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Don't Let Your Investments Take a 'Vacation'Submitted by Edward Jones,
12:07PM / Wednesday, June 21, 2017 | |
 It's summer again – time for many of us to take a break and possibly hit the open road. But even if you go on vacation, you won't want your investments to do the same – in summertime or any other season. How can you help make sure your portfolio continues to work hard for you all year long?
Here are a few suggestions:
* Avoid owning too many "low growth" investments. As you know, different investments have different characteristics and can help you in different ways. For example, you typically own stocks because you want them to grow in value so that you can eventually sell them for a profit. Other investments, such as certificates of deposit (CDs), provide
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Area Grads Wrap Up Successful Spring CampaignsiBerkshires.com Sports,
01:10AM / Wednesday, June 21, 2017 | |
 Rob Buffis earned all-tournament recognition from the Empire 8 Conference after helping Ithaca win the conference title and a berth in this spring’s NCAA Division III Championships. On May 11, he went 6-⅔ innings on the mound, scattering four hits and one earned run in a tournament win over Elmira. Two days later, he came out of the bullpen to throw two innings of one-hit, shutout relief in the title game against St. John Fisher. He made one appearance in the NCAAs, going 5-⅔ innings in a loss to Oswego. On the season, he had a 4.52 ERA and a 6-2 record in 14 appearances. Kevin Donati (Pittsfield) led Division I University at Albany with a .327 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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Greylock Youth Lacrosse Teams Win County TitlesCommunity submission,
07:14PM / Tuesday, June 20, 2017 | |
 DALTON, Mass. -- The Greylock Youth Lacrosse fifth- and sixth-grade team won the Berkshire County Championship held on Saturday at Wahconah Regional High School. The team went undefeated this spring in the two conference leagues it plays in, Berkshire County and the Tri-Mountain league. Saturday it defeated Pittsfield and Lee in county tournament. The team includes: Joseph Boni, Jasper Bopp, Oskar Bopp, Kaden Bouchard, Jackie Brannan, Kaylie Bryan, Beatrice Garvey, Benjamin Gregorek, Eamon Hetherington, Gavin Hetherington, Jeffrey Johnson, Trey Lepicier, Aiden MacPherson, Maxwell McAlister, Elias Robinson, Mason Schaeffer, Krish Sharma, Owen Taylor, Joey Tornabene and 0 Comments
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Plenty of Nail-Biters in Berkshire Adult Baseball League| 11:33AM / Tuesday, June 20, 2017 | |
 Three pitchers combined on a 4-3 win Sunday that lifted B.B.A. into first place in the Berkshire Adult Baseball League’s 20-and-over division. Seamus Morrison, Connor Lein and Joe Delsoldato threw for B.B.A. in the win over the North County Knights, who slipped to 0-5-1 this summer. B.B.A. improved to 5-1, pushing it past Lenox and Housatonic, who are tied for second in the seven-team division at 4-2. On Father’s Day, Jesus Lay went 1-for-1 with two walks and scored twice for B.B.A. The Knights got a pair of hits from Joe Boucher. Lenox Bulldogs 9, Great Barrington Millers 8 Great Barrington scored four times in the top of the seventh to 0 Comments
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Senate Chair on Global Warming Takes Input on Energy PolicyBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:56AM / Tuesday, June 20, 2017 | |
State Sens. Adam Hinds and Marc Pacheco visit Seth Nash of Blue Q on Monday afternoon, before the hearing. Nash is one of the private-sector businesses to install a photovoltaic array to power his business. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — State Sen. Marc Pacheco has chaired the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture and thought he had heard everything about the environment. Until 11 years ago, when he saw Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." "I saw the reality come to life on a movie screen," Pacheco said. He signed up to become a "climate messenger" and went to a training in Nashville, Tenn. 1 Comment
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Williamstown Historical Museum Opens SundayBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:05AM / Tuesday, June 20, 2017 | |
The museum plans a celebration this Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown House of Local History will make a little history of its own on Sunday, June 25. The museum plans a celebration from 1 to 3 p.m. to mark the grand opening of its new location at the historic Five Corners junction of Routes 7 and 43 in South Williamstown. The museum began its life as the town's House of Local History in 1941 in a once and future private Main Street residence known as the Botsford House. In more recent years, it was housed in the rear of the David and Joyce Milne Public Library. In May 2015, the town voted to enter into a 50-year lease 3 Comments
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Free Fun Fridays Return This Summer| 02:25PM / Monday, June 19, 2017 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Two Berkshire County museums bookend the Highland Street Foundation's ninth annual Free Fun Fridays initiative, a summer program that offers visitors no-cost admission to many of the most treasured cultural venues in Massachusetts.
Eighty-five institutions, from art museums to zoos, will join the program, an increase from the 80 venues that took part in 2016. This summer, each week for 10 consecutive Fridays — beginning June 23 and continuing through Aug. 25 — multiple venues will welcome visitors, free-of-charge.
"Free Fun Fridays provides access to the best exhibits, programs and experiences that the city and the commonwealth have to
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BArT Announces Third Trimester Honor Roll| 01:39PM / Monday, June 19, 2017 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School has announced the students who made honor roll for the third trimester of the 2016-2017 school year. Students who earned 80 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "Honors." Students who earned 90 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "High Honors."
Academic courses at BArT are aligned with the Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks for the appropriate grade level and include all standards deemed necessary for a complete, college-preparatory, middle and high school education.
Students in Grade 6 who earned High Honors are: Dion
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Berkshires Beat: Fishing Derby Winners Announced| 01:27PM / Monday, June 19, 2017 | |
Tessa Materazza won a second-place. Fish tales: The 25th annual Harry Bateman Jimmy Fund Fishing Derby was held on June 3. More than 286 people attended. The winners are as follows:
Children's Heaviest Game Fish: first place, Ryan Russo, pickerel, 4 lbs. 7 oz.; second place, Jason Sweetser, rainbow trout, 2 lbs. 1 oz.; third place, Aubrey Phifer, largemouth bass, 1lbs. 15 oz.
Children's Heaviest Non Game Fish: first place, Logan Barde, pumpkin seed, 9 oz.; second place, Tessa Materazza, pumpkin seed, 6 oz.; third place, Zack Caropresso, pumkinseed, 5 oz.
Adult Heaviest Game Fish: first place, Alex Kent, pickerel, 4 lbs. 7 oz., second place, Jim Cassavant, largemouth bass, 2
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BCC Pinning Ceremony Recognizes Practical Nurse Graduates| 11:48AM / Monday, June 19, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Seventeen graduates of the practical nurse certificate program at Berkshire Community College were recognized June 15 during a pinning ceremony in the Robert Boland Theatre of the college's Koussevitzky Arts Center.
Pins and certificates were presented to the following graduates:
Adams: Chelise Rondeau
Amherst: Salina Kiplagat
Becket: Megan Mahoney
Cheshire: Yormary Shogren
Dalton: Angela Colson, Brittany Moore-Lusigan, Lindsay Ostellino
North Adams: Samantha Andrews
Pittsfield: Gregory Martin, Pamela Matson, Railea Rivera, Lesline Rostick
Sheffield: Stephanie Fredsall
Springfield: Anna Owuor
Stephentown, N.Y.: Shauna Hoffman
West Springfield:
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Biz Briefs: Two Local Students Granted Lee Outlets Scholarships| 10:33AM / Monday, June 19, 2017 | |
 Good job: Lee Premium Outlets presented McKenna Mcllquham of Hinsdale, Mass., and Delanie Rybacki of Otis, Mass., with Simon Youth Foundation Scholarships for their hard work and determination in the classroom. Mcllquham attended Wahconah Regional High School, was awarded a $1,500 Community Scholarship and will attend University of Rhode Island in September. Rybacki attended Monument Mountain High School, was awarded a $500 Power of Orange Scholarship and will attend University of Wisconsin-Madison this fall.
Simon, a global leader in retail real estate ownership, is proud to support Simon Youth Foundation (SYF) in its efforts to increase educational opportunities for at-risk
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Williamstown Planning Board Looking at Lighting RegulationsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:52AM / Monday, June 19, 2017 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board is looking at whether to propose modifications to the town’s standards for exterior lighting. At the board’s June 13 meeting, planner Chris Kapiloff told his colleagues that he and Ann McCallum hope to bring a recommendation back to the full panel as soon as September. Kapiloff said the two-person working group has engaged Williams College and the Williamstown Fire District, which is responsible for street lighting in the community. Kapiloff said the college already had a plan in motion to help create “softer, less piercing” lighting around the campus, which abuts various residential 3 Comments
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