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Governor to Compete for Federal Grants for Clean Energy Infrastructure | 08:28AM / Sunday, May 28, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced a project application for federal transmission funding that would deliver clean, affordable offshore wind and solar for the Commonwealth. To jumpstart state and regional collaboration on necessary transmission infrastructure, the Department of Energy Resources submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Innovation Program (GIP) for the innovative Cleaner Grid New England Project (CGNE Project) in partnership with Eversource and National Grid. The GIP award is a matching grant of up to $250 million. These funds were made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Kiwanis Gifts Newborn Safety Kits to BMC's Birth CenterBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:40PM / Saturday, May 27, 2023 | |
Kiwanis President Curtis Janey says the new-mom kits are the first club project at BMC. The next will be a distribution of teddy bears. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Kiwanis Club of Pittsfield provided Berkshire Medical Center's family birthplace with around 100 newborn safety kits on Tuesday as its first service project of the year.
These kits include outlet covers, a rubber duck that checks if bath water is at the right temperature, and pamphlets with tips for new mothers after being discharged from the hospital.
"The family birthplace does prepare them for so much already but this is just something to help them out along the way," Kiwanis President Curtis
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Governor Establishes Governor's Advisory Council on Veterans' Services | 04:00PM / Saturday, May 27, 2023 | |
BOSTON — Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, Governor Maura Healey, joined by Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll and Secretary Jon Santiago, signed Executive Order #613, creating the Governor's Advisory Council on Veterans' Services to inform the Governor about veterans' issues in Massachusetts. The Council will complement the work that Secretary Santiago and the recently elevated Executive Office of Veterans Services are doing to assess current programs, services, and regulations for veterans and make recommendations to the Governor. "Today's announcement signifies a major step in amplifying the voices and influence of Massachusetts' 0 Comments
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Aspiring Teachers Get Recognition at Wahconah High School By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
07:11AM / Saturday, May 27, 2023 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — The importance of educators echoed during a Teacher Signing on Friday in the Wahconah Regional High School auditorium. This type of ceremony has been held to celebrate student-athletes signing to play a particular sport in college but the State Department of Education realized students committing themselves to become educators deserve just as much if not more "fanfare," Wahconah Principal Aaron Robb said. Amber Brown, Emma Blazick, Abigail Cobb, Holden Kotelnicki and Emily O'Neill signed letters of intent to pursue the field of education at their respective colleges. Several state officials attended the event, 0 Comments
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Memorial Day Fire Safety Tips | 04:19PM / Friday, May 26, 2023 | |
STOW—As Massachusetts heads into the Memorial Day Weekend, State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey reminds residents to practice fire safety this summer. "Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, and we want to remind everyone to play it safe as they enjoy the warm weather," said State Fire Marshal Ostroskey. "Don't let a fire or serious burn ruin your summer. Practice fire safety with friends and family safely this season, and you won't have your local firefighters showing up as uninvited guests." Grilling Safety More than 75 percent of grilling fires in Massachusetts occur between May and September. In the past five years, there have been more than
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@theMarket: Debt Deadline Hangs Over MarketsBy Bill Schmick,
04:09PM / Friday, May 26, 2023 | |
One week before the debt ceiling deadline, members of Congress have adjourned, while a handful of negotiators continue to search for a compromise solution to the impasse. Investors are holding their breath. As many expected, myself included, the politicians are drawing out the drama and will continue to do so until the 11th hour. Both sides have stressed that there will be no default and the market has taken them at their word. Investors have bid up stocks this week in anticipation of a positive announcement. This week, Fitch, one of the big three American credit agencies, has put the nation's debt on a negative credit watch. The agency warned that it may downgrade the 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Residents Can Be Rude During Public Comment, Laws SayBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
03:27PM / Friday, May 26, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Members of the public are allowed to be rude during open microphone and even use hate speech, the city solicitor has confirmed. On Monday, the Ordinances and Rules subcommittee discussed the Supreme Judicial Court's recent decision that regulating the substance of public commenters is "unconstitutional" and what that means for Pittsfield. City Solicitor Stephen Pagnotta said the City Council rules largely conform with the SJC ruling with the exception of a sentence that states a speaker shall refrain from any personal attacks. He revised the sentence to state that the public comment period should be conducted in an orderly and peaceful 0 Comments
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Pittsfield 2024 Budget Day Two: 14 Budgets Reviewed By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:43AM / Friday, May 26, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In the second session of fiscal 2024 budget hearings, the City Council preliminarily approved 14 departmental spending plans on Wednesday. Budget Day 1
A $50,000 reduction was made to the Worker's Compensation budget for medical payments, which supports independent medical review for employees who have led worker compensation or injured on duty claims.
Ward 1 Councilor Kenneth Warren made the motion in an attempt to bring down the budget's burden on taxpayers.
"I think it's reasonable for the City Council to reduce this budget by $50,000," Mayor Linda Tyer said.
"We will manage as long as we understand that if we need to come 0 Comments
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Planners Hope to Break Ground on Pittsfield's Site 9 in AugustBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:32AM / Friday, May 26, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — With the Site 9 redevelopment fully funded, planners are pushing to get shovels in the ground by the end of the summer.
On Wednesday, the Pittsfield Economic Development Authority received an update from the project consultants.
In the last month, the team has met with city planners to review its permitting strategy and with the Department of Public Works to review the subdivision of the site requirements for the stormwater permit, had a subsequent meeting with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System on stormwater requirements, submitted permitting plans to state Department of Environmental Protection, and refined the funding budget summary.
If all
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BCC Pins 2023 Class of Physical Therapist AssistantsBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:51PM / Thursday, May 25, 2023 | |
See more photos here. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The eight graduates of Berkshire Community College's physical therapy assistant program were told there was more meaning behind their acronym of "PTA ." Vice President of Academic Affairs Laurie Gordy riffed off the acronym as way to provide the graduates advice to take with them. P is for patience, she said, because people will be coming to them vulnerable and in a lot of pain, and may respond to treatment one day and then differently the next. So to be effective, place the patient at the center of what you do, she said. Secondly, build trust, Gordy said, not only with patients to assist in the 0 Comments
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The Retired Investor: Rents Rising as More Americans Priced Out of Housing MarketBy Bill Schmick,
05:35PM / Thursday, May 25, 2023 | |
Nationwide, rents have been climbing since the pandemic, but it is still cheaper to rent than to buy in most of the country. As such, in some states, building houses-to-rent is becoming a trend. Home prices continue to soar with the median sale price of a U.S. home gaining 32 percent in the first quarter of this year from the same time in 2020. Throw in the climb in mortgage interest rates and there is no wonder that a record number of Americans believe it is a terrible time to buy a house, according to a Gallup survey. Renting seems to be the only alternative. But the unfortunate fact is that rents are growing faster than incomes in the U.S. The trend began two years ago and 0 Comments
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Activist Group, Mormons Deliver 20 Tons of Food to Christian CenterBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:47PM / Thursday, May 25, 2023 | |
Tony Gibson, second from right, with representatives from the Christian Center and the Latter-day Saints on Thursday morning. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Linden Street was lined with about 40,000 pounds of food Thursday morning to feed local families thanks to an initiative that trying to make a positive change from a negative situations.
Facilitated by the Black 14 activism group, the Christian Center received the goods from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints headquarters in Utah. It will be distributed to around 20 local organizations that serve hungry community members.
Executive Director Betsy Sherman said this is a celebration for the center, as it will allow them
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