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Pittsfield Police Honor Nation's Fallen OfficersBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
01:10PM / Tuesday, May 14, 2013 | |
 The Honor Guard honored five officers who were killed in duty while working for the city. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — County law enforcement honored more than 19,000 police officers who were killed in the line of duty, including five from Pittsfield, as part of National Police Week.
The weeklong memorial began in 1962 with a declaration of then President John F. Kennedy. Hundreds of officers from across the country flock to Washington, D.C., each year as names of fallen officers are added to a memorial. This year, 321 new names will be added, 120 of whom died in the line of duty last year.
Locally, five names are already on that plaque — Capt. Michael Leonard, who
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Berkshire Bank Names Five Employees Volunteers of the Year| 11:50AM / Monday, May 13, 2013 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Bank announced that five of its employees have been recognized for outstanding community service and named Berkshire Bank's Volunteers of the Year. Award recipients were selected based on their service to nonprofit organizations both in bank-sponsored volunteer projects and in the broader community. An awards luncheon was held in Pittsfield at Berkshire Bank headquarters where the recipients received their awards from Executive Vice President Linda Johnston. Each award winner also received a $500 donation that will be made to the nonprofit organization of their choice. Volunteer of the Year recipients are: Tara Kimberley: Assistant 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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That's Life: A Mother's PrideBy Phyllis McGuire, iBerkshires Columnist
08:21AM / Sunday, May 12, 2013 | |
 Is it only me, or do all mothers look at their adult sons and daughters and say to themselves, "How could that have come out of me?"
For me, there is the physical aspect of the miracle. How could teenie me have produced this man who could fling me over his shoulders? And how could this beautiful vivacious woman who does not look anything like me be my daughter?
I suppose the answers to those questions can be found in the fact that my children were not immaculately conceived. Thus, they inherited some of their father's genes. Jennifer not only has her father's coloring — blue eyes, blonde hair, fair complexion — but his verve
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Downtown Farmers Market Opens In PittsfieldBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
10:40AM / Saturday, May 11, 2013 | |
 Market Manager Jess Conzo, Mayor Daniel Bianchi and Downtown Pittsfield Inc. Executive Director Pamela Tobin cut the ribbon on the farmers market Saturday morning. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Farmers Markets returned to the city Saturday morning with dozens of vendors, entertainment and educational workshops.
Organizers cut the ribbon on the downtown market across from the Common at 9 a.m., kicking off a weekly market. Despite the some sprinkling of rain, the market saw a strong turnout for the first of the season, which will be held every Saturday until Oct. 26.
The market is being managed by Alchemy Initiative in collaboration with Downtown Pittsfield Inc. and the
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Berkshires Effort Seeks to Aid One Fund, Connect CommunityBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
03:18AM / Saturday, May 11, 2013 | |
 Businesses participating in the B4B effort will display a sticker to let customers know. ADAMS, Mass. — An effort to link the eastern and western ends of the state is also hoping to connect the north and south ends of the county.
B4B, or Berkshires 4 Boston, is a countywide coalition spearheaded by Fidel Moreno of Healing Winds in Lenox to aid in fundraising for One Fund Boston. The fund was created to help the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.
During the month of June, participating businesses and others will commit to donate 4 percent of their sales — for a day, a weekend, the entire month — to One Fund. It will be on the businesses or cultural venues to
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Downtown Pittsfield Gets a Spring CleaningBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
09:15PM / Friday, May 10, 2013 | |
 Employees of SABIC took a section spanning from Park Square to South Street as part of the downtown cleanup. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — More than a dozen businesses did some spring cleaning Friday in the downtown. The annual Downtown Corporate Clean-Up, put on by Downtown Pittsfield Inc., saw its highest number of participants ever with 150 people from 15 companies spending their afternoon cleaning up the city. The companies spread out from Reed Street to Tyler Street and from Center Street to First Street to sweep and pick up trash to get ready for the summer. "It is really to bring the downtown community together," Pittsfield Inc. Executive Director 0 Comments
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Superior Court Briefs: May 8.Staff Reports,
12:33PM / Friday, May 10, 2013 | |
 Cases heard before Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder on Wednesday, May 8. James Mullen, 22, of Pittsfield had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on five counts of larceny over $250 from a person 60-year-old or older, three counts of forgery, three counts of uttering and single counts of breaking and entering, larceny from a person over age 65, attempt to commit a crime, to wit: larceny over $250, receiving stolen property over $250, misleading a police officer, furnishing a false name to a police officer and common and notorious thief. He was ordered to be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $25,000 cash or $250,000 surety bail. The incidents allegedly occurred in 0 Comments
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Three Educators Honored At MCLA Award CeremonyBy John Durkan, iBerkshires Staff
03:28AM / Friday, May 10, 2013 | |
 State Rep. William 'Smitty' Pignatelli presents an award to Barbara Minkler at the third annual Berkshire County Educator Recognition Award ceremony. For more photos, see the slideshow. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is making sure teachers are recognized for their efforts with the annual Berkshire County Educator Recognition Award. President Mary Grant recalled the first award ceremony when Cynthia Roper-Patenaude was honored during her opening remarks. "On the very first year we did this, it was so moving because the teacher who won the award that year got up... And she had the whole room rapt when she said very emotionally from the heart, 0 Comments
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Berkshire Hills Bancorp Holds Annual Meeting| 09:22PM / Thursday, May 09, 2013 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. (PRNewswire) — Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: BHLB) held its annual meeting of shareholders on Thursday, May 9, in Pittsfield.
Chairman, President and CEO Michael P. Daly summarized Berkshire's accomplishments in 2012. They included strong organic growth and team recruitment, along with the acquisitions of CBT and Beacon Federal. The year's initiatives produced improved profitability and resulted in a 29 percent increase in core earnings per share. Berkshire's 2012 stock returns exceeded 10 percent, and the quarterly cash dividend was increased by 6 percent, providing a yield of over 3 percent. Daly concluded with a summary of the encouraging
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