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The Independent Investor: What Happens If You Can't Afford Obamacare?By Bill Schmick,
05:13PM / Thursday, May 23, 2013 | |
 We have all been inundated with the pros and cons of Obamacare. It has become so ubiquitous in our daily lives that most of us have simply tuned it out. We can't afford to do that much longer.
As most readers know, Obamacare, formally named the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will become the law of the land on Jan. 1, 2014. However, as early as October of this year, a new way of buying health insurance will be available to consumers through an online insurance marketplace. So decision time approaches.
But what about all those who have no health care and believe they can't afford to buy it? What do they do? There have been times earlier in my life when I was
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Pittsfield Cyclocross Returns to Common| 09:08AM / Thursday, May 23, 2013 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Cyclocross youth bicycle racing series returns on May 30 for its 13th edition after a two-year hiatus. This four week series of races for children ages 12 and under will take place at the Pittsfield Common on First Street on Thursday nights from May 30 through June 20. Races are free and each week is a new, standalone event so attendence to all four is not required. Registration opens at 5:30 p.m. and requires a signature from a parent or guardian. Racing starts at 6:30 for the 6-and-under category. The different categories are 7-and-8, nine-and-10 and 11-and-12. The course is flat and a mostly grass-surfaced loop around the 0 Comments
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 |  Morningside Neighborhood Cleanup & Cherry Street Flower Planting
by Soapbox 01:00PM / Friday, May 17, 2013
Morningside Neighborhood Cleanup & Cherry Street Flower Planting
May 18th
9:00AM--11AM
Morningside Neighborhood Clean Up begins on Saturday May 18th at 9AM, and will end when the dumpsters are full! Bring your acceptable goods to the Morningside Community School parking lot, where it can placed in dumpsters and |
|  PHS Drama Students Present Annual "Haunted Halls" Tour Oct 27-28
by Soapbox 01:02AM / Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Pittsfield High School's drama society, Proteus, will present its annual "Haunted Halls" at PHS on Friday & Saturday, Oct 26-27, from 6:30-8:30 PM
The public is welcome to
|  LA Band With Pittsfield Ties Returns
by Joe Durwin 10:46AM / Saturday, October 06, 2012
Dollyrots to Perform at Chameleons Nightclub Saturday Oct. 6
By Joe Durwin
Pittsfield, MASS- An L.A. act with unique ties to the area will return for its 7th show here in five years at
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Pittsfield Students Create TV Documentary On Invasive SpeciesBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
05:19PM / Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | |
 Student Ian Phair in the PCTV studio recording the show. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A group of local high schoolers will soon see a 30-minute biography of invasive species they wrote, performed, drew the backgrounds for and filmed hit community television.
Seven students, five from Pittsfield High School, one from Lenox and another from St. Joseph, have spent two days in each of the last 20 weeks working on "The SciShow." The after-school program was funded by the federal Massachusetts 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant program and mixes a wide array of disciplines.
"We really let the kids take it and run," said Lisa Provencher, who ran
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Hundreds Line Pittsfield Streets to Mourn Fallen SoldierBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
04:00PM / Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — A procession transported the body of Army Spec. Mitchell Daehling to St. Agnes Church on Thursday.
Calling hours are from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Thursday and the funeral will be held on Friday. The procession began at Dery Funeral Home in Pittsfield and proceeded up North Street to East Street, across Plastics Avenue to Dalton Avenue to Merrill Road and into Dalton.
The route again was lined with citizens paying their respects. The Dalton Police Honor Guard served a pallbearers and the Dalton Fire Department raised a flag outside of the church.
Daehling arrived shortly after noon. Photos from the procession can be found here. Army Spec.
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Ocean State Job Lot, Tractor Supply to Open in North AdamsBy Tammy Daniels,
12:08PM / Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | |
 An Ocean State Job Lot is expected to move into the former Walmart store along with two other tenants. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Closeout retailer Ocean State Job Lot has signed a purchase and sales agreement for the old Walmart building on Curran Highway.
The chain expects to hire for 30 to 40 jobs and will sublet a section of the building to Tractor Supply Inc., with both operations opening in the fall, pending permitting.
The location will be the 46th in Massachusetts for the North Kingstown, R.I.-based chain, which has several stores in the Springfield area. It has 109 stores total with 4,000 employees in New England and New York, and annual sales of more than $540
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Senate Hopeful Gomez Stresses Security at Lenco ArmoredBy Andy McKeever,
08:06PM / Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | |
 Gomez addressing dozens of supporters at Lenco in Pittsfield. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — With a backdrop of Lenco-made armored vehicles, U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez make the case Tuesday that he is a stronger voice for homeland security than his opponent. The Cohasset Republican is campaigning for the special election to replace the seat vacated by John Kerry. He is up against Democrat Edward Markey, a U.S. House member representing the 5th Massachusetts District.
Gomez held a rally Tuesday at Lenco and cited reauthorization of the Patriot Act, the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and two resolutions honoring the victims of 9/11 as bills he
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Solar Array Going To Lanesborough Town Meeting FloorBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
09:21PM / Monday, May 20, 2013 | |
 The Selectmen set the warrant on Monday for town meeting. LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Voters are being asked to give the Board of Selectmen the authority to lease land for a solar project.
An energy committee previously identified land on Prospect Street as a viable location for a solar array. The land was purchased by the town to be the site of a senior center but that never came to fruition because fund sources had dried up.
Now the town is considering using that land instead for a 1.5 megawatt solar array that could provide about $58,000 in revenue per year. However, that will need town meeting approval so an article authorizing the board to enter into a lease will be
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State Democratic Chairman Rallies Berkshire VotersBy Andy McKeever,
03:22PM / Monday, May 20, 2013 | |
 State Democratic Committee Chairman John Walsh rallied Berkshire Democrats on Sunday. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John Walsh delivered a dose of adrenaline to Berkshire Democrats on Sunday as the party ramps up campaigning for Edward Markey.
The chairman of the state Democratic Committee was the main speaker at a ceremony opening the regional Democratic office on North Street. Walsh was joined by state Rep. Paul Mark and state Sen. Benjamin Downing in giving rally speeches.
Walsh asked local Democratic leaders to forget about their other responsibilities for the next month and focus on the campaign because the U.S. Senate seat, he said, is too important to lose.
"I
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Taconic Graduate Wins Steel Rail Half MarathonBy John Durkan, iBerkshires Staff
03:00PM / Monday, May 20, 2013 | |
 Taconic graduate Mark Rabasco won the inaugural Steel Rail Half Marathon on Sunday morning. For more photos, see the slideshow. ADAMS, Mass. — Taconic High School graduate Mark Rabasco crossed the finish line at at 1:14.21 to win the first Steel Rail Half Marathon on Sunday morning. "It was great, it's nice to have everyone out here supporting us," said the 18-year-old Rabasco, who currently attends and runs for the track team at Keene (N.H.) State. The race began at the Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough and followed the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail to loop around the Adams Visitors Center grounds, where a couple thousand friends and family of the racers 0 Comments
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Senate Candidate Gomez to Visit Pittsfield Letters to the Editor,
01:51PM / Monday, May 20, 2013 | |
 What are you doing next Tuesday? Do you have time to do something for your country? Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL, needs your support in his bid to become our next U.S. senator. Please join me in welcoming Gomez back to the Berkshires on Tuesday, May 21, from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. at Lenco Armored Vehicles, 10 Betnr Industrial Drive in Pittsfield.
The stakes are high and the choice is clear in the special U.S. Senate election scheduled for June 25. Gabriel Gomez is a political newcomer, a family man, and a first-generation American who believes in the American Dream. His opponent, Congressmen Ed Markey, is a career politician who has sided with flag burners and job killers over a 40-year
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