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Letter: MCLA Homeless Shelter Should Have Had Public InputLetter to the Editor,
03:30PM / Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | |
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I question MCLA's President Birge's commitment to education and to our North Berkshire community.
"… the historic public purpose of American higher education is to respond to the needs and demands of society." President Jamie Birge, WAMC 5/10/2023
The problem of the poor and unhoused is a symptom of a decline in democratic values and income inequality. A simple change in the earned income tax credit was able to cut child poverty by about 46 percent in just a few months. Massachusetts needs more than 200,000 new homes in order to start addressing the housing crisis. What is stopping Massachusetts from building these homes? Powerful interests who do
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Letter: Kudos North Adams Police DepartmentLetter to the Editor,
03:00PM / Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | |
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Praise to members of the North Adams Police Department: Interim Chief Mark Bailey, Detective Sgt. Bran Vivori, Detective Josh Zustra, Officers Taylor Kline and Khalil Paul will be participating in Boston's Run To Remember (on May 28) honoring Officer George Angeli, who lost his life while on duty in North Adams. This half marathon/10K is a true testament to the kindness and dedication these amazing North Adams Police Department officers are to our community. Best of luck on a great run. Jim Holmes
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North Adams Appoints New City ClerkBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
12:51PM / Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | |
Leonesio, the fourth clerk in the last 18 months, takes her place in the clerk's seat next to the council president. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council is hoping the fourth one's a charm. Tina Leonesio was sworn in on Tuesday as city clerk, the fourth person to hold the post in less than 18 months, after a unanimous vote by the City Council. Leonesio was hired last September as assistant clerk and has been acting clerk over the last several weeks since the departure of Joshua Vallieres. "We had posted it and we kept it open until we actually started interviewing," said Council President Lisa Blackmer. "We had 19 applicants and 0 Comments
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CHP Berkshires Expands Primary Care Team| 11:37AM / Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — CHP Berkshires has expanded its primary care practice with new clinicians at practice locations in North Adams and Lee. Michelle M. Bedard, Adult Acute Care Gerontology Nurse Practitioner, has joined the primary care team at CHP North Adams Family Medical, where she will care for patients 13 years and older. She earned her doctor of nursing degree from Elms College, concentrating on adult-gerontology acute care and earning certification in this specialty. She earned her bachelor's degree in nursing at Southern New Hampshire University and earlier received her associate degree in nursing from Berkshire Community College 0 Comments
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North Adams School Committee OKs $20M Level-Service Budget for FY24By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
09:58AM / Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee on Tuesday approved a $20 million budget for fiscal 2024. The spending plan is level-serviced and level-funded in terms of the city's contribution. The committee was presented with the proposed $20,054,352 budget in early May. "We have received an acknowledgement with Student Opportunity Act funds through Chapter 70 state aid which is allowing us to maintain a level-service budget, an overall budget for FY24," said Superintendent Barbara Malkas. "The bottom line with respect to that budget remains the same." The total increase of $1,296,564 over this year, or 8.69 percent, is 0 Comments
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Drury Band Celebrates 100 Years With Alumni ConcertBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
05:40PM / Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Calling all Drury band alumni, it's time to toot your horn, bang your drum, strum your guitar. The Drury Alumni Concert will be held this weekend coinciding with the band's centennial. "It's really great experience for students to play with alumni," Band Director Chris Caproni said. "They see the continuity of it. So many of these people are lifelong musicians or even if they're not lifelong musicians, music is still part of most of their lives." James Morley Chambers was the founding director, conducting the band from 1923 to 1946. The Alumni Concert that takes place every five years. 0 Comments
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Are your goals 'must have' or 'nice to have'?Submitted by Edward Jones,
12:27PM / Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | |
 Like everyone, you may have a lot of financial goals. But are they all of equal importance? Probably not. And do they share a similar timeline? Again, it's unlikely. So, your first step may be to prioritize your goals — and then follow a process that can help you achieve them. This process should include the following steps: Identify your goals as "must have" or "nice to have." Making sure you can retire comfortably and won't outlive your resources is a "must have" goal. For this goal, you can't compromise — you need to be certain of achieving it, or at least as certain as possible. But if you want to someday own a vacation home 0 Comments
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American Legion Post 125 Hosts Sutton WalkersBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
05:36AM / Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | |
Marchers arrive at the celebration at Post 152 on Sunday. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dozens of American Legion members from Sutton marched their way through downtown North Adams on Sunday participating in the 100 Miles For Hope Walk. The Sutton American Legion Post 414 veterans and Boy Scouts concluded their walk through the city at a celebration hosted by American Legion Post 125. "It is just a big party to welcome them into the city," Post 125 Commander Mitchel Keil said. "We walked out to them last year because it is 100 miles from our post to their post, so it is our turn to host the reception." What started out as a program to 0 Comments
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Derelict Plane Removed From North Adams AirportBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
06:08PM / Sunday, May 21, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Airport manager Bruce Goff told the airport commission that the derelict plane that had flipped over in 2022 has been completely removed from the airport campus. "On April 21, he had the fuselage put on a flatbed and towed away," Goff told the commission Tuesday. "I like having aircraft here, but if they are here, I want them to be in working condition. So I am happy to see it go." During a windstorm last year, the plane was completely flipped over. The city had to call a towing company to right the plane. The city could not contact the owner so they footed the $5,000 bill. The city did eventually contact the plane owner 0 Comments
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More Than 400 Compete in Steel Rail RacesiBerkshires.com Sports,
03:28PM / Sunday, May 21, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Williamstown's Alex White was the first runner across the finish line at Sunday's MountainOne Steel Rail Marathon on the Ashuwilticook Trail. White maintained a 6 minute, 26 second per mile pace over the 26.2 mile course from Pittsfield to Adams and back. He reached the finish line in 2:48.42.41 to finish 5-1/2 minutes ahead of the rest of the other 72 runners who finished the event's marathon division. The fastest finisher in the marathon was Stephen Gulley of Billingham, the event's lone hand pedaler, who finished in 2:20:05.36. The first female runner across the finish line was Assonet's Hailey Desmarais 0 Comments
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NAPS Post Graduate Scholarship Applications| 04:02PM / Saturday, May 20, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The North Adams Public Schools offers three postgraduate scholarship funds for any college student who graduated from Drury High School and is attending a four-year college when making an application. Applicants must have a google account with a Google sign-in to apply on-line and submit their transcript electronically. The Charles & Olivia Perron Memorial Scholarship is open to any college student attending a four-year college. Here is the Perron form. The Mortimer P. Howard Memorial Scholarship is open to college students about to enter their junior or senior year at college. Here is the Mortimer P. Howard Form. All 0 Comments
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DA Says Kelsie Cote Killed Grandmother, Attempted to Conceal EvidenceBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:02PM / Friday, May 19, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The district attorney says Kelsie Cote assaulted and killed her grandmother with scissors and a paper weight on Halloween night and attempted to conceal the evidence. On Thursday, Cote was arraigned in Berkshire Superior Court for first degree murder of Doris A. Cote on or between Oct. 31 and Nov.1, 2022. Her counsel waived the reading of the remaining counts on the indictment and a pre-trial hearing has been set for Nov.14. Cote, 26, of 22 Rich St. in North Adams, was charged with murder, assault to murder and evidence tampering in the death of her 74-year-old grandmother. Cote, who had a not-guilty plea entered on her behalf, entered the court
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