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BAAMS Fall Classes Starting Sept. 13| 10:19AM / Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshires Academy for Advanced Musical Studies (BAAMS) is now offering registration for its Fall 2025 classes. Music students of all levels, ages 10 to 18, will have the chance to study Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophones and Woodwinds, Guitar, Bass, and Drums along with Improvisation and Music Composition with a faculty who are also members of the Juilliard School, NBC's "Saturday Night Live" Band, and are multi-Grammy award- winning recording artists. "BAAMS offers our students a unique music learning experience that teaches our kids not only how to improvise, and compose and record their own original music, but also gives our 0 Comments
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Chris' Girls Come From Behind to Reach Torchia League FinalBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:36PM / Tuesday, August 26, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Chris’ Girls Tuesday overcame a 14-3 deficit to earn a 22-17 win over Club Wyndham to reach the title round of the Pat Torchia Softball League. Karen White went 3-for-3, scored three runs and went the distance in the circle as Chris’ Girls won the loser’s bracket of the double-elimination tournament and earned a berth in Wednesday’s final against Ayrhill Farms. Chris’ Girls will need to beat Ayrhill Farms on Wednesday to get to a winner-take-all final on Thursday at Disanti Field. On Tuesday, Club Wyndham scored seven times in the second inning to take a 7-3 lead and built an 11-run 0 Comments
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Steeple City Jiu Jitsu Open in North AdamsBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
12:49PM / Tuesday, August 26, 2025 | |
Tim Stys and Jon Manley have partnered to open the jui jitsu studio in North Adams. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Business partners and coaches Jon Manley and Timothy Stys recently opened Steeple City Jiu Jitsu at 85 Main St. Stys ran RGS Underground, a jiu jitsu and kickboxing studio in Readsboro, Vt., and Manley ran Jon Manley MMA in Williamstown. The two have been training together for years and decided to come together to open a studio. "We've been training together for about four years. He's my coach. Yet we both just study and obsess over jiu jitsu and just always want to get better. And decided last year, a year ago, that we wanted to merge," Stys said. Stys,
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Macksey Stresses 'Experience' as She Launches Campaign for Third TermBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:55PM / Monday, August 25, 2025 | |
Campaign swag for supporters at Thursday's event. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jennifer Macksey touted accomplishments over the last four years — and challenges ahead — as she kicked off her campaign for a third term for the corner office. "North Adams needs a forward-thinking, experienced leader, someone who will not only make plans, but takes actions. I was that leader four years ago, and I remain that leader today," said the incumbent to applause in the American Legion Hall on Thursday. "A good mayor has to be both present and responsive. Over the past four years, I've led the government focused on action, not just 0 Comments
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Veteran Spotlight: Coast Guard Seaman James MeinekerBy Wayne Soares, Special to iBerkshires
05:43PM / Sunday, August 24, 2025 | |
 FALMOUTH, Mass. — James Meineker served his country in the Coast Guard as an electronics technician from 1969 to 1973. He grew up in the village of Castleton-on-the-Hudson in New York State and did his basic training at Coast Guard Training Center Cape in May, N.J. "It was a big awakening, they took the chip off my shoulder and changed the thought process," he said, adding with a chuckle, "if you walked around carrying a wrench, nobody bothered you. On the ship, we had some world class skaters who knew the ins and outs." His first assignment would take him to the Coast Guard's former ET school on Governor's Island in New 0 Comments
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Clarksburg Fire Company Asks for Budget Increase to Offset CostsBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
11:48AM / Saturday, August 23, 2025 | |
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The Clarksburg Volunteer Fire Company is hoping for more financial support from the town to address increasing costs. "The fire company would like to approach the town for our budget to grow," Fire Chief Carlyle "Chipper" Chesbro told the Select Board on Monday. "I don't want to say enormously. But just in retrospect with everything going on with costs of things, budgets ... Upon realizing our budget is ridiculous.ly low for what we do, for what we provide." The Fire Department's budget has hovered around $20,000 annually for the past 25 years, he noted. "We take what's given to us and 0 Comments
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Adams Community Bank Announces Partnership with Financial Safety PlatformBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
05:32AM / Friday, August 22, 2025 | |
Carefull Director of Customer Success Laura Mohan explains how the platform works and goes over some facts. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Adams Community Bank is partnering with financial safety platform Carefull to provide extra security for customers. The announcement was made to stakeholders on Tuesday at the Berkshire Innovation Center. "As all of you know, fraud becomes an increasing issue for everyone, not just for older people, but for everyone," said bank President and CEO Julie Fallon Hughes. "The schemes become more complex, and anyone can be a victim. "So as a community bank, we really take not just 0 Comments
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Charlemont Reggae Fest| 03:32PM / Thursday, August 21, 2025 | |
 CHARLEMONT, Mass. — On Saturday Aug. 23 the Charlemont Reggae Festival will be held in Charlemont Mass. at the Fair Grounds from noon to 10pm. There will be food, drink, exotic craft market, and kids activities. Live reggae performances from Ras Iba of the V.I., Ras Moon from Cape Verde. Clatta Bumboo, Souls of Zion, and Roosta Acoustic out of Jamaica. International recording artist Shanti Starr with the Afro-Reggae All Stars, Nephertiti, Gaia Roots and local acts The Equalites, Root Fiyah, and Mystic I. DJ Cancer and DJ Trends with be selecting roots reggae, dance hall, and soca. For more info check www.charlemontreggaefestival.com 0 Comments
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Local Chefs Competition to Benefit the Berkshire Food Project| 12:48PM / Thursday, August 21, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Food Project, a nonprofit organization providing nutritious meals daily to those facing food insecurity, announced that local chefs will compete to create small plates — or "super bites" on Friday, Sept. 12, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Greylock Works. Tickets are $100 and include a sample of all bites, a drink, food-themed music by Gabe Besaw's Rebel Beat Sound System, and one vote for their favorite dish. "The highlight of the evening is the competition between local chefs using ingredients commonly found in the Berkshire Food Project pantry," said Mariah Forstmann, Berkshire Food Project board member and Super 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Car Shows and FestivalsBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
12:23PM / Thursday, August 21, 2025 | |
 Check out the events happening in the Berkshire's this weekend including car shows, plays, and more. Editor's Picks North Adams 13th Annual Motorama
Main Street, North Adams
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cool cars, hot rods and intriguing motor vehicles of all shapes and sizes will fill the downtown for this year's Motorama. Also enjoy food and shop vendors, with live music, giveaways and more. More information here. Common Ground Festival
Bousquet Mountain, Pittsfield
Time: 3 p.m. The Common Ground Festival is back for a second year with a free day of family-friendly activities. Live music, face painting, climbing wall and instrument playground, and food and beverage vendors. Local
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Companion Corner: Kash at No Paws Left BehindBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
02:39PM / Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kash is eager and excited to play with a new best friend. iBerkshire's Companion Corner is a weekly series spotlighting an animal in our local shelters that is ready to find a home. Kash is a one-year-old Labrador mix who has been at No Paws Left Behind since April. Executive Director Noelle Howland said Kash is a people-dog with a lot of energy. "He loves people. Sometimes when he meets people at first, he'll bark and jump in the air, he gets very excited. But since the size, that can be a little intimidating at first, but he does great with people, and he's overall a very social, playful dog," she said. 0 Comments
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Greylock School Bidding Expected for OctoberBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
06:16AM / Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Greylock School project is expected to go out to bid sometime in October with bids anticipated by the end of the year. Tim Alix of Collier's International, the owner's project manager, said the project team is awaiting comments on the 90 percent design package submitted to the Massachusetts School Building Authority. Once received, the team will respond and then incorporate the comments into the completed documents. "And at that point, we'd be ready to go out to bid," he said. "We still have our prequalification process ongoing, and that's to develop our list of contractors, and so we're kind 0 Comments
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