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Cannabis Facility Proposed for Berkshire Mall
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:52AM / Thursday, July 28, 2022

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The shuttered Berkshire Mall may have a revival of business activity -- in cannabis.  

The Selectmen on Tuesday authorized negotiations for a Host Community Agreement with JMJ Holdings Corp. for a project that includes making former anchor stores into manufacturing and cultivation facilities.

"What we seek to do is basically revive that property to a state of business. We are focused on the supply chain side. I'm aware that Lanesborough does not have any retail cannabis establishments so that's certainly not on the table for us," applicant Blake Mensing said.

"The rough outline of the proposal would be to benefit from the mall

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Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-Year-Olds Win New England Championship
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
04:24PM / Wednesday, July 27, 2022
TRUMBULL, Conn. — After scoring 57 runs in its first four games at the Babe Ruth New England Regional Championship, Pittsfield's 13-year-olds figured to have a whole other challenge in Tuesday morning's title game.   Facing a Waterford, Conn., team that allowed four runs total in its first four games, Pittsfield was going to need strong pitching to win the crown and claim a berth in next month's Babe Ruth World Series.   Cam Hillard and Connor Paronto were up to the task.   The pair combined to strike out eight and allowed four hits in seven innings to pitch Pittsfield to a 6-0 win at Trumbull High School.   "I usually come in with a lot of

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Bousquet Summer Concert Series Peaks With Mountain Day
By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:55PM / Wednesday, July 27, 2022

The music starts at 1 p.m. and ends with  a performance by the Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Bousquet summer concert series will be hosting its pinnacle event, Mountain Day, on Saturday, July 30, starting at 1 p.m.    This daylong family-friendly music event will feature vendors, food trucks, outdoor activities, and live music.    Throughout the day each of the five bandmates from Whiskey Treaty Roadshow will be performing solo until they reassemble for the Main Stage concert in the evening.    Boston-based folk rock band Session Americana opens for them at 7 p.m. and Whiskey Treaty Roadshow takes the stage at

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Thunder 10U Team Edges Berkshire Force in Summer League Semis
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:27PM / Tuesday, July 26, 2022
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The Greylock Thunder 10-and-under softball team Tuesday outlasted the Berkshire Force for a 25-24 win in the semi-finals of the Berkshire County Softball playoffs at Alcombright Field.   Maliyah Todd came home on a pitch that got to the backstop in the bottom of the fourth to complete a nine-run rally that sent the Thunder into the championship round of the summer travel league’s season-ending tournament.   The Thunder Wednesday will visit the top-seeded Adams-Cheshire-Savoy Swat to decide the league crown.   Tuesday’s semi-final featured patience at the plate and opportunistic base-running as the teams combined for more than 40 walks

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Springfield Man Found Guilty of Shooting Pittsfield Woman in 2020
06:06PM / Tuesday, July 26, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Springfield man has been found guilty of shooting a woman two years ago.    Judge John Agostini found Myron Crapps, 31, guilty of assault and battery with a firearm and illegal possession of a firearm after a two-day trial. Agostini scheduled sentencing for Sept. 28.   "I thank the victim and witnesses for their powerful testimony, the Pittsfield Police Department for their diligent investigation into this daytime shooting, and our trial team for giving a strong presentation of the evidence," District Attorney Andrea Harrington said.   "My office prioritizes holding those who commit violence in our community accountable for

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Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13s Reach New England Title Game
04:06PM / Tuesday, July 26, 2022
TRUMBULL, Conn. -- Eddie Ferris hit a two-run double in a seven-run seventh inning Tuesday as the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars pulled away for an 11-4 win over Tri-County, Maine, in the semi-finals of the New England Regional Championship.   The Maine state champs scored three runs to take a 3-1 lead in the top of the third inning, but Pittsfield scored three in the bottom of the fourth to retake the lead for good.   Goo Stannard hit a line drive single to score Boo Socie to make it 3-3, and Christian Barry singled to drive in Stannard and give Pittsfield a 4-3 lead.   Barry finished the game 3-for-4 with two RBIs.   Connor Paronto, Ferris, Andrew Hammill,

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Taconic's Student Voice Club Has Successful School Year, Looks for New Members
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
01:30PM / Tuesday, July 26, 2022

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Taconic High School's new student government organization had a number of accomplishments in the 2021-2022 school year and is looking to recruit more members for the next.

Founder William Garrity gave a presentation on the Taconic Student Voice Club at the last School Committee meeting.

The club's first project involved ensuring the future of a theater program that was seemingly at risk.

In late October it was announced that the nonprofit that provides funding to the school for theater programming, Save Our Shakespeare, was dissolving. This made students concerned that the school would not be able to participate in Shakespeare & Company's Fall

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Thrilling Music at Tanglewood, Sevenars
Stephen Dankner,
05:43AM / Tuesday, July 26, 2022

With the arrival of August, we are at the mid-point – the height of the classical music festival season. Programs at Tanglewood this week offer as the artistic highlight an enthralling full traversal of all five Beethoven piano concertos performed by the luminous pianist Paul Lewis, and accompanied by the BSO, led by maestro Andris Nelsons – two each on Friday (Nos. 2 and 4) and Saturday (Nos. 1 and 3), and concluding with No. 5 (the magisterial "Emperor") on Sunday. The week’s other prominent occasion, on Tuesday, August 2, will showcase each of the entities that comprise the Tanglewood Music Festival during the all-day ‘Tanglewood on Parade’

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Christian Center Holds Community Day, Celebrates 130 Years
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:02AM / Tuesday, July 26, 2022

The Civitan Club has been providing picnic food for the event for a number of years.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A portion of Robbins Avenue was filled with a celebration on Saturday as the Christian Center held its annual Community Day and marked 130 years as an organization.

"To be honest, for the last 130 years, the Christian Center has done essentially the same thing," Executive Director  Betsy Sherman said, explaining that the center offers food, clothing, paths to jobs, and referrals to housing with the goal of helping people have a more secure life.

It was founded in 1892 as the Epworth Mission by the Methodist Church and has been at its current location since 1906.

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Pittsfield Babe Ruth 14-Year-Olds Advance to New England Semi-Finals
09:26PM / Monday, July 25, 2022
WESTFIELD, Mass. -- The Pittsfield Babe Ruth Baseball program is sending a pair of teams into the semi-final rounds of their respective New England Regional Championships on Tuesday.   In the 14-year-old age group, Pittsield Monday defeated Warwick, R.I., 6-4, in the quarter-finals to earn a berth in Tuesday game against Norfolk, Mass., at 10 a.m.   The winner of that game will take on the winner of the tournamet's 1 p.m. semi-final at 4 p.m. at Billy Bullens Field for the right to advance to the Babe Ruth World Series next month in North Dakota.   The Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13s had a bye in Monday's quarter-finals in its tournament in Trumbull, Conn.   Pittsfield

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Local Organizations Unite to Address Food Insecurity, Chronic Illness
By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:28PM / Monday, July 25, 2022

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Sheriff's Department, Berkshire Health Systems, and other partner organizations have teamed up to address food insecurity and chronic illness.

The Flexible Services Initiative is a free 10-week meal delivery and grocery program that aims to make a healthy diet accessible for everyone. Medically tailored meals are delivered to Berkshire County residents who suffer from chronic illness and/or struggle to put food on the table. 

This is a MassHealth funded program through participating Accountable Care Organizations, which in this case is Berkshire Fallon Health Collaborative.

Since the program was established one year ago, its

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Berkshire Museum Welcomes New Executive Director
12:50PM / Monday, July 25, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A museum administrator with more than three decades of experience with institutions in Texas and California is coming east to take the reins of the Berkshire Museum.    Kimberley Bush Tomio comes from the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, where she was director of museum services for the past decade. Her hiring was announced on Monday by museum President Ethan Klepetar, on behalf of the board of trustees.   Her appointment as executive director comes nearly a year after the sudden departure of Jeff Rodgers last September after 2 1/2 years with the museum. The board contracted with national search firm m/Oppenheim earlier this year to find a new

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