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BRPC, Mill Town Unveil Outdoor Recreation PlanBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
07:18AM / Sunday, July 12, 2020 | |
The Berkshire Outdoor Recreation Plan lists assets within the county and recommendations on how to leverage them. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission unveiled a countywide outdoor recreation plan last week in conjunction with Mill Town Capital. Leaders from Mill Town, BRPC and local partners produced a 210-page report that outlines an analysis of the existing outdoor recreation landscape of the Berkshires as well as recommendations for expansion. "We thought this was a really strong area to flesh out investment, philanthropic areas, and projects so we can just keep building a lot of momentum and infrastructure 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Superintendent Grady Steps DownBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:04PM / Saturday, July 11, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School Superintendent Kimberley Grady has tendered her resignation. In an email sent to the Lanesborough-Williamstown district's community on Saturday afternoon, Grady confirmed what had been implied by an agenda item posted for a special School Committee meeting on Monday morning: She is leaving the district after 10 years as an administrator.
Grady said she was proud of the accomplishments of her administrative team and cited her health as one reason for her decision to leave.
"[O]ver the past two plus years the job of Superintendent was more than just running the schools within the District," Grady wrote in an email
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 |  | Feeding the hungry
by buddy 04:12PM / Friday, February 21, 2014
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|  Williamstown Community Preschool Installs New Signage
by Billsville 02:46PM / Tuesday, February 26, 2013
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Community Preschool began sprucing up its new home by hiring local sign maker Lindsay Neathawk,
| Williamstown Youth Center Thanks Bedard Bros.
by Billsville 02:13PM / Friday, June 22, 2012
Bedard Brothers Chevrolet, through the Chevrolet Youth Soccer Program, has helped sponsor the Williamstown Youth Center's Soccer Program for the 2012 season. In addition to soccer equipment, this
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Southwestern Vermont Health Care Launches Virtual Urgent Care| 12:13PM / Saturday, July 11, 2020 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — Southwestern Vermont Health Care has launched a virtual urgent care platform called CAREqd to improve access to medical care. In medical terminology, "qd" is shorthand for "every day." Through CAREqd the community can receive urgent care at any time of day, every day. CAREqd can be accessed through a live, secure video connection on its website or a mobile app for smartphones. "Our mission of exceptional care drives us to provide our community with increased access and convenience," said Dr. Trey Dobson, the medical center’s chief medical officer. "The CAREqd virtual urgent care platform is a way to extend the use of
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The Berkshire Museum Will Reopen Saturday, Aug. 1| 12:07PM / Saturday, July 11, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — After being closed for more than four months, the Berkshire Museum will once again welcome visitors through its doors in downtown Pittsfield. The museum, which will open in phases, plans to open exclusively to its members for two weeks during its first phase beginning Saturday, Aug. 1, before inviting the whole community in phase 2 starting Monday, Aug. 17. The reopening of the Berkshire Museum comes as part of Phase 3 of the state's four-phase Reopening Massachusetts plan, which began Monday, July 6, as announced on July 2. The museum intends to meet or exceed all state-mandated health and safety guidelines through each reopening phase. Beginning Aug.
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Mount Greylock School Committee Appears Poised to Part Ways with Another SuperintendentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:36AM / Saturday, July 11, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee appears to be preparing to hire a new superintendent without having announced the status of its current superintendent. The committee has posted a single-item agenda for a special meeting for Monday, July 13, with the following business to be conducted: "Search process for the selection of a permanent Superintendent discussion VOTE." The meeting will come one week to the day after the School Committee hired Robert Putnam to serve as interim superintendent while Kimberley Grady is out on medical leave. School Committee Chair Christina Conry on Friday evening declined to comment on several 1 Comment
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Neal Announces CARES Act Grants for Cultural OrganizationsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:30PM / Friday, July 10, 2020 | |
Norman Rockwell Museum CEO Laurie Norton Moffat, Rep. Richard Neal and Mass Humanities Executive Director Brian Boyles pose beneath a banner with Rockwell's depiction of Rosie the Riveter. STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, visited the Norman Rockwell Museum on Friday to announce $72,500 in grants to benefit cultural institutions throughout Berkshire County. The funds are part of $75 million in grants distributed by the National Endowment for the Humanities from the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act. Neal told his audience about the expedited process that got the CARES Act enacted and predicted success for the next 2 Comments
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Tropical Storm Bringing Heavy Rain to Berkshires| 12:03PM / Friday, July 10, 2020 | |
 A tropical storm heading north up the Atlantic coast could bring more rain to the Berkshires over the weekend. Dubbed "Fay," the storm began as a tropical depression off the coast of North Carolina midweek and formed late Thursday. According to Accuweather, the storm has sustained winds of 60 mph and could bring 2 to 4 inches of rain over Western Mass and Southern Vermont from late Friday through Saturday morning. "Fay will make landfall along the New Jersey coast during Friday afternoon," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist and Lead Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski said. "Fay will be a mostly heavy rain producer but could still 1 Comment
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Williamstown to Try Outdoor Dining on Spring Street Again SaturdayBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:39AM / Friday, July 10, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Despite the vagaries of Mother Nature and the voices of those who raised concerns about the plan, the town plans to temporarily close Spring Street to vehicles the next two Saturday evenings to allow outdoor dining. The initiative to help downtown restaurants that do not otherwise have outdoor space to set up tables was first tried on June 27. Although the weather did not entirely cooperate that night, people who did have a chance to take advantage of the opportunity reacted positively on social media. Organizers also got positive reactions, according to Jane Patton, the chair of the town's Select Board and vice president of the 4 Comments
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Senate Candidate Kennedy Makes Stops in the BerkshiresBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:47PM / Thursday, July 09, 2020 | |
Congressman Joe Kennedy III asks a question of pastry chef Cynthia Walton as Salvatore Perry looks on. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — U.S. Senate candidate Joseph Kennedy used a campaign stop in North Berkshire on Thursday to say that the nation's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic cannot ignore the creative economy that is a major economic driver in the region. "We want to have arts and cultural institutions," the 4th Mass congressman said during a tour of the Greylock Works mill revival on State Road (Route 2). "Not only are they critically important to our economy, they're literally integral to our quality of life. "And the 2 Comments
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The Retired Investor: Next Bailout Should Address Job CreationBy Bill Schmick,
04:06PM / Thursday, July 09, 2020 | |
 As the COVID-19 virus rages across the nation, Americans are hoping for more assistance from the government on a variety of fronts. So far this month, their hopes have been met with a resounding silence from the White House, although members of Congress are trying to come up with answers that both parties can agree upon. I have a couple of suggestions. The first round of fiscal and monetary stimulus did a good job in addressing the huge spike in unemployment the country has suffered. While the CARES Act at $2.2 trillion provided $500 billion to distressed industries, almost $350 billion in loans to small businesses and $4100 billion to hospitals, it was the $200 billion in 1 CommentRead More >> |
Five Williams Graduates Awarded Hubbard Hutchinson Fellowships| 11:00AM / Thursday, July 09, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Office of Fellowships has awarded Hubbard Hutchinson Memorial Fellowships to five class of 2020 graduates pursuing careers in the arts. The recipients are Caroline Fairweather (theater), Panalee Maskati (dance), Theodore McNally (writing), Alexandra Medeiros (music) and Sydney Rainer (art). The Hubbard Hutchinson Memorial Fellowship is a cash award established in 1940 that is granted to a member or members of the graduating class to support their continued work in the creative and performing arts. Prizes of $25,000 are awarded in the categories of writing, art, dance, theater and music. Caroline Fairweather, a theater major from Pittsfield,
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Targeted COVID-19 Testing Set for 8 At-Risk CommunitiesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:22AM / Thursday, July 09, 2020 | |
 BOSTON — People in Western Massachusetts, and the Berkshires in particular, frequently complain the region is being ignored by a state government headquartered at the other end of the commonwealth. On Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Baker announced a new program that will impact eight municipalities — none west of I-495. But this is not the kind of list any town or city wants to make. Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito used their daily press briefing to announce that the commonwealth will offer targeted free COVID-19 testing sites in Chelsea, Everett, Fall River, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Marlborough, and New Bedford. All residents of those communities will be 0 Comments
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