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Your Financial Advisor Can Do Some 'Life Coaching'Submitted by Edward Jones,
11:55AM / Wednesday, February 13, 2019 | |
 Life coaches – not surprisingly – strive to improve the quality of life of their clients. And financial professionals essentially embrace the same mission. So, if you decide to hire a financial advisor, you should expect to receive some "coaching" as you work toward all your important objectives, such as sending your kids to college, enjoying a comfortable retirement and leaving a legacy that can benefit the next generation.
What tips from life coaches might you also get from your financial advisor? Here are a few:
* Create a plan. A life coach can help you create a plan for your future, taking into account your career aspirations, relationships, hobbies, charitable
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Williamstown Assessor Barkin Leaves Department in Good ShapeBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:31AM / Wednesday, February 13, 2019 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In more than three decades as the town's principal assessor, Bill Barkin has acquired an encyclopedic knowledge of the town's properties and a teacher's knack for explaining how property appraisal works. "It takes a long time to develop that verbiage and that lingo and get it down so that people understand that you're not trying to dance around the subject," Barkin said recently. "They ask you a straight question, and you say, 'This is how it's done.' You don't get into any big words or anything like that. "The question is, 'What are you basing my assessment on?' Simply put: square foot of 7 Comments
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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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Williamstown Panels to Review Proposed Pot PlanterBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:03PM / Tuesday, February 12, 2019 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — As the town waits for the opening of its first marijuana business since the commonwealth voted to legalize recreational use of the drug, another venture is beginning the permitting process. Ryan Wimpee, the attorney for Colorado-based Euflora Cannabis Dispensaries, has applied for permission to start an outdoor cannabis farm on 20 acres at 295 Blair Road, a property known as River Rock Farm and owned by Eric Reinhard. The proposal will make its first stop before a town committee on Thursday when the Conservation Commission hears a request for determination of applicability. According to the completed permit available on the town's 2 Comments
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Former Pittsfield Cub to Appear at Baseball MuseumCommunity submission,
07:00AM / Tuesday, February 12, 2019 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass. -- Former Pittsfield Cub star Bryan House will be “Talkin’ Baseball” at the Baseball in the Berkshires museum at the Berkshire Mall on Saturday, Feb. 16. The former pro will meet and greet attendees and sign autographs free of charge as part of the museum’s Talkin’ Baseball program. Attendees also will be able to have their picture taken with House, who will appear from 3 to 4 p.m. The museum is located in the Berkshire Mall. 0 Comments
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Three Students Receive VFW Scholarships By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
01:26AM / Tuesday, February 12, 2019 | |
State Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier with VFW Commander Arnold Perras and scholarship winners Hannah Berkel, left, Kailey Sultaire and Kathrine Wilson. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 448 recognized three Berkshire County high school students who composed essays on the importance of voting. Dozens attended the award ceremony Monday held at the American Legion building banquet hall where a combined $2,950 in scholarships were given out to Hannah Berkel, Kailey Sultaire, and Kathrine Wilson. "We are very proud of you and we placed high-qualifying standards on the recipients of these awards because we believe the winners will have high visibility in 2 Comments
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Berkshires Beat: Rockwell Museum, Collective Arts Brewing Host Student Art Contest| 11:02PM / Monday, February 11, 2019 | |
 Art of Brewlng Norman Rockwell Museum and Collective Arts Brewing have announced a new partnership designed to promote illustration programs around the country and highlight career paths available to artists. The museum and the craft beer company have teamed up to host the first annual Art of Brewing Contest, open to art students in the United States. The submission deadline is March 31. Eight winning entries — selected by a jury of representatives from Collective Arts Brewing, Norman Rockwell Museum and contemporary illustrators — will be showcased on a Collective Arts Brewing can series, distributed across North America. To be eligible, students must be 21 or older and
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Local Youths Advance in Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition| 02:22PM / Monday, February 11, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Eight local boys and girls have earned the right to compete at the Western Mass regional of the Knights of Columbus free throw shooting contest. Patrick McLaughlin, Jason Sibley, David Kirchner, Danielle Glasier, Katie Shove, Jocelyn Fairfield, Grace Julieano and Ahna Balcom advanced in their age groups from a field of 15 competitors at Crosby Elementary School. The winners are eligible to compete at the March 9 regional competition at St. Thomas the Apostle School in West Springfield. 0 Comments
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Wintry Mess Coming Our Way| 01:07PM / Monday, February 11, 2019 | |
 Update of closings and cancelations for Tuesday, Feb. 12: Pittsfield City Council meeting canceled Adams Community Bank offices close at 4 MountainOne offices close at 3 Northern Berkshire ABE session on the personal care attendant fundamentals class rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 1 p.m., Freel Library, MCLA. Russell Field Renovation Project in Adams has been rescheduled to Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. "Moby Dick: The Mini-Series" parts 1 & 2 for tonight and Thursday at the Berkshire Athenaeum are canceled. Both programs will be rescheduled. Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires is closing at 4:30. All activities after 4:30 are 1 Comment
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Williamstown's Spruces to Host Winter Festival on Feb. 16By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:41AM / Monday, February 11, 2019 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — If you own a shovel, you may not be too excited about the prospect of a midweek snowstorm next week, but there are a group of volunteers in the Village Beautiful who definitely wouldn't mind a white Valentine's Day. The inaugural February Freeze is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Spruces park on Main Street (Route 2). The Friends of Linear Park and the former executive director of the Williamstown Rural Land Foundation have teamed up to plan an event focused on family fun, the park's natural beauty and, they hope, seasonable weather. "The only thing that is most weather dependent is we'll have to wait until the 1 Comment
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Koperek Wins Gold at Bay State Winter Games| 08:42PM / Sunday, February 10, 2019 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Yvonne Koperek of Christmas Brook Figure Skating Club earned a gold medal this weekend in the Bay State Winter Games at Williams College's Lansing Chapman Rink. Koperek topped a field of 10 skaters in her group in the Excel Pre Juvenile Girls Free Skating division. The Bay State Winter Games continue the first weekend in March with events in North Adams and Pittsfield. The masters ice hockey tournament will be held at the Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink, March 1-3. The inaugural Bay State curling competition will be held March 2 and 3 at the Pittsfield Boys and Girls Club. CurlBerkshires will host the 0 Comments
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In Pursuit of Beetle Happiness: Part 1By Tor Hansen, iBerkshires columnist
04:19PM / Sunday, February 10, 2019 | |
Dogbane beetles feed on dogbane, a plant similar to milkweed. Beneficial beetles belong. In pursuit of beetle happiness, I can cast a note of optimism about the many beetles at large in museums and private collections, that may bring us a profound joy, allowing our sense of inquiry to thrive like a child set loose in New York's American Museum of Natural History. Looking into my own remnant beetle collection, I see what remains of former halcyon grandeur, plus some foreign purchased papered specimens, acquisitions prepared without display pins in order to emphasize the extraordinary anatomy, namely jointed legs, frontal horns, and armored 1 Comment
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MCLA Softball Program Offers Youth Clinics| 02:45PM / Sunday, February 10, 2019 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The MCLA softball program this winter will host a pair of clinics that will focus on skill development of a wide range of age levels. The first clinic is for youth players aged 7-13 and will be held on Feb. 24. The second clinic is set for March 3 and will be for high school student-athletes. Registration is required for both clinics. Registration is not complete without payment and the corresponding health forms above. All players must bring the consent form prior to participation. The cost for each clinic is $50. The youth clinic will run from 8 a.m. to noon on Feb. 24. It will focus on the following: Skill 0 Comments
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