways, reducing financial pressures in a tight industry, provide each other some back up in a crisis, and reopen 0 Comments
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Brayton Kindergartners on 'How to Make a Thanksgiving Turkey'| 08:30AM / Thursday, November 28, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The kindergartners in Shealee Cooke's classroom at Brayton Elementary School share their answers here to "How Do You Make a Thanksgiving Turkey." They were pretty sure on where you get turkeys (at a store) and nearly unanimous on where you cook it (in an oven, though Gram's house makes a lot of sense) and what to do when it's done — eat it. But they differed on temperatures (we like "hot") and the times ranged from 22 seconds to 21 days. We hope you enjoy their cooking instructions — please don't follow them — and the "hand turkey" art they 1 Comment
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Big Y in Providing Meals to Those in Need This Holiday Season| 08:09AM / Thursday, November 28, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Big Y's annual Sack Hunger campaign provides funds for the four food banks within their two-state marketing area. In turn, these food banks support local soup kitchens, food pantries, senior food programs, day care centers and many others through 2100-member agencies that they assist every day. Their goal is to maximize access to nutritious food and other resources to help ensure food security for those at risk of hunger. These four food banks are The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, Worcester County Food Bank, Greater Boston Food Bank and Connecticut Food Share. For a $5 donation, customers can support Sack Hunger from any register at Big 1 Comment
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Local Chef, North Adams Police Team Up to Deliver Thanksgiving MealsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:21AM / Wednesday, November 27, 2024 | |
Det. Stephanie Mirante and Chris Bonnivier go over their list of addresses. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Three dozen local families will be feasting this Thanksgiving thanks to a local chef with some help from the Police Department. Chris Bonnivier said he and his wife, Linda, have been providing 20 to 25 residents in tough financial circumstance with the ingredients for Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for a dozen years — doing the shopping, packing and delivery. "We got to the point, we have grandchildren now," he said. "We want to help. We're doing this by the grace of God, I'm a true believer, that we've been blessed and 1 Comment
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Clarksburg Declines to Renew Town Administrator Contract; Posts PositionBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:35PM / Tuesday, November 26, 2024 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday voted to post the town administrator position in hopes of having a new leader in place by early next year. The board had entered in executive session with Carl McKinney last week for negotiations on a three-year contract. That apparently turned into an offer for a one-year extension that McKinney refused. He was not at Monday's meeting. Department heads and members of other boards and committee attended the meeting with concerns of how the negotiation had played out — and how the town would move forward with the grants and projects underway. A nearly $10,000 increase had been on the table, funding that 1 Comment
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Community Hero: Noelle HowlandBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:39PM / Saturday, November 23, 2024 | |
Noelle Howland is committed to keeping alive the late Pittsfield ACO Eleanor Sonsini's mission of helping animals ... albeit farther north in North Adams. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — No Paws Left Behind Executive Director Noelle Howland has been selected as the November Community Hero of the Month. The Community Hero of the Month series honors individuals and organizations that have made a significant impact in their community. The series sponsor, Haddad Auto, has extended this initiative for one more month. Howland breathed new life into the mission of the former Eleanor Sonsini Animal Shelter, which closed in August 2023. The shelter in Pittsfield 1 Comment
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