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'The No-Collusion Oscar Picks 2019'By Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
07:23PM / Saturday, February 16, 2019 | |
 The phone rang, as it usually does whenever I'm sitting in the third-floor witch's hat of my haunted Victorian home in some gothic-like, small New England town with a dark past, anguishing over my Oscar picks. The voice at the other end sounded like Alec Baldwin at first. "Want to get all your picks right this year, Iceberger?" the caller asked. "The name's Goldberger." "Iceberger, Goldberger, what's the difference? You want to get them all right? Want to get them so right that you'll be tired of winning?" "Well, sure, but who are you and what's in it for you, and how do I know you know who will 0 Comments
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Williams Women's Hockey Tops Middlebury| 11:24PM / Friday, February 15, 2019 | |
 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- Bri Laycock scored a power play goal midway through the third period to give the Williams College women's hockey team a 2-1 win over Middlebury on Friday night. Williams (16-4-3, 9-2-4 NESCAC) took a 1-0 lead in the second period with a goal by Meghan Halloran, but the Panthers (14-5-3, 9-4-2) came back to tie it with a goal in the 20th minute. Chloe Heiting stopped 27 shots for Williams, which hosts Middlebury on Saturday evening. Men's Hockey AMHERST, Mass. -- Amherst's Phil Johansson scored in the third minute of overtime to give the Mammoths a 4-3 win over Williams. Nick VanBelle and Jack McCool scored second-period goals to 0 Comments
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 |  | Feeding the hungry
by buddy 04:12PM / Friday, February 21, 2014
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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,
| 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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1Berkshire Calls For 'New Narrative' of Berkshire EconomyBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
06:23PM / Friday, February 15, 2019 | |
Tyler Fairbank was an integral part of both the original blueprint and the new one. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire economy is growing, according to 1Berkshire. The economic development agency said some $1 billion worth of investment has been made in the county in just the last three years. Now, the organization is asking the business community to embrace a "new narrative" of the county's economic future and has put forth Berkshire Blueprint 2.0, an economic development plan for future growth. "We think it is time for a new narrative. When this project began many here in the county were working off the aging narrative that often referred to the 1 Comment
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@theMarket: Markets Gain on Hope & a PrayerBy Bill Schmick,
04:39PM / Friday, February 15, 2019 | |
 Investors remain cautiously optimistic that the wall of worry that has been plaguing us for months may now be crumbling. That's no sure thing, but at least we did have some good news this week. While most investors were not expecting a repeat of last month's partial government shut-down, it was still a relief to see that issue put to bed on Friday. The president reluctantly signed the budget bill that Congress passed over his objections. Granted, the president did not get his wall, although now he is threatening to get the funding by declaring a national emergency on our southern border. Whether there is or is not such an emergency, by declaring one, he bypasses 0 Comments
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Holiday Hours: Presidents Day| 02:00PM / Friday, February 15, 2019 | |
Gen. George Washington taking command of the Continental Army in Cambridge in 1775. Washington's Birthday will be celebrated on Monday, Feb. 18.
The holiday was first enacted by Congress in 1879 to mark George Washington's birthday on Feb. 22 and later moved to the third Monday in February in 1968. While the name of the federal holiday remains Washington's Birthday, it is more often referred to as Presidents Day to include the birthday of Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 12.
Washington was born in 1732 (or Feb. 11, 1731, according to the old-style calendar) in Colonial Virgina. A Founding Father, he would lead the new nation as head of the Continental Army in the Revolution and as
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Packer Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by Shakespeare Theatre Association| 01:00PM / Friday, February 15, 2019 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Shakespeare & Company's founding artistic director, Tina Packer, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by The Shakespeare Theatre Association.
She received the Douglas N. Cook Lifetime Achievement Award while attending the 2019 STA Conference in Prague. The award honors STA members who have made and are still making significant contributions to the field of Shakespeare Theatre.
"It was one of the greatest pleasures of my life to introduce Tina for the presentation of the Cook Award at the Lobkowicz Palace at the STA annual banquet in Prague," said STA Executive Director Patrick Flick. "The first sentence of my introduction was,
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Berkshire United Way Taps New Director of Development| 12:43PM / Friday, February 15, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire United Way has hired Ilene Marcus as director of development.
Marcus joins the organization with more than 30 years of experience in social service programs, policy development, operations and revenue generation. She holds both her master of science in social work and master of public affairs from Columbia University.
Marcus will be responsible for developing engagement strategies and leading fundraising efforts to increase revenue, ensuring the organization's ability to invest in quality programs to build a stronger community.
Prior to joining Berkshire United Way, Marcus founded Aligned Workplace, where she consulted on creating revenue
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Williamstown Planning Board Advances ADU Bylaw ProposalsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:57AM / Friday, February 15, 2019 | |
Richard Stratton, who is asking the town to allow a subdivision of his property off Ide Road, watches his attorney, Donald Dubendorf, make his case. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A divided Planning Board on Tuesday voted to send a zoning bylaw proposal to the Select Board for inclusion on the annual town meeting warrant. On a vote of 4-1, the planners agreed on a proposal that would create the potential for more detached accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, in the town of 7,800. The proposal as drafted would allow detached ADUs by right in the general residence district for any property that conforms to the town's dimensional table. On any non-conforming property 2 Comments
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Hinds Given Committee Assignments: Chairing Revenue, on Ways and MeansBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
04:43PM / Thursday, February 14, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — State Sen. Adam Hinds will serve as the first stop for many of the big initiatives coming from the State House this year. Hinds was given his committee assignments on Thursday: He'll chair the Joint Committee on Revenue, be vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Redistricting, and will serve on the Senate Ways and Means, Joint Committee on Education, Joint Committee on Tourism Arts and Cultural Development, Senate Rules, and Joint Committee on Health Care Financing. "In just about every issue we deal with, the question is how are we going to pay for it," Hinds said on Thursday of his new chairmanship. This term the position will 2 Comments
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The Independent Investor: Trump's War on Drug (Prices)By Bill Schmick,
04:19PM / Thursday, February 14, 2019 | |
 For the second year in a row, President Donald Trump called on Congress to do something about the escalating drug prices in America. The president is doggedly pursuing this campaign promise in the face of an army of special interest groups and big drug companies. Hurrah for you, Mr. President. In his State of the Union address he said: He wants our legislators to "deliver fairness and price transparency for American patients. We should also require drug companies, insurance companies, and hospitals to disclose real prices to foster competition and bring down costs." Given that drug pricing is a complicated area and there have been various proposals and 1 CommentRead More >> |
Activists Press Neal to Support Green New DealBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:25AM / Thursday, February 14, 2019 | |
Mount Greylock students, from left, Maddy Art, Catherine McPartland and Karen Magnusdottir McComish spoke with a member of Rep. Richard Neal's staff. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Two dozen protesters Wednesday demonstrated outside the Pittsfield office of U.S. Rep. Richard Neal to encourage him to sign on as a co-sponsor of the Green New Deal. Three of the activists — all students at Mount Greylock Regional School in Williamstown — went inside to make their case to a member of Neal's staff. "A 2013 report predicts that by 2100, the climate here will be like that in South Carolina," junior Maddy Art said. "And also, my grandpa works in 6 Comments
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SVMC Offers New Heart Health Screening | 12:55PM / Wednesday, February 13, 2019 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — A new heart health screening will soon be available to local patients at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center that will allow people to see their risk of a heart-related health event before symptoms arise.
Cardiac Calcium Scoring uses a computed tomography (CT) scan and specialized software to allow doctors to detect calcium in the coronary artery. A score of zero on the test indicates low risk, and increasing levels indicate increasing risk of a heart attack and stroke.
In the past, doctors would use a patient's risk factors — like family history, if they have high blood pressure or diabetes, and whether they smoke, for instance — to determine
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