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"Non-Stop": In the Jet ScreamBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
02:18PM / Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Universal Pictures Liam Neeson is a beleaguered air marshal stuck on a non-stop flight full of action-movie cliches. Just in case coffee, assorted world crises and the increasingly callous behavior of obnoxious fellow motorists aren't making you nervous enough, director Jaume Collet-Sera has concocted "Non-Stop." Fraught with tension and some of your worst apprehensions realized, it offers folks an entertaining rationale not to relinquish their fear of flying.
Starring at the center of this taut high-wire act, Liam Neeson is Bill Marks, a beleaguered air marshal whose personal
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Dalton Seeks Bolstered Affordable Housing PlanBy Dan Gigliotti, Dalton Correspondent
01:43PM / Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
 Dalton is taking the lead on an affordable housing grant and researching the possibility of transforming the old Nessacus School (the former Dalton High School) into housing. DALTON, Mass. — The town is taking the lead on a grant application to allow four Berkshire communities to address housing development needs, including the re-purposing of its former middle school. The Select Board decided it would act as the lead community in a joint grant application to receive $60,000 in state funding for Planning Assistance for Housing Productivity. A portion of this grant money will be used to continue its efforts to determining the feasibility converting the former Nessacus Regional
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Pittsfield to Host Ballina Sister City Delegates| 01:21PM / Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mayor Daniel Bianchi and the city of Pittsfield will celebrate all things Irish when they hosts visitors representing Pittsfield's Sister City, Ballina.
The group is coming to Pittsfield to celebrate the relationship the two cities have under the Sister Cities International Program. Bianchi and his wife, Theresa, will host a welcoming reception for the delegation on Friday, March 14, at noon in the City Council Chambers at City Hall.
City councilors, former mayors and the public are invited to attend.
Among the events planned, guests and the Pittsfield Irish Sister City members will march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Albany,
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Secret Outdoor 'Museum' Draws Graffiti Artists From Around RegionBy Joe Durwin, Pittsfield Correspondent
10:36AM / Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
 Artists were working over the weekend at the "Graffiti Museum," a little known outdoors studio in Pittsfield. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — It's Pittsfield's premier outdoor art studio, though few have laid eyes on it. Just out of view on private property, its existence and location are all but unknown to most locals, yet artists from cities around the Northeast routinely visit to exhibit new works. Tucked away behind a longtime local business, invisible from the road and all but a few out-of-the-way vantage points, several thousand square feet of walls clustered against a hillside have for years functioned quietly as a kind of semi-exclusive, self-regulated coop 0 Comments
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Settling a Loved One's Financial AffairsWells Farg Advisors, Submitted Content
04:18PM / Monday, March 10, 2014 | |
Dealing with your grief when a loved one dies is hard enough. But often you may find yourself in a situation where you have to deal with financial and investment matters as well. The feelings of uncertainty about what to do next and who to consult can be overwhelming.
The following suggestions may help guide you through the process.
Gathering the Pieces
The first time you're involved in settling a loved one's financial affairs, the many details you must address may seem bewildering and time-consuming. As a first step, you may wish to consult your attorney regarding important deadlines and procedures; in some cases, an attorney's assistance is required. Regardless, there are
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Motor Vehicle Crash Closes Route 7 For Two HoursStaff Reports,
10:45AM / Monday, March 10, 2014 | |
 Lanesborough Police closed the road at the intersection of Brodie Mountain Road. NEW ASHFORD, Mass. — A two-car motor vehicle accident led Police to close a section of Route 7 for nearly two hours Monday morning. The accident occurred 4 miles south of the Five Corners at about 7 a.m. State police said both drivers of the vehicles were transported to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield with "nonlifethreatening injuries."
Names were not available, but the crash involved a 22-year-old man from Agawam driving a 1997 Saturn coupe and a 59-year-old Williamstown driving a BMW sedan. Both drivers were entrapped in their vehicles and had to be removed using the Jaws of Life,
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Pittsfield City Council Agenda: March 11, 2014Staff Reports,
10:19AM / Monday, March 10, 2014 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Traffic concerns dominate the City Council agenda for Tuesday. The city, which meets at 7 at City Hall, will be fielding traffic concerns at the intersection of East Street and Silver Lake Boulevard, pedestrian safety on Columbus Avenue, loading zones on North Street and parking on Madison Avenue, among the listed items. Will Singleton will be giving a presentation on behalf of the local NAACP branch urging the adoption of a new affirmative action policy. The agenda is available below. Pittsfield City Council agenda for March 11, 2014 0 Comments
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Planning Commission Debuts New Regional Sustainability PlanBy Joe Durwin, Pittsfield Correspondent
06:12AM / Sunday, March 09, 2014 | |
 BRPC Executive Director Nathaniel Karns said the Sustainable Berkshires regional plan is nearing completion. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A three-year, half-million dollar countywide effort to develop an updated plan for promoting a stable and sustainable regional economy in the Berkshires has been completed. Now, public input is being sought as the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission prepares to make its final decisions on the plan. At a public hearing at the Berkshire Athenaeum on Thursday, BRPC representatives took comments and questions on the "Sustainable Berkshires" plan, which outlines goals and strategies to inform the region's developmental planning in 0 Comments
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Williamstown Receives 2 Bids for Affordable Housing projectsBy Stephen Dravis, Williamstown Correspondent
03:11PM / Saturday, March 08, 2014 | |
 Williamstown Town Manager Peter Fohlin opens the packages containing proposals to develop affordable housing on a pair of town-owned sites. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town has received two responses to its request for proposals to develop a pair of brown field sites for the purposes of affordable housing. Berkshire Housing Development Corp. in Pittsfield and Boston-based Arch Street Development submitted proposals that were opened on Friday afternoon at Town Hall. The RFPs were developed over several months by the town's Affordable Housing Committee and issued under the auspices of the Board of Selectmen, which has the authority to dispose of the two sites in question: the
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$15 Million Eyed For Berkshires In State Senate Bond BillStaff Reports,
10:39AM / Saturday, March 08, 2014 | |
 The crumbling Brown Street Bridge in North Adams is set to get $1.5 million should the transportation bond make it through the House and governor intact. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The state Senate passed a transportation bill Thursday which sends $15 million to the Berkshires to improve roads, bridges and a parking garage.
The bill includes $6 million for the replacement of the parking garage between Columbus Avenue and Summer Street; $5 million for reconstruction of the Hubbard Avenue railroad overpass; $1.75 million for Thiel Road in Adams; $1.5 million for the Brown Street Bridge in North Adams and $750,000 for repairs to the bridge over the Housatonic River on Route 7 in Great
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