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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.
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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 1 Comment
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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
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by villager 11:10PM / Saturday, June 09, 2012
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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:
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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.
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Berkshire Dirty Jobs: Code Enforcers Keeping It CleanBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
12:45AM / Monday, July 30, 2012 | |
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Administrative Assistant Susan Foster and Code Enforcement Officer Scott Koczela do the town's dirty work by enforcing sanitation codes.ADAMS, Mass. — Chances are that if you have had a run-in with Susan Foster and Scott Koczela, you weren't happy to see them. If you haven't, you might be wondering what they do all day.
Koczela is the code enforcement officer for the Board of Health and Foster is the administrative assistant.
From signing off on how a body is transferred to a cemetery to inspecting restaurants to cleaning up the properties of hoarders, the Board of Health has a lot on its plate.
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Lanesborough Students Learn Firefighting FirsthandBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
06:07PM / Friday, July 27, 2012 | |
 The Fire Department set pallets on fire at Skyline Country Club and the children piled into the trucks to go put it out.LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Thirty elementary school children spent the last two days learning how to use the Jaws of Life, perform water rescues and put out fires.
It was all part of the Volunteer Fire Department's fourth annual fire safety camp. With their largest group yet, firefighters mixed classroom and hands-on activities to teach children what to do in an emergency — and what they do in an emergency.
"This is the biggest year. We actually had to turn kids away," said Deputy Chief Charles "Butch" Garrity. "We try to make it 4 Comments
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The Independent Investor: 'Bottom' Not Same As RecoveryBy Bill Schmick,
03:45PM / Friday, July 27, 2012 | |
 Every summer for the last three years, economists have announced that the housing market has finally bottomed. But in the same breath, they talk about a recovery they expect in the months and years ahead. I agree that the bottom is in but there is little sign of that promised recovery.
In a recent Wall Street Journal poll of 44 economists, all but three were convinced that housing has hit bottom. To back up their contention, one need only review the data in that sector over the last few months. In May, as just one example, 10 percent more existing homes were sold than in the same month last year. Builders also started on 26 percent more single-family homes that month than the depressed 0 Comments
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Nuclea Institute Offers Experimental ExperienceBy Stephen Dravis, Special to iBerkshires.com
09:01AM / Friday, July 27, 2012 | |
 Taconic High School rising seniors Shannon Houghtling, left, and Lauren Jones perform a Gram staining experiment on bacteria.PITTSFIELD, Mass. — For about an hour on Thursday morning, 19 high school students learned how to identify different varieties of bacteria and maybe, just maybe, came a little closer to identifying what they want to do with their lives.
For the third year in a row, Pittsfield-based Nuclea Biotechnologies is holding the Nuclea Summer Science Institute at Berkshire Community College.
All this week, rising juniors and seniors from schools throughout the county spent the equivalent of a full school day on the BCC campus — learning lessons from Nuclea staff, 0 Comments
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'The Dark Knight Rises': ... After About Two HoursBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
12:34PM / Thursday, July 26, 2012 | |
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by Michael S. Goldberger
Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) and his knightly alter ego are trapped in despair before finally rising to the occasion in this conclusion to the Batman trilogy.
Via the character of Bane (Tom Hardy), director Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises" consternates our filmgoing experience with one of the evilest villains in recent memory, second only to Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter. I mean, he ate people. Cannibalism! Sheesh! Bane is pretty much content to just terrorize and kill his victims.
You'll meet him and his repulsive ilk as you thumb through all the other pretty pictures that, after much ado, finally congeal during the 0 Comments
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