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State Democratic Party Opens Regional Office In PittsfieldBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
05:54PM / Monday, April 15, 2013 | |
 The state Democratic Party has opened a regional office above the Beacon Cinema in Pittsfield with organizing group Berkshire Brigades. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The state Democratic party has opened a regional office on North Street.
In partnership with the Berkshire Brigades, the unit above the Beacon Cinema will be a home base for campaign operations for the next year. The Brigades, which received donations from local Democratic legislators for this, are splitting the cost of the office with the Democratic Party and are hoping to make it a permanent home.
"It's the Western Mass regional office of the Democratic party," Brigades Chairwoman Sheila Murray
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Explosions Rock Boston Marathon| 04:43PM / Monday, April 15, 2013 | |
 Police react in aftermath of explosion #bostonmarathon #boylstonst (John Tlumacki photo) twitter.com/BGlobeSports/s… — Boston Globe Sports (@BGlobeSports) April 15, 2013 Tweets about "#bostonmarathon" !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Three explosions rocked the finish line of the Boston Marathon at 2:50 p.m. with thousands of runners still on the course.
Authorities say the
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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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Senate Candidate Gomez Boasts Military, Business BackgroundBy Andy McKeever,
04:07PM / Sunday, April 14, 2013 | |
 Steve Melito talking with Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gabriel Gomez believes that if Congress is going to make decisions on business and military issues, they should have some experience in those areas.
The former Navy SEAL has embarked on his first political campaign, vying for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by John Kerry. He is one of three Republican candidates on the ballot for the April 30 primary and the only candidate without any previous political experience. He is running against state Rep. Daniel Winslow and former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan.
"I'll put my military record against anyone I am running against.
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Human Service Agencies Share Life Stories With LegislatorsBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
08:18PM / Friday, April 12, 2013 | |
 The Itam Lodge was filled for the 13th annual Legislative Breakfast hosted by the Berkshire Disability Pride Day Committee. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Tim Potter was classified as legally blind in 2003 because of retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease.
He lost his job and his hobbies. He spoke with United Cerebal Palsy and they helped fit him with adaptive equipment, mobility cane, books on tape. Then they set him up with an internship to get his foot in the door to go back to work.
He has just finished computer training on a specialized laptop UCP had gotten for him and he feels he is ready to rejoin the work force.
Marybeth Galligher has a similar story.
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Agencies Call For Prevention of Child Abuse By Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:17PM / Friday, April 12, 2013 | |
 Shoes were placed in the City Council chambers to represent the number of abuse cases reported. However, since the 70 pairs expected for the display never made it, the attendees volunteered their own. Here's last year's event. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The number of child abuse cases in trending downward in Berkshire County and local leaders know they can continue that decline.
In 2010, there were 805 confirmed cases of child abuse or neglect in Berkshire County, which is a decrease from 1,005 from the previous year, or nearly 20 percent. The key to prevention, said representatives of the Children's Trust Fund and local agencies on Friday, is giving parents, many who
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Holiday Hours: Patriots Day| 12:07PM / Friday, April 12, 2013 | |
 Monday, April 15, is Patriots Day, a state holiday marking the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolution. The day has been celebrated on the third Monday in April since 1969.
It was on the morning of April 19, 1775, that Paul Revere and other riders began the alert across and beyond Massachusetts Colony that troops were planning to advance from Boston to the towns of Lexington and Concord. They were to seize a cache of gunpowder and arms and capture revolutionaries Sam Adams and John Hancock. (Local legend claims that Israel Bissell, later of Hinsdale, rode all the way to Philadelphia, but most historians dismiss it.)
Previous attempts to
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'Evil Dead': Bring Popcorn, a Soda and a TourniquetBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
10:23AM / Friday, April 12, 2013 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Tri-Star Pictures I grew anxious as "Evil Dead," director Fede Alvarez's remake/reboot/continuation of Sam Raimi's horror franchise, neared its invasion of the Bijou. In the parlance of my filmgoing childhood, just as when either "Them" (1954) or "Creature from the Black Lagoon" (1954) loomed as the Saturday matinee, I was "a-scared," and not merely afraid. We made deals. Oh sure, we would go, no matter how frightening the prospect. It was compulsory — a lesson in taking the bad with the good — the good being a Western or 0 Comments
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Cardiologist Joins Berkshire Medical Center| 10:09AM / Friday, April 12, 2013 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dr. Henry Richard P. Lyle, a board certified and fellowship trained cardiologist, joined the staff of Berkshire Medical Center and the physician staff of Cardiology Services. Lyle is accepting new patients in need of cardiology care, practicing at both the North Adams and Pittsfield offices. He is partnered with Jeffrey Leppo, Kyle Cooper, Kristen Currie, David Finck, Peter Hahn, Douglas Herr, William Levy, Lisa Massie, Andrew Potash, Mara Slawsky and Georgianne Valli-Harwood. Lyle will primarily be providing care out of the North Adams office, in collaboration with Herr and Potash. Lyle came to the Berkshires after serving for many years with 0 Comments
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McKay Street Shops to Host Berkshire Craft Beer and Wine Festival| 09:34AM / Friday, April 12, 2013 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — McKay Street Shops will kick off its Berkshire Made event series with the Berkshire Craft Beer and Wine Festival on Saturday, April 27, from noon to 6 p.m. "We are doing this for a number of reasons," said Beacon Complex Managing Partner Richard Stanley. "We want to keep the interest level of the downtown Pittsfield revival fresh, we have the space and we want people to see it and lastly and most importantly, we feel it's vital to showcase our community's fine goods and services." Wandering Star, Big Elm and Berkshire Brewing Company will show off their craft beers. Johnny Mash American cider and Les Trois Emme and Furnace Brook 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Bank President Praises Employee Effort In RobberyBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
01:04AM / Friday, April 12, 2013 | |
 The Pittsfield Co-Op employees handled last week's robbery of the Dalton Avenue branch in 'textbook' fashion. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bank President J. Jay Anderson is proud of the way employees handled the recent robbery of the Pittsfield Cooperative Bank on Dalton Avenue.
On Monday, April 1, a white man, in his late 30s to mid-40s, approximately 5-feet-8 and weighing between 200 and 210 pounds walked into the branch, handed the tellers a note and made off with an undisclosed amount of money. He then took off in a red car parked on a nearby street.
The suspect has not yet been apprehended but Anderson is confident that he will be and on Thursday praised
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