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Mount Greylock, Bascom Lodge Open For SeasonBy Stephen Dravis, Special to iBerkshires
11:55PM / Friday, May 18, 2012 | |
 The view from the summit of Mount Greylock. Bascom Lodge at the top has been undergoing renovations to highlight its historical nature. Left, refinished floors; below period lighting.
ADAMS, Mass. — The view atop Mount Greylock is priceless.
Preserving the structures that allow visitors to enjoy that view comes with a high price tag.
Starting this spring, state officials and private operaters are spending $1 million to help renovate Bascom Lodge and the Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower - largely to undo damage associated with the high winds and extreme weather seen atop the commonwealth's highest peak.
The tower project is yet to get under way, but the renovations at the 0 Comments
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The Independent Investor Credit: The Real Cause Behind The Great RecessionBy Bill Schmick,
03:10PM / Friday, May 18, 2012 | |
 It has been almost five years since the start of the financial crisis. In its second year, the so-called recovery has been disappointing, unlike any other economic cycle since World War II. At the heart of this failure lies our country's inability to recognize why this time it is truly different. That difference can be summed up in one word — credit.
We must reach back to the Great Depression to find the last time there was a large-scale banking crisis in which leverage and excess credit were the main cause of a recession. Too much credit (sometimes called leverage) is the "Achilles heel" of any economic system. Unfortunately, neither government nor the private sector has 0 Comments
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 |  |  Williamstown Youth Center Construction Photos
by amckeever 08:30PM / Wednesday, May 09, 2012
While I was gathering election results on Tuesday, I reached out camera over the fence to take some photos of the construction on the new Williamstown Youth Center. It looks like the foundation is almost set.
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| .jpg&width=90&height=90) Sweetwood to Host Open House May 5th
by Sweetwood 02:36PM / Tuesday, April 24, 2012
WILLIAMSTOWN – Sweetwood of Williamstown Retirement Living Community will host a Kentucky Derby Day Open House from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 5th to further reintroduce the community
|  Sweetwood Lecture Series Continues with Dr. Peter May
by Sweetwood 11:40AM / Tuesday, April 10, 2012
WILLIAMSTOWN – The Sweetwood Lecture Series, a monthly event at Sweetwood of Williamstown highlighting a diverse array of interesting topics will continue Wednesday, April 18th with certified
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Pine Cobble Fifth-Grader Honored At State House| 10:56AM / Friday, May 18, 2012 | |
 Andrea Printz and her teacher, Linda Bernard, at the State House, where Andrea recieved an honors designation in a state literary program.WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Andrea Printz, a fifth-grader at Pine Cobble School, was honored at the State House in Boston on Friday and awarded an honors designation in the Massachusetts Letters About Literature 2012 program, ranking her in the top 1 percent of young writers statewide.
Letters About Literature is a national reading and writing program that asks students in grades four through 12 to write letters to authors whose work has made a significant difference in their lives. It is sponsored nationally by the Library of Congress and Target Stores, 0 Comments
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North Berkshire Methodists Celebrate Confirmation Sunday| 04:14PM / Thursday, May 17, 2012 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — New Hope United Methodist Church plans to celebrate Confirmation Sunday on May 27 during regular worship, which starts at 10 a.m.
Pastor Christa Levesque of Cheshire United Methodist Church and Rev. Yoo-Yun Cho-Chang, former pastor of First United Methodist Church of North Adams who baptized many of the youth in the congregation, will be present for Confirmation Sunday, which also happens to be Pentecost Sunday.
Pentecost is the 50th day after Easter on which the Christian church commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and others assembled in Jerusalem. It marks the beginning of the Christian church and the proclamation of its message 0 Comments
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'Dark Shadows': Eternity RevisitedBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
12:45PM / Thursday, May 17, 2012 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Johnny Depp teams up with Tim Burton yet again in the vampire film 'Dark Shadows.'Explaining Johnny Depp's niche in the film world, my daughter Erin, a promising player in the New York art scene, informed that the lead in Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" is an iconoclast for the masses. Joanne, her mother, my wife and a college professor, simply exclaimed, "I just want to see my Johnny." My obsolescence couldn't be more satisfying. Neither a fan of the series when it played the small screen from 1966 to 1971, nor of vampires in general, approaching this assignment I would then be Filmdom's Alexis de Tocqueville, an 0 Comments
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Williams Professor Awarded For Food Publication| 10:55AM / Thursday, May 17, 2012 | |
 Darra Goldstein's publication Gastronomica won another award for its serious conversation about food and culture.WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Darra Goldstein, a professor at Williams College, received the 2012 James Beard Foundation Journalism Award for Publication of the Year for the quarterly journal on food and culture, Gastronomica. The Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Russian is the founding editor and editor-in-chief of the publication. This is not the publication's first award. In 2011, Gastronomica was named the best food magazine in the world at the Gourmand Awards in Paris. The journal also received the 2007 Utne Independent Press Award for 0 Comments
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Milne Library Will Close For Upgrade| 12:07AM / Thursday, May 17, 2012 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Milne Public Library will make a major software change over Memorial Day weekend. C/W MARS – Central Western Mass Library Cooperative – will install The Evergreen system for all its member libraries.
As a result, the Milne Library will close from Saturday, May 26, to Wednesday, May 30, to accommodate this migration. Note that some library services may be limited or unavailable during this transition.
The new integrated library system will improve the library’s inter-library loan process, as central region items will be more easily accessible to our western region patrons. Circulation desk procedures will also be streamlined and the online 0 Comments
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Williamstown Honors Civic Service, Civic ServantBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
06:20PM / Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | |
 Elizabeth Costley has been active in community service organizations for nearly two decades but most recently helped organize the Fund for Williamstown's distribution of donations for residents of the Spruces.WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Elizabeth Costley was recognized with the annual Faith Scarborough Award for her community service.
The award, established in 1982 in memory of former selectwoman and civic leader Faith Scarborough, is given at each town meeting. On Tuesday night, that honor was given to Costley after nearly two decades of involvement with community organizations.
Town Moderator Mark Gold read the certificate that recapped Costley's history. Her local involvement began 0 Comments
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Williamstown Voters OK Affordable Housing Trust, BylawsBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
09:33PM / Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | |
 Above: Selectwoman Jane Allen explains why she was the only member of the Board of Selectmen to oppose the second dwelling bylaw.
Left: Ann McCallum tries to rally voters in favor of the bylaw. The bylaw was approved but amended.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Voters overwhelmingly approved the creation of an affordable housing trust fund as well as an initial deposit of $200,000 at Tuesday night's annual town meeting.
The trust fund intends to be a vehicle for a newly formed committee to embark on affordable housing projects. Endorsed by the Affordable Housing Committee, the fund will be overseen by a new committee and be created with the initial deposit from Community Preservation Act 3 Comments
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Youth Advisory Board Honored By District Attorney CapelessBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
12:01PM / Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | |
 Students Tara Sullivan and Glen Bona shared their reflections on the year of projects during the ceremony.PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sometimes parents overreact, underreact, or just don't know what to do when it comes to cyberbullying, drinking and other teen issues.
For the past year, a group of student representatives from local high schools tried to educate not only adults but their peers about the issues.
The District Attorney's Youth Advisory Board members were honored on Tuesday morning for a series of projects they took on to give the community a younger voice on the issues.
"We needed to bring young people to the table," Carol Mulcahy, director of community outreach and 0 Comments
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