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Weekend Outlook: Sherlock Holmes Takes a Case, Music & MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:28PM / Thursday, January 16, 2025 | |
 There are several events this weekend to help you recharge from your week including a school play, live music, and more. Multiple Days 'Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily' Pittsfield High School Friday and Saturday at 7 and Sunday at 2:30 PHS Proteus Theatre Group will perform Katie Forgette's tribute play to Arthur Conan Doyle's characters Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. John Watson. In the play, Oscar Wilde brings his friend, actor Lillie Langtry, to Baker Street to seek help from the detective after Langtry becomes blackmailed following the theft of her intimate letters with the Prince of 0 Comments
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Airport Commission Drama Surfaces at North Adams Council MeetingBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:39PM / Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | |
Ashley Shade takes the president's seat after being sworn in again as vice president. Bryan Sapienza, who was attending remotely, was re-elected president. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The controversies stewing at the Airport Commission bubbled over to City Council on Tuesday night with a councilor demanding an investigation and the subject of a failed lease agreement claiming conflicts of interest and mayoral tampering. The spark was an agenda item appointing Doug Herrick of Williamstown to fill the term of one of two commissioners who resigned after a vote to enter into a lease agreement with airport user Michael Milazzo and Brian Doyle for the Northeast Hangar back 0 Comments
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Gina Coleman Chosen as the Recipient of the 2025 Peacemaker Award| 08:03AM / Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— This year the MLK Jr. Day of Service Committee announced that Gina Coleman has been selected and will be honored during the luncheon with the 2025 Peacemaker Award at this month's annual Northern Berkshire MLK Jr. Day of Service, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. The Peacemaker Award is given annually to an individual or group in Northern Berkshire. The award, which originated as part of the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, is made to persons who have contributed substantially to peace in our region. In general, the Peacemaker Award recognizes persons who have a history of working with people and/or neighborhoods and communities 0 Comments
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Blackinton Mill OK'd for Tourist Cabin Building VentureBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:33AM / Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Tourists Welcome LLC is pivoting after plans for a $17 million hotel in the Blackinton Mill fell through because of "insurmountable external economic challenges and delays." Instead, the partnership is looking to export hospitality in the form of tourist cabins. The Planning Board on Monday night approved a special permit for manufacturing in the former woolens factory on Massachusetts Avenue. "I think we all maybe lived through our experience with the hospitality and how that opportunity dried up," said partner Benjamin Sevenson. "And so we're grateful for this opportunity, and it's an adaptive 0 Comments
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North Adams Making Plans to Address Library BelvedereBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
05:45PM / Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — With a $75,000 matching Mass Historic grant, city officials are moving closer to addressing the library's decrepit belvedere. "This is the closest we have ever been so for me, being part of this process since 1992, it is very exciting, and I hope you are excited too," Mayor Jennifer Macksey said. "... We used to say from a distance, it looks beautiful. Now from a distance, you can see it worn." On Thursday, Macksey met with the library trustees to hold early discussions on how to fund the project which was originally estimated to cost $375,000. Macksey hopes to use a mix of Sale of City Owned Property Account funds and 0 Comments
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Readsboro Bridge Project Gets $26M Federal Boost| 03:28PM / Monday, January 13, 2025 | |
 READSBORO, Vt. — The deteriorating Readsboro Memorial Bridge over the Deerfield River is set to be replaced with $25.8 million in federal funds. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the award last week, making Readsboro the only recipient in the Northeast for funding in this round of the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program. The state's congressional delegation, U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch, and U.S. Rep. Becca Balin, applauded the investment. The federal funding, made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will improve and help complete street enhancements, create accessible sidewalks, and improve safety in 0 Comments
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Drury Selected as U.S. Presidential Scholar Nominee| 11:15AM / Monday, January 13, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jacinta Felix, a senior at Drury High School, has been selected as a Massachusetts nominee for the U.S. Presidential Scholar Award, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced. Acting Commissioner Russell D. Johnston praised Felix's selection, which places her among the top students in the Commonwealth. The selection process was highly competitive, with submissions evaluated by the DESE review team in October. "We are thrilled to have Jacinta represent Massachusetts as one of our Presidential Scholar nominees," said Drury High School Principal Stephanie Kopala. "Her hard work and 0 Comments
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Teacher of the Month: Kimberly Rougeau By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:04PM / Sunday, January 12, 2025 | |
Kim Rougeau of Clarksburg School is January's Teacher of the Month. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Clarksburg Elementary School third-grade teacher Kimberly Rougeau has been selected as the January Teacher of the Month. The Teacher of the Month series, in collaboration with Berkshire Community College, will run for the next five months and will feature distinguished teachers nominated by community members. You can nominate a teacher here. Rougeau attended Clarksburg School from kindergarten through eighth grade and fell in love with its small school feel and strong support system. Since then, she has returned to her alma mater to provide her students 0 Comments
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Clarksburg Gifting Historic Print to Dorset Historical SocietyBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
08:09AM / Sunday, January 12, 2025 | |
The caption on the print was partially obstructed but clearly says 'Cephus Kent Dwelling House,' a historic site in Dorset, Vt. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — A large framed print of a yellow home on a snowy road has hung in Town Hall for years. The assumption had been that it was of a historic house that had been lost to demolition. "It's been hanging and was hanging here for years. We thought it was somewhere in Clarksburg ... I remember looking at it, going, 'where is that?'" said Jeanne Moulthrop of the Historical Commission. The print was moved upstairs to the commission's room with other items when the Town Hall flooded in 2023. 0 Comments
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MCLA's Essential Needs Center Ensures Student Don't Go WithoutBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:40PM / Saturday, January 11, 2025 | |
The center offers canned and refrigerated foods as well as meals-to-go and kitchen implements. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — College can be busy and stressful with classes, sports, studying and activities — with little time in between to attend to basic needs. Especially for students who are far from support at home. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is ensuring that students have resources when they're running low on necessities like food and care items. That's how first-year student Isabella Fuller ended up working at the Essential Needs Center, or ENC, in the Amsler Campus Center. "I actually reached out to 0 Comments
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North Adams Pub, Bowling Alley Have New Names, New OwnersStaff Reports,
06:57AM / Saturday, January 11, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The owners of Water Street Grill in Williamstown have expanded east by opening The Greatest of All Time (The GOAT) Sports Bar and Grill, now open seven days a week in the former Mingo's. Eric and Hannah Reinhard, motivated by the new name, want to make the much-loved sports bar and bowling alley, now dubbed "Kingpins Bowling and Golf," the greatest it can be. "The GOAT is the greatest of all time. It's like an homage to the great athletes in every sport," Eric said. "Our logo is to be great, motivate yourself. It is a sports bar theme, but it is also a family place." The Reinhards 0 Comments
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North Adams, Partners Celebrate $17.3M in Federal Money Toward Bike PathBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:11PM / Friday, January 10, 2025 | |
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, wearing an MCLA scarf, announces the funding for the project design and planning at City Hall on Friday morning. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — It's been 26 years since the concept of a Connecticut to Vermont bike trail was first proposed — and 130 since a proposal was put forward for a path between North Adams and Williamstown. Those dreams took another step forward on Friday with the announcement of $17.3 million in federal funding for the "Adventure to Ashuwillticook Trail," a 9.3-mile section from the Mohican Path at Williamstown's Spruces to Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and to connect to the Ashuwillticook 0 Comments
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