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What Is Smarter: Paying Off Debts or Investing?Submitted by Edward Jones,
11:50AM / Wednesday, December 12, 2018 | |
 It probably doesn't happen as much as you'd like, but you may occasionally have some extra disposable income. For example, perhaps you have recently received, or will soon receive, a year-end bonus. Or maybe you will get a sizable tax refund in just a few months. Wherever this money comes from, you will want to put it to good use. Should you use the cash to pay down debts or should you invest it instead?
There's no simple answer, and everyone's situation is different, but here are a few suggestions for helping you make a good choice:
* Evaluate your cash flow. If you already have enough cash to meet your daily living expenses, you might lean toward investing the money,
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Harrington Adds Two More to District Attorney's Office LeadershipStaff Reports,
03:25PM / Tuesday, December 11, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — District Attorney-elect Andrea Harrington added two more individuals to her leadership team on Tuesday. Richard Dohoney will be brought on as Harrington's deputy district attorney and Jeanne Kempthorne will serve as chief of appeals and legal counsel. Dohoney, of Great Barrington, is currently the city solicitor. Kempthorne is a former federal prosecutor working in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston for 11 years. The two join Karen Bell, who was previously announced as the office's first assistant. "I am excited to bring such an experienced and talented group of prosecutors and legal professionals to serve as my senior 1 Comment
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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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BRTA Work Stoppage Playing Havoc With Regular Bus RoutesStaff Reports,
10:33PM / Monday, December 10, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The paratransit strike is entering its second week with no sign of resolution. The work stoppage has affected the regular Berkshire Regional Transit Authority bus routes, causing havoc for people trying to get to jobs, schools and other appointments. One individual, who wished to remain anonymous, told iBerkshires they'd used up sick time because they were unable to get to work last week and a friend lost her job for the same reason. "If this strike goes on much longer I don't know if I will have a job or how I will pay for housing," the frustrated BRTA rider wrote. Transit officials have been working to 5 Comments
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Berkshire Health Systems Named a 2018 WWCMA WorkWell Massachusetts| 04:37PM / Monday, December 10, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems and its Wellness at Work program have been named a WorkWell Massachusetts Award Program Gold Level winner for exemplary worksite health promotion for the fourth straight year.
The award recognizes Berkshire Health System's achievements developing, implementing and participating in corporate health improvement and wellness programs. BHS is one out of six Gold Level award recipients for 2018, and is the only organization to have received a Gold Level award each of the four years of the program.
Committed to the health and well-being of the entire Berkshire community, the BHS Wellness at Work team works with local employers as a partner
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Berkshires Beat: SVHC Celebrates Putnam Nursing School Alumni| 02:30PM / Monday, December 10, 2018 | |
 Together again Sixty-three alumni of the Putnam Memorial Hospital School of Practical Nursing joined leaders from Southwestern Vermont Health Care for a reunion lunch on Dec. 6. The event marked the 70th anniversary of the first graduating class of the school. Throughout its 50-year tenure, the school graduated more than 800 nurses.
The lunch was the final event in a year-long celebration of the hospital's centennial. The year was marked by "A Century of Caring," a historical exhibit which traveled to every region the health system serves; Centennial Community Day, a free event that drew 4,000 people to the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center campus in Bennington; and
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Mount Greylock School Committee Approves Planning DocumentsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:58AM / Monday, December 10, 2018 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock School Committee on Thursday OK'd a District Improvement Plan and a set of goals for the newly expanded district's superintendent. The latter administrative document, the Superintendent Goals, are part of the standard against which the committee will evaluate Superintendent Kimberley Grady's performance. Ideally, the document would have been approved some months ago, but it was delayed by the fact that the School Committee only was constituted for the first time after the November election. At that time, the newly elected seven-member committee took control of the district from an interim Transition Committee that 0 Comments
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Williams Women's Hockey Riding High Going into Break| 05:39PM / Sunday, December 09, 2018 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The Williams College women's hockey team Sunday used a balanced scoring attack to win its second straight game and take a four-game unbeaten streak into the holiday break. Chloe Heiting stopped 16 shots to backstop the Ephs to a 3-1 win over Manhattanville. Brianna Hill, Mia Carroll and Avery Dunn each scored a goal, and six different Ephs recorded an assist as Williams (6-2-1) improved to 3-0-1 in its last four. Williams is off until Jan. 4, when it goes to Bowdoin for a pair of weekend games. 0 Comments
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Williams Men's Basketball Edges Springfield| 10:20PM / Saturday, December 08, 2018 | |
 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Bobby Casey score 24 points, and the Williams College men's basketball team held off a second-half comeback bid by Springfield College to take a 75-71 win on Saturday. Springfield (2-5) trailed by 13 at half-time, but after shooting 30 percent from the field in the first half, the Pride shot 50 percent after the break. Williams, meanwhile, earned a 37-32 rebounding edge in the game behind 13 caroms from Kyle Scadlock, who also scored 12 points. Springfield got 24 points apiece from Jake Ross and Heath Post. Taconic graduate Deonte Sandifer passed out four assists and had a pair of steals for Springfield. Second-ranked Williams (9-0) is 0 Comments
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BArT Seniors Receive John and Abigail Adams Scholarship| 02:50PM / Friday, December 07, 2018 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — Half of the BART Charter Public School senior class are recipients of the John and Abigail Adams scholarship.
Recipients of these scholarships, upon acceptance, are entitled to attend any Massachusetts state school tuition-free for up to eight semesters of undergraduate education.
The recipients are Isaiah Albright, Ruth Bristol, Natalie Celebi, Thomas Cook, Dylan Dermody-Battaini, Joshua Donovan, Joshua Doubiago, Matthew Failla, Macie Fitch, Shanique Maloney, Braydon Peterson, Hannah Stringer, Caitlin Terpak and Abel Ward.
To be eligible, students must score at the advanced level on one of the three Grade 10 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assesment System (MCAS) tests
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Williams Senior Named Mitchell Scholar| 02:47PM / Friday, December 07, 2018 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College senior Keshav Goel is among the dozen men and women named as Mitchell Scholars for the class of 2020.
Sponsored by the U.S.-Ireland Alliance, this nationally competitive scholarship provides recipients a year of postgraduate study in any discipline offered by institutions of higher learning in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Selected from 370 applicants, Goel is the first Williams student to receive this scholarship since the George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program's inaugural class of 2001.
A double major in economics and biology from Monte Sereno, Calif., Goel is an aspiring physician who is interested in addressing the effects of
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Pignatelli Honored As 'River Hero'| 02:17PM / Friday, December 07, 2018 | |
 BOSTON — State Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli and state Sen. Anne Gobi, chairs of the Joint Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, were honored as River Heroes on Wednesday evening at the Massachusetts Rivers Alliance annual dinner.
Pignatelli and Gobi, of Spencer, were responsible for the passage of a $2.4 billion Environmental Bond Bill, signed by Gov. Charlie Baker in July that allocated $55 million in funds for river and wetland restoration programs across the commonwealth. In Pignatelli's own Fourth Berkshire District, he allocated $400,000 in funds for the upkeep and expansion of the W.E.B. DuBois river garden park and the
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Lenox Broker Installed as 2019 President of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors | 01:10PM / Friday, December 07, 2018 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Anne Meczywor, broker/associate at Roberts & Associates Realty Inc. in Lenox, has been installed as president of the 24,000-member Massachusetts Association of Realtors for 2019.
Meczywor's term officially begins on January 1, 2019.
As president, Meczywor will direct the internal and external activities of the association; preside at all meetings of the MAR Board of Directors and Executive Committee; represent the association at important meetings and business functions; and act as the official spokesperson for the association on issues related to the real estate industry and local
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