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County Youth Soccer League Wraps Up Spring SeasonCommunity submission,
02:47PM / Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | |
LENOX, Mass. -- Three Berkshire County Youth Soccer League teams have qualified for the Massachusettts Tournament of Champions this weekend in Lancaster. Two girls teams and one boys team are advancing to the state tourney based on their performance throughout the spring: the 7th- and 8th-grade Lenox Gold girls, the 5th- and 6th-grade North Adams Breakers girls and the 5th- and 6th-grade Williamstown Vipers boys. The BCYSL held its season-ending tournament on Saturday at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School, with championships decided in seven different groups. Winners included: Boys 5/6 B-Cup - Williamstown 1, Lenox 1 (Williamstown wins on penalty kicks). Girls 0 Comments
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North Adams' State Road Gets New Paving This Week| 02:36PM / Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The road work — and traffic jams — on State Road will be over by next week. Warner Bros. Construction will begin paving Route 2 over a four-day period so motorists should be aware that delays and backups are likely. Work began on this section of the state highway between the Sacco Bridge and the Williamstown line about two weeks ago. The roadway was milled and will be paved as part of a $5.8 million state project that includes sections of Route 2 over Florida Mountain. The work is being federally funded. Warner Bros., the contractor for the project, said paving will begin on Wednesday and continue through 0 Comments
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Mohawk State Park Closed for Camping This Year| 02:12PM / Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | |
 CHARLEMONT, Mass. — The campground at Mohawk Trail State Forest will be closed for the summer season because of a water main break. Campers who had reservations for the summer season have been informed of the closure and have been fully refunded. The campground offers 47 wooded sites and three accessible cabins that sleep three to five people. The work at Mohawk is an $800,000 investment that includes installing, connecting and testing a new well and waterlines, repaving the road on the property, replacing building roofs, and making repairs to the Civilian Conservation Corps-era cabins. "Mohawk is one of a 0 Comments
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Greylock Teacher Named North Adams' Teacher of the YearCommunity Submission,
12:34PM / Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | |
Melissa Boyer is presented with the Marion B. Kelly Teacher of the Year certificate by Superintendent Barbara Malkas. Boyer is retiring after 28 years at Greylock School. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — This year's recipient of the Marion B. Kelley Teacher of the Year award is Melissa Boyer. Boyer was recognized by Superintendent Barbara Malkas during an assembly at Greylock Elementary School attended by students, staff and Boyer's family and friends. She was presented with a commemorative certificate and a gift certificate for $100 for school classroom supplies. This award, named in honor of the late Marion B. Kelley, a former North Adams teacher and principal, 0 Comments
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Biggest threats to a comfortable retirement?Submitted by Edward Jones,
12:15PM / Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | |
 If you save and invest for decades, you'd like to know you can retire without financial worries. Nonetheless, you still have to be aware of some threats to a comfortable retirement — and how to respond to them. These threats include: Inflation – Inflation has been high recently, but even a mild inflation rate can seriously erode your purchasing power. In fact, with just a 3 percent inflation rate, your expenses could double in about 25 years — and your retirement could easily last that long. So, if you're going to rely on your investment portfolio for a sizable part of your retirement income, you will need to own a reasonable number of growth-oriented 0 Comments
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Hamlet Leads Team to Giorgi League WiniBerkshires.com Sports,
07:18AM / Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Deshawn Hamlet scored 29 points and pulled down 11 rebounds Monday as Battle of the Future battled to a 74-71 win over the PhoneBros in the A Division season opener of the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League. Aaron Perkins scored 18 points for Battle of the Future, and Bryce Webb and Daemond Carter added 11 and 10, respectively. PhoneBros was led by Julius Woods with 25 points and seven boards. Dave Wells added 14, and Mike Taylor had 11 points for Phone Bros. Team DB defeated Giardina and Bressett PC, 58-47, in Monday's nightcap. Quentin Gittens led Team DB with 21 points and seven rebounds. Teammate Tay Sandifer scored 16. Seth 0 Comments
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North Adams Has 13 Candidates So Far for Council| 03:46PM / Monday, June 19, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A couple more candidates have taken out papers for the November city election but so far there are not enough names to consider a preliminary election. There are now 12 possible candidates; 19 would trigger a preliminary election. Incumbent Wayne Wilkinson and Andrew Fitch are the latest to toss their hat in the ring as of early Friday; Lisa Blackmer, council president, has also taken papers out. She will be seeking her eighth nonconsecutive term Wilkinson will be running for his fifth elected term on the council. He is a real estate appraiser and has also served on the Planning Board and was chairman of the Mobile Home Rent Control 0 Comments
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Northern Berkshire Coalition Recognizes Heroes, Makes Plans for New HomeBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
12:31PM / Monday, June 19, 2023 | |
State Sen. Paul Mark speaks at the annual meeting. Right, Executive Director Amber Besaw and President Benjamin Lamb announce a new home for the coalition. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Northern Berkshire Community Coalition annual meeting on Friday was about sharing stories, including the latest chapter in its own chronicle. Coalition President Benjamin Lamb announced that the nonprofit will be closing on the former Carr Hardware location on State Street. "For more than 12 years now, the coalition has been actively searching, investigating and planning to identify it forever home," he told the gathering at Greylock Works. "An accessible and 0 Comments
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Splash Into Summer Safely| 09:36AM / Monday, June 19, 2023 | |
 What better way to cool off during the long, hot days of summer than a refreshing dip in cool water? Even with the promise of fun that swimming in pools, streams, and lakes provide, it is not without risks. Every year in the U.S. nearly 900 children and adolescents die from unintentional drowning. Diving a little deeper into the grim reality we learn that more children between the ages of 1 to 4 die from drowning than any other cause. For children ages 5 to 14, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional death. While most drownings in children 1 to 4 happen in swimming pools, babies and young children can drown in as little as 2 inches of water (think bathtubs, garden 0 Comments
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Late Game-Winner Highlights Giorgi Summer League OpeneriBerkshires.com Sports,
07:36AM / Monday, June 19, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- After a three-year absence, the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League returned on Sunday night. And it came back with a bang. Frank Field (23 points, 12 rebounds) drove into the lane and hit a mid-range jumper with 6 seconds left to give Field and Field General Contracting a 65-63 win over Pizza House/Drury High School in the league's B Division opener at the Armory. Drury got the ball over half court and had a shot from long range to win it at the buzzer, but it rimmed out. Nick Waterman scored 17 and tied Field with 12 boards for Field and Field in a back-and-forth game where neither team led by more than a couple of 0 Comments
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Juneteenth Message: 'Let's Be We the People'iBerkshires.com Staff,
05:50AM / Monday, June 19, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County residents this weekend gathered to recognize the nation's shameful past, celebrate the accomplishments of present-day artists and scholars and commit to the struggle to build a better future. Juneteenth festivals were held in North Adams on Saturday and Pittsfield on Sunday, giving attendees an opportunity to think about the continuing legacy of slavery in America while marking June 19, 1865, when enslavement officially came to an end for Black residents of Texas, the last state to see emancipation take place. North Adams' inaugural Juneteenth event, "I Am Afro: A Street Fair for All the People," was organized 0 Comments
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SteepleCats Drop Both Ends of Double-Header| 10:21PM / Sunday, June 18, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Upper Valley Nighthawks Sunday scored two runs in the top of the ninth to earn a 6-5 win over the SteepleCats and a double-header sweep at Joe Wolfe Field. Sam Sherman went 2-for-3 for North Adams in the Game 2 loss. In Game 1, a 6-3 Upper Valley win, the Nighthawks took advantage of four North Adams errors. The SteepleCats (1-10) go to Holyoke to face the Blue Sox on Wednesday. 0 Comments
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