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Millers, Thunder Win Berkshire Adult Baseball League Titles
07:13AM / Tuesday, August 27, 2024
The Berkshire Thunder and GB Millers each swept their way to Berkshire Adult Baseball League titles over the weekend.   At Wahconah Park on Sunday, the Thunder edged the Dalton Moneymakers, 6-5, to wrap up their best-of-three championship series in the 33-and-over division of the BABL.   The Thunder, which won the opener, 6-1, on Saturday, got a strong pitching performance from three different players in Game 2.   Joe Bateman, Cory Hillard and Seamus Morrison combined to allow just two earned runs in the title clincher.   Hillard got the win with four innings of work in relief, scattering four hits and allowing all five runs -- three unearned as the Thunder committed

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BHS Hospitals Recognized With Awards
12:50PM / Sunday, August 25, 2024
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Medical Center and Fairview Hospital have received nine American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines achievement awards for demonstrating Commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart disease and stroke, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times and fewer readmissions to the hospital.    Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke or heart attack, and heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 5 causes of death in the United States, respectively. Studies show patients can recover better when providers consistently follow treatment guidelines.    Get With

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Classical Beat: Tanglewood Music Festival Concludes Its Classical Season
By Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
08:00AM / Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Tanglewood Music Festival Concludes Its Classical Season 

This week, Tanglewood concludes its magnificently curated, presented and performed 2024 classical music summer festival season with panache by showcasing several performing soloists and a noted Finnish conductor – all making their Tanglewood debut performances. Orchestral masterworks by Brahms, Beethoven, Elgar and Ravel, as well as stellar concerto performances of works by Mozart and Chopin will take center stage in the Shed. These, in addition to several outstanding Ozawa Hall chamber music programs, leading to the traditional Tanglewood Music Festival season- concluding performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

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Berkshire Adult Baseball League Playoffs Continue Wednesday
12:19PM / Tuesday, August 20, 2024
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Dalton Moneymakers and Tunnel City Freight will play Wednesday evening at Joe Wolfe Field in the rubber match of their Berkshire Adult Baseball League 33-and-over division semi-final.   The Moneymakers last weekend rebounded from a 6-4 loss on Saturday to tie the best-of-three series at a game apiece with an 8-6 win.   In the other half of the 33-year-old division bracket, the Berkshire Thunder edged the Pontoosuc Lake Monsters, 6-5, on Sunday at the American Legion Field in Dalton to take their semi-final series, 2-0.   Jesus Lay went 3-for-3 with a triple, a double and a pair of RBIs in an 8-1 win for the Thunder in Game 1 of the series.   In

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MassDOT Advisory: South County Construction Operations
11:11AM / Monday, August 19, 2024
LEE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that crews will be conducting nighttime and daytime paving, guardrail, and bridge repair work at various locations on I-90 eastbound and westbound during the week of Monday, Aug. 19, through Friday, Aug. 23.   Lane closures will be in place during the construction operations, and traffic will be able to travel 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 26.0 from Monday night, Aug.  19, through Thursday night, Aug.  22, from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

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Community Hero of the Month: Jayne Smith
By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:26PM / Saturday, August 17, 2024
LEE, Mass. — Jayne Smith, shared services manager for the Southern Berkshire Public Health Collaborative, has been nominated as August's Community Hero of the Month.   The Community Hero of the Month series recognizes individuals and organizations that have significantly impacted their community.    The series is in partnership with Haddad Auto and will run for the next four months. Nominate a community hero here.    Smith has been working for the Southern Berkshire Public Health Collaborative from very early on in its inception.    The organization was established in 2021 as part of a Public Health Excellence grant to enhance public health

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Triplex Cinema Environmental Film Series
08:17AM / Friday, August 16, 2024
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema and the Dr. Robert C and Tina Sohn Foundation announced the second film in their summer environmental series.   "Into the Weeds" is a critically acclaimed documentary about Roundup herbicide and its effects on the environment, and will screen on Aug. 20 at 7:15pm. Free tickets are available at the Triplex website.   Prior to the screening, nine-term Massachusetts State Representative Carmen Gentile of Sudbury will introduce the film and speak about  House Bill 813, which seeks to govern the use of pesticides container the herbicide substance Glyphosate in the Commonwealth. Gentile serves on the House Environmental

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Weekend Outlook: Community Day, Riverfest, Aggie Fair & More
By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
12:45PM / Thursday, August 15, 2024
There are a variety of events this weekend, including the annual arts and crafts show in Stockbridge, Riverfest, a community day at Jacob's Pillow, an agricultural fair and more.    See a list of Farmer's Markets here.    Editor's Pick   Jacob's Pillow Community Day 358 George Carter Road, Becket Time: all day Friday   The grounds are open for self-guided tours, with crafts, face painting, games and snacks; from 3 to 4 p.m. there's will be a tea party for kids, drag story hour and interactive demonstrations, and a drum circle is set at 4 followed by a children's movement calse and Cooper the dancing llama.

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Berkshire Pulse Welcomes New Board Members
11:29AM / Thursday, August 15, 2024
HOUSATONIC, Mass. — Berkshire Pulse, South County's dance and performing arts education center, announced the recent appointment of 3 new members to its board of directors:   Kelly Baxter-Spitz has over 30 years of experience in development and fundraising, and has held leadership positions at Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires, Berkshire Country Day School, Indian Mountain School, Kripalu, and Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation since moving to the Berkshires in 2001.  She currently serves as the Director of Development at Community Health & Wellness Center, a federally qualified health center with sites in North Canaan, Winsted and Torrington, CT.  Kelly was

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South County Towns to Share Housing Rehabilitation Grant
02:39PM / Wednesday, August 14, 2024
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Healey-Driscoll administration has awarded $1.375 million to fund housing rehabilitation projects for income-eligible residents of Great Barrington, Egremont and Stockbridge.
The funds provide a 0 percent interest, deferred payment loan of up to $50,000, which is forgivable if the homeowner remains in the residence for at least 15 years. Applications will be made available before the end of this calendar year.
Funds cover building code repairs, weatherization, lead paint abatement, handicap accessibility and emergency funds for leaking roofs, failed furnaces and septic systems.
The funds come from  a Community Development Block Grant, which

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The Classical Beat: Tanglewood, Sevenars Offer Culminating Programs
By Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
08:00AM / Wednesday, August 14, 2024

The Classical Beat: Tanglewood, Sevenars Offer Culminating Programs

During this penultimate week of the Tanglewood Music Festival, the spotlight will focus on a wide range of standard repertoire in both the concerto and symphony genres: Mozart piano concerti, performed by the stellar Knights chamber orchestra, with the masterful soloist Emanuel Ax; Prokofiev's brilliant Violin Concerto No. 1, with the luminous Midori as soloist; and for fans of Tchaikovsky, the lushly lyrical Symphony No. 5. Later in the week, don't miss out on Prokofiev's alternatively lyrical, boisterous, majestic and thrilling Symphony No. 5; Beethoven (the joyous and heartfelt Seventh Symphony) and Schumann

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Annual Stockbridge Summer Arts and Crafts Show
11:02AM / Tuesday, August 13, 2024
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Stockbridge Summer Arts and Crafts Show, now in its thirty second year, will be held Aug. 17 and 18 on the grounds of the Town Offices and Bidwell Park, 50 Main Street.   The event is open free to the public.   Over 85 jury-selected artists and crafters will display their work ranging from paintings to ceramics, firberware to jewelry, sculpture to photography. Hours are Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sunday from 10am to 4pm.     Among the returning artisans will be Su Chi Pottery of Pittsford, VT. Barbara Doncaster, a Berkshire Artist with her studio in Great Barrington, offers paintings. Local artisan Linda Barbadoro of

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