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Brien Center Opening Peer Recovery Support Center in North Adams| 06:06PM / Tuesday, July 18, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Brien Center has been awarded a new five-year contract from the state Bureau of Substance and Addiction Services for a peer recovery support center. Located at 37 Main St., the center will be an accessible hub for peer support and substance-use services as well as a support center for families affected by addiction. The center will support traditional and nontraditional pathways to recovery, while also providing hope and promoting wellness. "The peer recovery support center will be operated by peers, largely on a volunteer basis, and will offer education, information, resources, social events, recreational activities and a variety of 0 Comments
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Kondel, Brown Lead Teams to Giorgi League Wins| 10:55AM / Tuesday, July 18, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Geoff Kondel scored 27 points and pulled down 11 rebounds Monday to lead Ramunto's to an 87-67 win over OPI in the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League's A Division. Isaac Percy just missed a double-double with 21 points and nine boards, adn Zeke Percy scored 17 in the win . Hunter Sarkis led OP with 19 points, while Scott McGuire had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Kyle Callanan scored 13 in the loss. In Monday's second game, Northern Berkshire Sports Academy beat Battle of the Future, 95-76, behind 25 points and 20 rebounds from Chris Brown. Connor Hanavan scored 23, and Khalil Paul and Phil Sullivan added 22 0 Comments
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Vermont Mountaineers Edge SteepleCats| 11:08PM / Monday, July 17, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Vermont Mountaineers Monday scored a run in the top of the seventh to break a tie and went on to a 5-4 win over the SteepleCats in New England Collegiate Baseball League action. Gehrig Ebel tripled and drove in a run for North Adams, which got hits from Taconic graduates Cedric Rose and Sam Sherman. Dominick Marcoccio struck out three and allowed one hit and no runs in four innings on the mound for North Adams. The SteepleCats (8-25) goes to Montpelier to play Vermont on Thursday. 0 Comments
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MassDEP Issues Air Quality Alert for Berkshires, WMass| 01:27PM / Monday, July 17, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The state Department of Environmental Protection is again warning of reduced air quality Monday afternoon because of the ongoing wildfires in Canada. An advisory is in effect through midnight Tuesday for Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden, and Worcester counties. The agency is advising people in sensitive groups to reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion, take more breaks, do less intense activities, follow asthma action plans, and keep quick relief medicine handy. Watch for symptoms such as coughing or shortness of breath. Sensitive groups include people with heart or lung disease, such as asthma, older adults, children, teenagers, and 0 Comments
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Lenox Soccer Program Seeks Newcomers from Pre-K to Fourth GradeCommunity submission,
06:36AM / Monday, July 17, 2023 | |
LENOX, Mass. -- Beginning soccer players in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade are welcome to join the Mighty Kickers program this fall. The development program is open to children from any community. Sessnions are held Saturday mornings from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School from Sept. 9 through Oct. 21, except for Oct. 7. Players will meet with a certified coach or high school varsity or college level player to learn the basics of the sport through fun games and drills. The program is organized by Lenox Youth Soccer in conjuntion with the Lenox Youth Football Club. Pre-K participants must be 4 years old by Sept. 9. The cost is 0 Comments
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Solid Waste Forum Urges Support for Upcoming PaintCare LegislationBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:04AM / Monday, July 17, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass.—A solid waste forum on Wednesday was held at the Berkshire Innovation Center to gain support for upcoming PaintCare legislation. Event organizer Thomas Irwin said the forum is the continuation of mass public education on potential solutions for the solid waste crisis. Panelists, Mattress Recycling Council Director of Operations Justine Fallon, PaintCare VP Government Affairs Heidi McAuliffe, and Massachusetts Product Stewardship Council Chair Waneta Trabert, discussed the proposed legislation, solid waste programs, and their impacts. The three solid waste leaders demonstrated the obstacles that bills are facing, how they 0 Comments
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City Woman Wins Hometown Holidays Gift Basket |
Jonathan Secor had some help in pulling the winning ticket.
Congrats to Janet O'Neill of North Adams who won the big Hometown Holidays gift basket on Thursday. O'Neill won some $1,300 worth of gift certificates and merchandise.
The drawing could be entered by spending $50 downtown during the Thursday night Hometown Holiday events. Jonathan Secor of MCLA Gallery 51 said 62 people had entered the contest (including the editor of iBerkshires &mdash amazing how much cat toys cost nowadays).
Secor contacted O'Neill who was excited and surprised at winning. "No, I'm not kidding," Secor assured her
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