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MCLA Theatre Announces Four Productions | 08:18AM / Wednesday, November 06, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' (MCLA) Theatre program announces its 2024-2025 season, featuring four productions. The season opens November 8-10 with William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure," directed by MCLA Professor of Theatre Laura Standley. In this bold re-telling, MCLA Theatre explores a world where crime and punishment collide under the rule of a conservative hard-liner. As moral lines blur and the city faces a draconian crackdown, one woman's plea for mercy sets off a harrowing battle between virtue, sacrifice, and power. The second show of the fall semester is "The Method Gun," running 0 Comments
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Berkshires, State Return Incumbents & Pass MCAS QuestionStaff Reports,
11:18PM / Tuesday, November 05, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts voters sent U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren back to Capitol Hill. She was leading challenger Republican John Deaton with 60 percent of the vote with half the precincts reporting at 11 p.m. U.S. Rep. Richard Neal also fended of a challenge from independent Nadia Milleron with 65 percent of the vote in the First Mass District. State Sen. Paul Mark was leading his opponent, Republican David Rosa, 72 percent to 28 percent with 30 percent of precincts reporting. State Reps. John Barrett III (North Adams) and Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Pittsfield) were running unopposed as was Tara Jacobs (North Adams) for Governor's 0 Comments
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Soldier On 5K Sunday in PittsfieldCommunity submission,
11:11AM / Tuesday, November 05, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Soldier On and the Berkshire Running Foundation will host the inaugural Soldier On 5K Walk/Run Sunday, Nov. 10 at the First Street Common in Pittsfield at 9 a.m. This event will help support the mission at Soldier On. Soldier On is a private nonprofit organization committed to ending veteran homelessness. Since 1994, the organization has been providing homeless veterans with transitional housing and supportive services. In 2010, Soldier On opened the first Gordon H. Mansfield Veterans Community, a permanent housing cooperative that provides formerly homeless veterans with safe, sustainable, affordable housing – transitioning them from 0 Comments
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Phoebe Jordan Cast Historic Vote 104 Years AgoBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:49AM / Tuesday, November 05, 2024 | |
The ballot box that Phoebe Jordan cast her ballot in is still used for every New Ashford election (with an iPad backup). NEW ASHFORD, Mass. — Phoebe Jordan awoke in the wee hours 104 years ago, lit a lantern and set out on the 2 1/2-mile walk down the dirt road from her farm to the schoolhouse to vote. Did she know she was walking into history? Possibly. She was politically astute and was participating in something of an electoral stunt to splash New Ashford across the national news for being first in the nation to record results in the 1920 presidential election. Jordan, then 56, would become the first person to vote for president that year. Oddly, her 0 Comments
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North Adams Christmas Trees Installed for 2024By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
03:44PM / Monday, November 04, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The two downtown Christmas trees were delivered and set up Monday, kicking off the holiday season in the city. "It will take me from now until the tree lighting to decorate it," Wire and Alarm Inspector Mitchell Meranti said. Meranti did not know the exact size of the two trees but noted the tree closest to the monument was difficult to size. "This is probably the most challenging one that I have done," he said. "It started out a 50-footer and we had to cut it down at the site and here more. So it is a lot of work." The crew must leave enough trunk exposed to place the tree in the 29-inch pit located in 0 Comments
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Talk Slated on Growth of North Adams Art Community| 02:14PM / Monday, November 04, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gallery North will host a talk by artist and developer Eric Rudd on Wednesday, Nov. 12. "The North Adams Artist Community: How we got here and where is it going?" will be held at the gallery, 9 Eagle St., at 6 p.m. The public is invited Rudd is a well-known sculptor/mixed media artist. He works with new technological processes and materials including robotics, theme park rides, industrial spray polyurethanes and blow-molded polycarbonates. Born in Washington, D.C., Rudd majored in art at American University and studied in Italy and Austria. He was invited to join the Jefferson Place Gallery in Washington, where his work was 0 Comments
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Louison House Celebrates Growth, Programs at Annual MeetingBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:36AM / Monday, November 04, 2024 | |
Shirley Manuel tells how Louison House helped her find and furnish an apartment after unexpectedly finding herself homeless. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley Manuel was looking to move to the Berkshires with her ailing husband to be closer to her grown children. She'd visited last fall and then drove here from Mississippi in March to scout out a place to live. It was during her drive north that she received the tragic news that her 82-year-old husband had died of a heart attack. She moved into her daughter's apartment but there wasn't really any space for her. So she called Louison House for help. "It was nothing like what I 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Roads to Close For Maintenance | 11:11AM / Saturday, November 02, 2024 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — Beginning on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, and continuing through Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will close Notch, Summit and Rockwell Roads at Mount Greylock State Reservation to all vehicular, bike and pedestrian traffic to accommodate hazard tree removal work. Rockwell Road from the Visitor Center to Jones Nose parking area will remain open for visitor access, weather permitting. 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Bazaars, First Friday and Day of the DeadBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:10PM / Thursday, October 31, 2024 | |
 There are several events this weekend, including first friday activities, live music, and more. See trick-or-treating times for Thursday here. Editor's Pick First Sunday Free: Frame and Reframe The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Time: 1 to 4 p.m. The museum is hosting a First Sunday Free event focused on the role of frames in art. Participants can explore the galleries with a viewfinder, decorate a frame, and join discussions led by Hugh Glover, former conservator at the Williamstown and Atlanta Art Conservation Center. The discussions will cover various styles and materials of select French frames from the Clark's collection, 0 Comments
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Are your heirs ready to receive an inheritance?| 11:25AM / Thursday, October 31, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — In the popular imagination, receiving an inheritance always sounds like a good thing — after all, who doesn't want a financial windfall? And inheritances can certainly be life-altering events. But they can cause challenges, so you'll want to help your heirs be prepared. To assist in this preparation, try to address some key questions affecting your heirs: Do they know what's in your estate plans? Your family and other heirs will be much better prepared to deal with an inheritance if they know what to expect. That's why it's so important that you share your estate plans with everyone involved. You need to let them know the 0 Comments
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MCLA Announces the MountainOne Fund| 08:08AM / Thursday, October 31, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.—The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Foundation, Inc. announced it has received a $500,000 gift from MountainOne that will create the College's first hybrid endowment. The MountainOne Fund, the largest commitment in MountainOne's history, will support multiple priorities over the next five years. The hybrid strategy allows MountainOne's leadership to shift its funding focus from year to year to match their goals for supporting MCLA and community needs. "As two enduring pillars of North Adams, MountainOne and MCLA have a shared commitment to drive economic growth and invest in our community's future," said President and 0 Comments
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Greylock School Project Moves Into Detailed Design StageBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:51AM / Thursday, October 31, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The $65 million Greylock School project has moved into the detailed design phase after the successful debt exclusion vote earlier this month. "This is where we really start turning the work and developing the real life building," said Mayor Jennifer Macksey. "So from conception to reality." The School Building Committee on Tuesday voted to extend the contracts of Collier's International as owner's project manager and TSKP Studio as the designer. With funding secured, Superintendent Barbara Malkas said the next step is closing out the old school and preparing for demolition. "Around this 0 Comments
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