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Pittsfield After-School Program Instills Pride Through MusicBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
10:05AM / Sunday, December 08, 2013 | |
 Jorge Soto, on the left, is one of three people who went through the el sistema program and are now teaching music to students at Morningside. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Music can change the world.
That's what the directors of Morningside Community School's Kids 4 Harmony program believe. The program, in its second full year, is free, after-school music lessons for the children in Grades K-7 and its goal is to change the families, the community and the city for the better.
"The whole idea is that it is strengthening families and the community," said Alicia Stevenson, the program's artistic director. "These kids are going to be stronger in every
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Pittsfield Latest To Take On Daunting Question of Downtown ParkingBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
10:59AM / Saturday, December 07, 2013 | |
 The public, downtown merchants and other stakeholders were asked to attend an open house on the issue Thursday night. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Finding the right way to handle parking in downtowns is a thorn in the side of municipal officials.
And Pittsfield is now diving into the issue with a comprehensive look at parking — from enforcement to management to revenues.
On Thursday, the city held a public input session at the Colonial Theatre in hopes for information on issues from the public. The goal is to develop a new downtown parking plan.
"This is a pretty substantial effort," said Community Development Director Douglas Clark. "This is really a top-down
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@theMarket: Good News Is Bad NewsBy Bill Schmick,
04:14PM / Friday, December 06, 2013 | |
 U.S. economic growth in the third quarter surged higher by 3.6 percent, while jobless claims plunged by 23,000 to 298,000 as layoffs slowed. That's great news, right, so why is the stock market falling?
If you are scratching your head about now, who can blame you? Americans have been waiting for years to see the economy finally transition from a slow, bumpy recovery with stubbornly high unemployment to something akin to more traditional economic recoveries. It appears we are finally hitting our stride but growth like this could mean the end of the Fed's open-ended quantitative easing, thus the decline.
Investors are afraid that the Fed may begin to taper as early as this month,
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Cultural Pittsfield: Dec. 6-12| 01:31PM / Friday, December 06, 2013 | |
 Friday: Over 80 Artists at First Fridays Artswalk! Take a festive stroll down North & South Street bedecked with holiday lights and discover unique and creative gifts of art for friends and family. The annual Holiday Artswalk features affordable small artworks that are perfect for holiday gift giving. Plus everyone is invited to the Artswalk Afterparty beginning at 8pm at the Whitney Center for the Arts, where you can relax and compare notes about all the new exhibits. Click here for your Holiday Artswalk Guide or pick one up upstreet! Friday, December 6 | 5-8pm | Downtown Pittsfield's Upstreet
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'Cop on Top' Fundraiser Returns To Pittsfield WalmartBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
01:21PM / Friday, December 06, 2013 | |
 The annual Cop on Top fundraiser returned to Pittsfield on Friday. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The fourth annual Cop on Top returned to Walmart on Friday with the goal of raising more than $55,000 for the Special Olympics.
Police officers will camp out on the roof of Walmart on Hubbard Avenue through Saturday while others in the parking lot are collecting donations and running other fundraising activities. Led by the Law Enforcement Torch Run Program, the police are looking to beat last year's fundraising total of $55,034.
For the third year, WTBR, Taconic High School's radio station, will be live broadcasting throughout the two days. The 36-hour event will raise funds for
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Two Dozen Bands To Play Benefit For Local ChildBy Joe Durwin, Pittsfield Correspondent
10:21AM / Friday, December 06, 2013 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — More than 20 bands and performers will perform a daylong marathon of music Saturday, organized by the Berkshire Band-Itz roller derby to benefit the daughter of a lost teammate. The 10-hour event will be held from 2 to midnight at Chameleon's Nightclub, the same venue where 24-year-old Theresa Burke was last seen four weeks earlier by friends at an event held to raise funds for the league. Now, Berkshire Band-Itz are working with local music promoter Andy Poncherello to raise money for Madison, the 5-year-old daughter she left behind. "I'd only met Theresa a few times but I saw her regularly at Lipton Mart on North Street 0 Comments
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Superior Court Briefs: November 26 - December 5Staff Reports,
10:19AM / Friday, December 06, 2013 | |
 Cases heard on Tuesday, November 26.
Daniel Lowenstein, 23, of Amherst was sentenced to three years at the Berkshire County House of Correction after being found guilty of numerous charges on Nov. 21.
Lowenstein was found guilty by a jury on three counts of distribution of marijuana and single counts of possession of a sawed-off shotgun, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
He was give two years on the possession of a sawed-off shotgun and given an additional sentenced on a single count of distribution of marijuana. He was placed on two years probation
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Are We There Yet?: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the YearBy Rebecca Dravis,
05:20AM / Friday, December 06, 2013 | |
 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! My favorite radio station, B95.5 out of Albany, N.Y., has been playing Christmas music since the beginning of November. Some people think that is crazy, but it's perfectly fine with me. "Jingle Bells" and all of the other classics just make my heart melt, even in November. Family holiday events are catching up with the music this coming weekend, the first full weekend of December, where there is no shortage of seasonal fun. First up on Friday night, Dec. 6, at 6 p.m. is the annual tree lighting ceremony in Park Square Pittsfield. I drove through Pittsfield one evening earlier this week and downtown was 0 Comments
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The Independent Investor: Are Banks About to Get Benched?By Bill Schmick,
07:10PM / Thursday, December 05, 2013 | |
 Lobbyists for the big banks have been fighting to water down the so-called "Volcker Rule" for the last three years but it looks like they are going to lose this battle. Next week the U.S. government is expected to announce tighter bank regulations. It could make the financial markets a lot safer for all of us and cost the banks a bundle.
At stake for the banks are about 18 percent of industry sales, or $44 billion, generated by proprietary trading. That's a term used to describe the banking industry's practice of placing big speculative bets with their own money. During the financial crisis those speculative bets went sour and nearly drove the global financial system
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Former Big League Pitcher Recruiting Players for Traveling Team| 03:23PM / Thursday, December 05, 2013 | |
 CANAAN, N.Y. — Former Major League Baseball pitcher Jonah Bayliss will be evaluating players for a new 16U travel baseball team, the Berkshire Blue Jays. The player evaluation, including fielding, hitting, catching and pitching, will take place on Sunday, Dec. 8, from 2 to 4 p.m. at The Fieldhouse. Players from the Berkshires and surrounding areas in Vermont and New York are invited to register for the tryout at berkshirebluejays.com. The tryout fee is $20 and each player will receive a personal evaluation and coupon for one session at coach Bayliss' A1 Pitching Academy. The team will form immediately for winter strength and conditioning training as well as 0 Comments
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