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@theMarket: Get Ready for More StimulusBy Bill Schmick,
09:23AM / Sunday, August 05, 2012 | |
 Central bankers in both the U.S. and Europe disappointed most investors this week by failing to announce any additional monetary stimulus. But that doesn't mean they won't. What Wall Street fails to understand is that governments do things in their own time and pace.
Actually, this week's sell-off was simply another buying opportunity for those, like me, who are convinced that additional easing is in the cards. How can I be so sure?
The U.S. Federal Reserve in the minutes of its FOMC meeting this week, acknowledged that the economy and unemployment was a disappointment. They said it "will provide additional accommodation as needed to promote a stronger economic recovery and sustained 0 Comments
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Enrollment Drop Closes Little Red SchoolhouseBy Stephen Dravis, Special to iBerkshires.com
09:24PM / Thursday, August 02, 2012 | |
 The half-century old Little Red Schoolhouse won't open this year because not enough children are signed up for the preschool. The building, owned by the town, is also used by other community groups. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Two years short of its 50th anniversary, the Little Red Schoolhouse preschool has closed its doors for what supporters hope will only be a hiatus.
Declining enrollment forced school officials in mid-July to make the difficult decision not to accept registrants for the 2012-13 school year, according to the 2011-12 president of the cooperative preschool's board of directors.
"We fully expected to open this coming school year in hopes that we would use the year to 0 Comments
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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, owner of Neathawk Signs and Design, to create a 3D sign for the business.
Neathawk installed the sign late Monday |
| 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
| MGRHS graduation
by villager 11:10PM / Saturday, June 09, 2012
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Mount Greylock School Committee Full ... For NowBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
07:19PM / Thursday, August 02, 2012 | |
 Both Chris Dodig and Mark Schiek were interviewed for the position and the joint committee chose Dodig, a local attorney.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Chris Dodig is joining the Mount Greylock Regional High School Committee but there may soon be another vacancy.
Officials from Lanesborough, Williamstown and the school appointed Dodig on Wednesday night after interviewing him and Mark Schiek for the position. Dodig fills the vacancy of Jack Hickey, who resigned last month, until the November election.
While nearly every member of the joint committee was torn by which one to choose, there may be another open seat coming soon.
School Committee member Shari Peltier said she is seriously considering 0 Comments
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The Independent Investor: Health-Care Feud ContinuesBy Bill Schmick,
04:23PM / Thursday, August 02, 2012 | |
 Back in the day when the Supreme Court spoke, politicians usually listened. However, the court's recent decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act seems to have simply incensed its opponents and created more controversy.
"Obamacare," as the legislation has been nicknamed, was probably destined to be controversial no matter what the Supreme Court had decided. But by voting in favor of the act, by reason of Congress' power to levy taxes, simply stirred the hornet’s nest further.
Republicans have said they will try to repeal the key provision of the act after the election. They argue that since the court considers any penalty on citizens who fail to hold health insurance as a 0 Comments
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'Beasts Of The Southern Wild': Civilizing CinemaBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
10:58AM / Thursday, August 02, 2012 | |
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by Michael S. Goldberger
The young star Quvenzhané Wallis, portraying Hushpuppy, shines in her debut.
Director Benh Zeitlin's iconically independent "Beasts of the Southern Wild," about a little girl's search for identity, meaning and security in a remote section of the Louisiana Bayou referred to as the Bathtub, is a haunting splash of poetic reality. It is an endearing, intelligent and searing shard of sociology, artistically pungent with eye-opening truths. Through the often frightening, always surprising adventures of the ultra-precocious Hushpuppy, magnificently portrayed by 6-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis, we are reminded of one of 0 Comments
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'Amazing Americans' Caps Milne Summer Reading ProgramBy Stephen Dravis, Special to iBerkshires.com
08:38AM / Thursday, August 02, 2012 | |
 Keith Michael Johnson will bring his history performance to the Milne Library on Thursday afternoon at 4. The event is free and open to the public.WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Keith Michael Johnson is not a teacher, and as a child, he never much cared for American history.
But on Thursday afternoon, the Rhode Island-based performance artist will be teaching children about history at the David and Joyce Milne Public Library.
Johnson will present "Amazing Americans," one of five shows he performs geared to school-age audiences but appropriate for spectators of any age, as the Milne presents the last show of its 2012 summer reading program.
"I didn't get history when I was a kid, 0 Comments
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Berkshire Health Systems Developing $30M Cancer CenterBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
11:25PM / Wednesday, August 01, 2012 | |
 Above, Dr. Trevor Bayliss with a model of the new cancer center to be developed on the Hillcrest campus. Dr. Michael DeLeo, of Berkshire Hematology/Oncology, said the center will provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary treatment for cancer patients. Phase 1: Renovation of the third floor of the patienttower at Hillcrest into a six-physician practice; 18 exam rooms; 10office areas; conference and waiting areas; infusion and treatment areaon the fourth floor; pharmacy.
Phase 2: New entrance; wellness center with library, classrooms, support, meditation and rehabilitation; clinical laboratory
Phase 3: Radiation and multidisciplinaryclinic; radiation oncology practice space; exam and office 2 Comments
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The Insurance Guy: Add Insurance To List For CollegeboundBy David Bissaillon, iBerkshires Columnist
03:39PM / Wednesday, August 01, 2012 | |
 The graduation parties have finally ended, the vacations will be winding down, the Olympics will be over, and it will be time to head back to campus. Or in some cases, it will be time to head to a college campus for the first time.
Of the 79 things that needed to be done to get ready for the college year, "reviewing insurance topics" doesn't make too many lists. But it should.
Most families (at the very least at the demand of the college or university) will be thinking about how Johnny or Hannah will secure health insurance for the year, but there are a few other things that are important as well:
Your son or daughter goes to college with "all their stuff." It is 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock High Grad Uses North County For FilmBy Phyllis McGuire, Special to iBerkshires
02:10PM / Wednesday, August 01, 2012 | |
 Alexis Rosasco (left, and seated on thecouch above) is using locations in Williamstown for her film. North Adams is also expected to be a backdrop. Above, director of photography Nicholas Jon Beaubien guides the camera across the dolly.WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Alexis Rosasco periodically visits her hometown but recently she has been making the trip from Boston for professional reasons — she's the star and producer of a movie being filmed here.
"When I was a kid if anyone had told me this would happen, I would have said they were crazy," Rosasco, now 24, said, of "Turning Stones," a film based on a story that she also wrote.
The brunette beauty "stumbled" 14 Comments
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Annual Adams Aggie Fair Opens With Bands, DedicationBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
06:34PM / Tuesday, July 31, 2012 | |
 The Adams Agricultural Fair is the only major fair in Berkshire County, where the very first American fair was held 200 years ago. ADAMS, Mass. — The 38th annual Agricultural Fair kicks off on Friday night with the dedication of its new pavilion at Bowe Field at 6 p.m.
The $95,000 structure replaces the impermanent tents that were used for activities including performances during the three-day fair.
The Agricultural Fair is one of 11 accepted into the state's Fair Viability Program, through which it recived a $50,000 grant toward the new pavilion. The balance was raised through donations and in-kind services and erected over the last month.
"It's the same size as the tent but it 4 Comments
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