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MountainOne Named a 2025 Best Places to Work by Boston Business Journal| 11:25AM / Sunday, May 11, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — MountainOne announced that it has been named a 2025 Best Places to Work by the Boston Business Journal. The Boston Business Journal's annual ranking showcases the Massachusetts companies that excel in fostering and sustaining exceptional work environments for their employees, according to a press release. The 100 companies honored in 2025 range in size and industry, with winners from various sectors, including financial, technology, retail, and health care. "At MountainOne, we believe that a strong, supportive workplace culture is the foundation for success – not just for our employees, but for the communities we serve," said Beth 0 Comments
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Golden Eagle Restaurant in Battle over Toxic Chemicals ThreatBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
08:01AM / Sunday, May 11, 2025 | |
A warning notice the couple has had to place on the restaurant's door. They filed suit against MassDOT, Cumberland Farms and the successor to the manufacturer of the gasoline tanker. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The owners of the Golden Eagle Restaurant say they have been dealing with the negative affects of a gasoline spill that happened decades ago. John and Lori Morris, owners of the landmark on the Hairpin Turn, have sued the state over toxic chemicals that are ruining their business and negatively affecting their health. In 1982, a Cumberland Farms tanker truck crashed into the ledge along the Hairpin Turn and went up in flames, killing the driver of the truck and 0 Comments
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Mass MoCA Announces Summer 2025 Programming| 08:20AM / Saturday, May 10, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) announced its full lineup of summer programming. Following the celebratory opening weekend of "Vincent Valdez: Just A Dream...," this summer's concerts, workshops, and events include SNACKTIME (July 12), Guster & The Mountain Goats (July 26), and many others live in concert; the final Like Magic: Screening Series (June 7) prior to the exhibition's September closure; the return of MASS MoCA's Chalet; and a late summer outdoor show with Lake Street Dive (September 6); among other offerings. Summer 2025's lineup encourages exploration of Mass MoCA's 0 Comments
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CIAO Soccer Hall of Fame Inducts Members, Awards ScholarshipsCommunity submission,
10:43PM / Friday, May 09, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The CIAO Soccer Hall of Fame induction and scholarship banquet was held on Thursday, May 8, at Berkshire Hills Country Club in Pittsfield. The 2025 inductees were honored, and 21 scholarships were presented to one boy and one girl senior soccer player from each high school in the county (chosen by their high school coaches). Committee Chairmen Al Belanger and Patrick West introduced inductees and scholarship winners at the event. The nomination committee included, in addition to Belanger and West, Chris Dumas and Richard Asher. Marisa Andrews led the banquet committee and Nikki O’Neil was the architect of the 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Plays, Music and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:28PM / Friday, May 09, 2025 | |
 Check out the events in the Berkshires this weekend, including school musicals, a carnival, a benefit race, and more. Don't forget it's Mother's Day — here's some ideas for spending time with mom this weekend. (Note, reservations required for many events.) Multiple Days 'Hadestown: Teen Edition Performance' Taconic High School, Pittsfield Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. The high school's theater department will be performing the musical "Hadestown: Teen Edition," which is a family-friendly adaptation of Anaïs Mitchell's Tony-winning Broadway musical 0 Comments
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Casita Restaurant to Host Community Choke Saver Class| 04:00PM / Thursday, May 08, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— Casita restaurant, located at 1111 MASS MoCA Way, will host a Choke Saver Class for the community on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 10:00 AM. The class is inspired by a recent incident at the restaurant where a guest choked, and Casita's chef and owner, Justin Forstmann, administered the Heimlich maneuver to clear the airway. This event highlighted the importance of knowing how to respond to such emergencies. In partnership with Berkshire Community College (BCC), Casita will offer a comprehensive class covering the identification of choking signs in adults, children, and infants. Participants will also learn the correct techniques for the Heimlich maneuver and other
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Clarksburg Board OKs Sale of Cruiser to MCLABy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:49PM / Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | |
Both Adams Officer Kevin Stant, left, and MCLA lt. Mark Denault advocated for their departments, citing the need to update their fleets. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — What town officials hoped would be a simple matter of disposing of two police cruisers turned into a difficult debate on money, timing and integrity. The 2022 Ford Explorer and older Chevrolet Tahoe have been sitting since last fall when Police Chief Michael Williams retired; the police department was dissolved in March. On Tuesday, the Select Board voted to sell the Ford to Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts for $30,000. But the decision came after a long debate on whether they should go 0 Comments
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Historian to Discuss Dr. Samuel Jones and Arnold Print Works at North Adams Library| 01:22PM / Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The North Adams Public Library will host historian and graphic designer Samuel M. Trudel on Wednesday, May 14, at 6:00 p.m. Trudel will discuss his recently published two-book series on the history of the Arnold Print Works from 1868 to 1942, focusing on Dr. Samuel M. Jones' ownership (1915-1942). The presentation will cover Jones' acquisition of the North Adams-based textile manufacturer, the company's survival through the Great Depression, its return to profitability, and its eventual sale to Sprague Electric in 1942 due to World War II. At the time of the sale, Arnold Print Works employed 2,500 people. Trudel's presentation will include
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Letter: Saturday Rally: Diversity Makes Us GreatLetter to the Editor,
12:09PM / Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | |
 To the Editor:
Several months ago, I was a North Adams teacher and a member of a school DEIJ committee. (Working for Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Justice.) I did not think this was radical work.
Yet here I am today, asking friends and neighbors to join us on Saturday, May 10, at the North Adams City Hall from 1:15-2:15 p.m. at a "Diversity MAKES America Great Rally." Because apparently, the idea that people of all races, abilities, orientation, gender identity — the idea that all people are endowed "with certain unalienable rights" is now up for debate.
Please stand with me to show that Berkshire County believes diversity really is what makes this nation
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North Adams Letter Carrier Food Drive Scheduled for May 10| 10:22AM / Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— The annual Letter Carrier's Food Drive is scheduled for Saturday, May 10. Residents are asked to leave bags of non-perishable food items for their mail carriers. This year, the Friendship Center will collaborate with letter carriers to collect donations in North Adams, Clarksburg, and Florida Mountain. The sorting location for the collected items will be in the space adjacent to Planet Fitness in the Steeple City Plaza. New volunteers are welcome to assist. The Al Nelson Friendship Center Food Pantry, located at 45 Eagle Street, serves households in North Adams, Clarksburg, and Florida Mountain. The pantry is open every Wednesday from 10 0 Comments
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Clarksburg School Opens School Choice Spots for Next School YearBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:31AM / Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | |
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — School officials last week voted to open five school-choice slots in first grade but held off on a decision for kindergarten. These are first open spots since 2023 as the school's residential enrollment has risen over the past few years. But with 12 pupils forecast for Grade 1, officials felt confident in opening school choice. "We've gone over the last five years or so that the understanding is if a grade level had 18 students, we wouldn't open additional school choice slots to keep the numbers reasonable," said Superintendent John Franzoni at last week's School Committee meeting. "We're pretty tight right now 0 Comments
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NEA Pulls Grant to Mass MoCA Due to Trump's 'Agenda'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:20PM / Tuesday, May 06, 2025 | |
Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll with museum director Kristy Edmunds in the Gibson exhibit on '413 Day' this year. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art announced Tuesday that two of its previously awarded federal grants have been clawed back by the Trump administration. In a statement posted on Mass MoCA's website and reprinted on Facebook, the museum said it learned Friday night that a National Endowment for Arts grant in support of Jeffrey Gibson's "Power Full Because We're Different," was being terminated. The grant, approved in November of last year, supports the exhibition by Gibson, who is "known for 0 Comments
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