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MCLA Exploring Using Berkshire Towers As Homeless Shelter Staff Reports ,
10:45AM / Friday, March 24, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) may partner with the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to turn the Berkshire Towers dorms into homeless housing. MCLA President James Birge released a letter to college alumni Thursday that outlined the college's plan to provide shelter to families without secure housing. He stated in the letter that the news has already been shared with students. "I want to assure you that our priority is to maintain the health and safety of our students," he wrote. "We also have a unique opportunity at this moment in time to respond to the pressing issue of affordable 0 Comments
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nbCC selected as a Big Y Community Bag Program Beneficiary| 08:26AM / Friday, March 24, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Northern Berkshire Community Coalition (nbCC) has been selected as a beneficiary of the Big Y Community Bag Program for the month of April. The Big Y Community Bag Program, which launched in January 2019, is a reusable bag program that facilitates community support. Northern Berkshire Community Coalition was selected as the April beneficiary of the program by store leadership at the Big Y located at North Adams. The Coalition will receive a $1 donation every time the $2.50 reusable Community Bag is purchased at this location during April, unless otherwise directed by the customer through the Giving Tag attached to the 0 Comments
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Clarksburg Hears Pitch From Water District, Mulls Zoning EditsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:07PM / Thursday, March 23, 2023 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The Briggsville Water District is hoping to have the town lien delinquent water bills to property taxes. "We do that routinely for North Adams," said Carl McKinney, town administrator, who spoke to the Select Board on Wednesday as a member of the district's board of commissioners. "We have a contract that is part of our water agreement with North Adams but we don't have an agreement with the Briggsville Water District." The commissioners wanted to know if the board was amenable to entering into an agreement with the water district, he said. The town has the ability to legally put liens on properties 0 Comments
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North Adams Airport Hangar Project Price IncreaseBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
06:12AM / Thursday, March 23, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Airport Commission will see a $163,000 increase to the North East Hangar renovation project. Engineer Peter Enzien gave his report to the commission Tuesday and noted that the hangar project will be a little more costly than originally anticipated with a new estimate of $642,000. "I think we need a new estimator," Commissioner William Diamond said. "That is what I think." Originally the rehabilitation of the city-owned hangar at Harriman & West Airport was estimated to cost $350,000. But the original bid actually came in at $479,000. Enzien said the general contractor has offered their actual quote now 0 Comments
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Nomination Papers Available in Clarksburg| 06:16PM / Wednesday, March 22, 2023 | |
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Nomination papers are available in the town clerk's office for the annual town election on May 30. Up for election this year are one-year terms for moderator, tree warden, and Planning Board; three-year terms for Select Board, School Committee, library trustee, Board of Health and War Memorial Committee; and a five-year term on the Planning Board. Papers can be picked up from the town clerk's office Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to noon; they must be returned by Thursday, April 6. Contact the town clerk at 413-663-8255 or townclerk@clarksburgma.gov with any questions. 0 Comments
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Warmer Temperatures With Rain Later This WeekStaff Reports,
12:00PM / Wednesday, March 22, 2023 | |
Expect some spring-like weather this week. According to Accuweather, Today, Wednesday, March 22, Temperatures will near 60 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. On Thursday temperatures will be a little cooler, and there will be some showers throughout the day. On Friday expect cloudy skies with temperatures in the high 40s. On Saturday, March 25, expect temperatures in the low 40s with a mix of snow, sleet, and rain. Accuweather predicts that it will get breezier as the day goes on. Expect slightly warmer temperatures Sunday with snow flurries in the morning. 0 Comments
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Structurally Deficient Brown Street Bridge Closed in North AdamsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
06:26PM / Tuesday, March 21, 2023 | |
The bridge was built in 1952 over the Hoosic River. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The state has ordered the Brown Street bridge closed. Residents were alerted the closure of the span that connects River Street to West Main Street by the city's CodeRed alert system around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The bridge is closed "indefinitely." The bridge is blocked off on both sides though Brown Street is still accessible from West Main Street. The 26-foot steel structure's poor condition is well known and it was listed with 19 other bridges in the Berkshires requiring repairs or replacement using funding from the federal Bipartisan 0 Comments
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New law may offer financial opportunitiesSubmitted by Edward Jones,
04:10PM / Tuesday, March 21, 2023 | |
 Your own decisions and actions typically determine your financial strategies. But outside events can affect your choices, too. And that may be the case with the recent passage of the SECURE 2.0 Act. This piece of legislation covers many areas. But here are some changes that may be of interest to you, depending on your situation: If you're a retiree … Higher age for RMDs – The age at which you must take withdrawals — known as required minimum distributions, or RMDs — from your traditional IRA and 401(k) has increased from 72 to 73, effective this year. (If you turned 72 in 2022, but still haven't taken your first RMD, you will need to do so 0 Comments
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Agriculture Counts: March 2023U.S. Department of Agriculture,
10:31AM / Tuesday, March 21, 2023 | |
 Become a crop weather reporter If you are knowledgeable about crops across your county and have Internet access, you qualify to be a weekly crop reporter. It only takes about 10-15 minutes each week to alert USDA of the crop situation in your county using the Internet report form. We will use that information to generate the weekly report of Crop Conditions across the Northeastern Region. This report is issued weekly during the growing season, April to November, and lists planting, fruiting, and harvesting progress and overall condition of selected crops in major producing states. You can help alert USDA about crop progress and unusual crop conditions during the 0 Comments
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MCLA Announces Nursing Bachelor's Degree Program| 08:08AM / Tuesday, March 21, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will launch a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program for the fall 2023 semester. This will be the first BSN program in Berkshire County, and the only BSN program within an hour's drive in the rural tri-state corner of Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. This will help address the current and future rural nursing workforce shortage. "Nursing care in rural and remote areas is uniquely complex and diverse, necessitating educational preparation at the baccalaureate level," said Dr. Elizabeth Fiscella, associate dean of MCLA's new BSN program. "Rural nurses 0 Comments
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North Adams Commission Passes on River Street Parking BanBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:07PM / Monday, March 20, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Traffic Commission is holding off on any changes to parking along River Street near the Corner Store. The commission had received a letter from resident Nancy Bullett and several phone calls from residents about congestion specifically between Holden and North Holden streets caused by cars parked along River Street. "The way the cars were parked right up to the corner and with the high, like the SUVs, and that [drivers turning out of North Holden] really couldn't see oncoming traffic," Chair MaryAnn King told the commission on March 8. "You had to like almost pull out halfway in the road to turn before you can see 4 Comments
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