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North Adams Airport Approves Funding for Hangar Renovation Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
12:38PM / Monday, June 27, 2022 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Airport Commission voted to use a total of $576,198 to begin work on the North East hangar renovation. Stantec Engineer Peter Enzien gave an update on the project last Tuesday and noted not much has changed since May. He said Stantec has addressed and submitted comments from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in regard to the grant application. What he did have was a general contractor bid of $479,000 from Tierney Construction. He said the commission had to make a decision on whether or not it wanted to move forward with renovating the city-owned hangar. "It really just comes down to whether we are going forward or 0 Comments
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SteepleCats Edged at Home| 10:09PM / Sunday, June 26, 2022 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Tyler went 3-for-4 Sunday to lead the Vermont Mountaineers to a 5-4 win over the SteepleCats in New England Collegiate Baseball League play. Kyle Hannon and Joaquin Monque each had a pair of hits for North Adams, which got six innings on the mound from starter Kaleb Sophy. The SteepleCats (4-13) host the Valley Blue Sox on Monday. 0 Comments
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MCLA Student Selected As 29 Who Shine Awardee | 08:00AM / Sunday, June 26, 2022 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— Odiase Williamson "22 has been chosen at MCLA"s "29 Who Shine" Award recipient, given annually by the Massachusetts Department of Education to outstanding students from colleges across the Commonwealth. An artist and arts management major, Williamson has completed several internships and special assignments in arts, arts management, and community engagement, including: An artist assistantship supporting one of MCLA"s Artist Lab residents at MCLA Gallery 51 An internship at MASS MoCA, where he was invited to present his research to the staff of the museum Serving as management assistant for the 0 Comments
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Galanie Leads SteepleCats to Fourth Win| 09:41AM / Saturday, June 25, 2022 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Ryan Galanie hit a game-tying double and scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th Friday as the North Adams SteepleCats defeated Ocean State, 6-5. Tyler Epstein went 3-for-4 and scored a run. Hunter Pasqualini was 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run. Cooper Omans and Nate Beal combined to throw six innings of one-run ball. North Adams (4-11) goes to Danbury on Saturday. 0 Comments
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North Adams Library Reading Room Dedicated to Longtime Friend GoochBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
06:09AM / Saturday, June 25, 2022 | |
Lynne Blake talks about her mother, a longtime secretary of the Friends of the North Adams Public Library. The reading room has new wallpaper, rugs and furniture thanks to a donation from Gooch's estate. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Evelyn Gooch was a voracious reader who instilled her passion for reading in her children and grandchildren. She'd send them several times a week to the library annex on Houghton Street to pick up books. Her daughter Lynne Blake recalled how they had to check the library cards to make sure her card number — X2820 — wasn't already stamped on them. She was greeted by the librarian one day with a stack of books from the main 9 Comments
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SVHC COVID Resource Center Will Discontinue Testing| 04:10PM / Friday, June 24, 2022 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to decrease and the supply of rapid antigen tests has stabilized, the need for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing has declined dramatically. Federal funding for centralized testing has ceased. In addition, most workplaces and travel destinations no longer require PCR testing. As a result, SVHC will discontinue offering PCR tests at the CRC at noon on Friday, July 1. Employees of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) collected more than 110,000 COVID specimens at the COVID Resource Center (CRC) since January 2021. "Our work to provide testing to the community was one of the greatest 0 Comments
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Medical Matters Weekly Welcomes Cleveland Clinic's Chief Wellness Officer Emeritus| 02:54PM / Friday, June 24, 2022 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — Michael Roizen, MD, chief wellness officer emeritus at the Cleveland Clinic and leading health and wellness communicator, is the next guest on Medical Matters Weekly. Viewers are invited to tune in at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29. The show will address the power of everyday choices in preventing disease and prolonging productive and enjoyable lives. The show is produced by Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see the show on facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download as a podcast on 0 Comments
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Ham Radio Operators Will Be On the Air for National Field Day DrillBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
02:03PM / Friday, June 24, 2022 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — This weekend, for 24 hours, more than 26,000 ham radio operators will be on the air in an annual exercise testing their abilities to keep a communications system up and running in an emergency. Locally, up to 20 or so members of the Northern Berkshire Amateur Radio Club will be set up at the old airfield in Windsor to join the nationwide Field Day event. "I feel it's very important because it lets the operator get to know their equipment better. It lets you run into real-world problems that could happen, like say if we had an emergency event, a radio goes down or an antenna breaks, things that we can do to fix them in the field," 0 Comments
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SVHC Honors the SVMC ICU Team with DAISY Team Award| 01:32PM / Friday, June 24, 2022 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), was the recipient of the DAISY Team Award for Extraordinary Nurses in May. The department was nominated in a heartfelt message from a patient recovering from an overdose. The nominator wrote, "I would just like to sincerely thank all the staff on the floor for taking the best possible care of me. Each nurse and LNA showed me so much empathy and gratitude, love, and respect. Each nurse had so much to bring to the table and, in combination, gave me the best care I've ever had. [It was] a judgement-free zone, 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Pride Nights, Fundraisers, Fairs, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:41PM / Friday, June 24, 2022 | |
 Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this hot sunny weekend including pride nights, fundraising events, museum activities, and more. North Adams PRIDE Night Friday, June 24, Mass MoCA North Adams holds second annual Pride night this Friday at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art to recognize the 1969 Stonewall riots and raise awareness of equality for the LGBTQIA-plus community. The event will be held at 6 p.m. in courtyard A at Mass MoCA and will be free and open to the public. There will be performances by Boxxa Vine and local drag queens Vuronika Baked and Jackie Leggs and attendees can purchase cocktails and food from Chingon Taco Truck 0 Comments
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Individuals Indicted In North Adams Shooting and Clarksburg Homicide| 08:33AM / Friday, June 24, 2022 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A grand jury returned indictments related to a shooting in North Adams on Feb. 19, which injured two people, and a murder in Clarksburg on Feb. 23. Paul Starbird and Keith Larrabee, both of North Adams, were indicted in the shooting. Starbird, 20, and Larrabee, 27, are currently being held without the right to bail on District Court charges. The court arraigned Larrabee on Thursday and will arraign Starbird on June 29. Starbird is facing two counts of armed assault with intent to murder and single counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, illegal possession of a firearm, and illegal possession of a loaded firearm. Larrabee is 0 Comments
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