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Letter: Leigh Davis Is the Leader Our Future DeservesLetter to the Editor,
02:20PM / Thursday, September 19, 2024 | |
 To the Editor:
I first had the opportunity to meet Leigh Davis at a small gathering in April. I was immediately impressed with her intelligence, authenticity, and genuine interest in what others in the room had to say. I felt a deep sense of excitement that night, over the idea that this person could actually be my state representative.
As a millennial, I am part of a hollowed-out demographic in Berkshire County. It is not an unreasonable argument to make that population decline is responsible, directly or indirectly, for nearly all other issues we face.
In the race for Berkshire 3rd District House seat, Leigh Davis embodies the kind of leadership that I believe will be most conducive
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Becket Police K-9 Mourned| 12:08PM / Thursday, September 19, 2024 | |
 BECKET, Mass. — The police force's K-9 Kain died Sept. 14 after six years of service to the town. The Police Department, in a Facebook post, said Kain had "proudly and enthusiastically served as a member of the Becket Police Department since August of 2018." Born in Hungary on Aug. 28, 2017, Kain was a dual-purpose police canine. He was certified by the North American Police Work Dog Association, a nationally recognized certification that he successfully renewed annually at a weeklong training conference. He also was certified as a narcotics detection and patrol utility canine. This training and certification gave K-9 Kain the ability to 0 Comments
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Griffin Dunne to Visit Triplex Cinema for Double Screening, Talkback| 11:07AM / Thursday, September 19, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. The Triplex Cinema will host a special program of events with actor, writer, producer and director Griffin Dunne, on Saturday, Sept. 21. Dunne will visit the Triplex to screen "The Center Will Not Hold," his award-winning documentary about his aunt, Joan Didion; to sign copies of his critically acclaimed new memoir "The Friday Afternoon Club," and to present "An American Werewolf in London," directed by John Landis and starring Dunne and David Naughton." The Center Will Not Hold" will screen at 4:30 PM and "An American Werewolf in London" will screen at 8:00 PM. In between, Dunne and WKZE radio host Adam 0 Comments
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Balance and Mobility Class Offered by Fairview Rehabilitation Department| 10:20AM / Tuesday, September 17, 2024 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Balance and Mobility, a four-part health education program designed to help older individuals stay strong, mobile, and independent, will be offered by the Fairview Hospital Rehabilitation Department at Berkshire South Regional Community Center on four consecutive Thursdays starting on Sept 26 at 12 noon. To advance the health and wellness of the community, the program is free of charge. Falls are one of the leading causes of hospitalization among older adults. Each program will focus on one aspect of mobility and provide strategies and exercises to educate the community on fall prevention. Fairview's Director of 0 Comments
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Berkshire Bach Harpsichord Festival| 11:58AM / Monday, September 16, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Berkshire Bach Society (BBS) announces its annual Harpsichord Festival with two concerts at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Stockbridge. On Sept. 21, 4pm, Peter Sykes plays a 50th Anniversary Recital commemorating his public debut in 1974; and on October 19, 4pm, Elliot Figg and Caitlyn Koester play Skeletons of the Opera, a concert of Baroque opera transcriptions for harpsichord, four hands. "Berkshire Bach is delighted to present our harpsichord recitalists in two special concerts that showcase both the players and the instrument in repertoire that spans the Baroque spectrum," said Terrill McDade, Executive 0 Comments
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South County Nighttime Road Work | 10:25AM / Monday, September 16, 2024 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that crews will be performing nighttime paving, guardrail, and bridge repair operations along I-90 eastbound and westbound from Monday night, Sept. 16, through Thursday night, Sept. 19. Lane closures will be in effect, and traffic will be allowed through the work zones. The schedule for the work and lane closures is as follows: Otis/Blandford Paving operations will be conducted on I-90 eastbound from mile marker 23.0 to 27.0, Monday night, Sept. 16, through Thursday night, Sept. 19, from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. each night, with work concluding by 6:00 a.m. on Friday morning, Sept. 0 Comments
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Great Barrington Price Chopper Now Market 32By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:40PM / Friday, September 13, 2024 | |
The new store features a larger pharmacy, wine and beer and more organic foods and produce. GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — All three Price Choppers in the county have now been upgraded to Market 32s. Regional and local employees cut the ribbon Friday morning on the final rebranded store, at 300 Stockbridge Road. The modern makeover of the 49,500 square-foot space will now provide the same shopping experience for all local customers. It is the company's 51st rebrand into a Market 32 store. "Throughout our stores in the Berkshires, we have introduced the Market 32 brand one store at a time. Pittsfield, Lenox, and we knew that this building was older 0 Comments
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New Market 32 to Open in Great Barrington| 12:34PM / Thursday, September 12, 2024 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The former Price Chopper on Stockbridge Road will reopen as the 51st Market 32 on Friday. A grand opening will be held on Friday with a ribbon cutting at 9 a.m. The store opens at 8 a.m. Price Chopper/Market 32 President Blaine Bringhurst and other company executives, and local officials will attend the opening. The Schenectady, N.Y.-based supermarket chain has been renovating and rebranding its Price Chopper stores as Market 32, symbolizing the Golub family's founding of the markets in 1932. The Great Barrington store opens after months of remodeling. The new Great Barrington 0 Comments
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Exhibition Openings for Berkshire Artist Residency Program| 11:41AM / Thursday, September 12, 2024 | |
 STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. Berkshire Art Center's 2024 Berkshire Artist Residency Program is coming to a close with three exhibition openings this summer and fall at Chesterwood, The Red Lion Inn and Ventfort Hall. This year, local artists, Dai Ban, Grigori Fateyev, Kyle Strack, Kara Smith, and Stacy Scibelli worked at their respective sites for three months using each unique historical setting as inspiration for their art-making. Chesterwood Artists-in-Residence, Dai Ban, Grigori Fateyev and Kyle Strack, will have an opening of their exhibition, "Chesterwood Reimagined: Architecture and Sculpture in Dialogue", on Friday, Aug. 30, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Morris 0 Comments
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Mark and Pignatelli Talk Legisative Actions in BecketBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:28AM / Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | |
The Berkshire delegates take questions from residents during the public session at Town Hall. BECKET, Mass. — Members say this legislative session has seen financial successes and moves towards housing stability.
State Sen. Paul Mark and Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli attracted a sizable crowd to Town Hall on Monday for a legislative update. The current session began in January 2023 and will conclude on Dec. 31.
"I'd like to say that the Berkshire delegation works pretty well together," said Pignatelli, dean of the Berkshire delegation who is stepping down after 22 years in the State House.
"We have our disagreements, which any mature
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MassDOT: South County Nighttime Road Work| 10:42AM / Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that crews will be performing nighttime paving, guardrail, and bridge repair operations along I-90 eastbound and westbound from Monday night, Sept. 9, through Thursday night, Sept. 12, in Otis, Blandford, Stockbridge, West Stockbridge, and Becket. Lane closures will be in effect, and traffic will be allowed through the work zones. The schedule for the work and lane closures is as follows: Otis/Blandford Paving operations will be conducted on I-90 eastbound from mile marker 21.0 to 25.0, Monday night, Sept. 9, through Thursday night, Sept. 12, starting each night at 6:00 p.m. and 0 Comments
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Teams Sought for 25th Monument CupCommunity submission,
09:57AM / Monday, September 09, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. -- Registration is ongoing for the 25th annual Monument Cup 3-on-3 youth soccer tournament. The event will be held on Sunday, Sept. 29, at Monument Mountain Regional High School. Teams of up to four players are eligible to compete in boys and girls divisions in the under-10, under-12 and under-14 age groups. The registration fee is $100 per team, and all teams are guaranteed at least three matches with the top four teams in each division advancing to the semi-finals. Space is limited. Each division is capped at 16 teams. The final match in each of the six divisions will be played on Monument Mountain's varsity soccer 0 Comments
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