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Education Task Force Takes in Reaction to Countywide DistrictBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:34AM / Sunday, August 13, 2017 | |
William Cameron, second from left, takes issue with the idea of a modified regional supervisory union. DALTON, Mass. — The Berkshire County Education Task Force assessed the fallout from its July 15 vote advocating a single school district for the county and discussed its strategy for explaining that recommendation to school officials, town officials and the public at large. Nearly a month after acting on the data accumulated in Phase 2 of the task force's multiyear study of the county's education system, the members at Saturday's meeting remained firm in their commitment that a single school district provides the best long-term option for providing 11 Comments
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Berkshire South Regional Community Center to Celebrate Legacy of Founder| 12:26PM / Friday, August 11, 2017 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass — Berkshire South Regional Community Center will celebrate the legacy of founder Edwin "Ed" A. Jaffe at its annual gala, set for Friday, Aug. 18, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at 15 Crissey Road. Guests will enjoy spirits, hors d'oeuvres, dinner and a silent and live service auction.
To coincide with the center's 15th anniversary, the board of trustees of Berkshire South Regional Community Center felt it was appropriate to honor Jaffe's commitment to community health and wellness. This will be an evening to share, reminisce and revel in the success of the man who created the organization that the community has come to rely on. Receiving this
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Carrier Leads Team to Giorgi League Title| 10:12PM / Thursday, August 10, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Lawrence Carrier scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Thursday to lead Troiano & Sons/Kingsbread/Flynn & Dagnoli to a 75-70 win over Yard Work By Dan in the championship game of the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League. Carrier hit a pair of 3-pointers and shot 5-for-3 from the line on his way to earning the league's Most Valuable Player honor. Dave Wellington backed him up with 20 points -- five on 3-pointers -- while Sedale Jones scored 16 to go with seven rebounds and a block. Taverick "Tank" Roberson led Yard Work by Dan with 20 points and eight boards. Shaq Ardray scored 18 points on six 0 Comments
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Hinds Pushing For Criminal Justice Reform, Asks NAACP For SupportBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:54AM / Thursday, August 10, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — State Sen. Adam Hinds is looking to be at the forefront of pushing for criminal justice reform. The freshman senator from Pittsfield hadn't been in office in the fall when dozens of bills began relating to reform piled into the Legislator nor was he appointed to the judiciary committee. But, he's trying to elbow his way in to advocate for major overhauls of the system. "It has now been made abundantly clear from both sides of the Legislature that the fall is when we will take on criminal justice reform," Hinds told the local branch of the NAACP on Wednesday when he sought input so he was in "lockstep" with the 7 Comments
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10 Arrested for Blocking Roads Near Sandisfield Gas Pipeline Project| 01:13PM / Wednesday, August 09, 2017 | |
 SANDISFIELD, Mass. — Ten protestors were arrested Wednesday morning for blocking roads to the natural gas pipeline extension project. State police said two groups — one at Cold Spring Road and South Beech Plain Road, the other at an access road —were peacefully blocking workers' access to the work area. Private security officers notified state police of the blockade at about 6:47 a.m. on Wednesday. Protestors were asked to disperse but informed "security they were refusing to leave and understood that would face arrest," according to state police. Troopers also asked them to disperse repeatedly and when they refused, they were 0 Comments
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Tanglewood, Sevenars Showcase Great MusicBy Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
12:41PM / Wednesday, August 09, 2017 | |
 Tanglewood this week will be very rewarding and diverse, with spectacular musical riches across the centuries, representing the progressive continuum of styles: music that's both ancient and new, and everything in-between.
Tanglewood continues its classical programming into mid-August, featuring powerful symphonic works – all audience favorites - performed by the Boston Symphony. The "heavy hitters" are: Stravinsky (the primordial "Rite of Spring"), Beethoven's exultant/tragic Seventh Symphony, Brahms (the magisterial Double Concerto for violin and cello and the Violin Concerto, and Schubert's C Major Symphony No. 9 ("Great"), among
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Letter: Turn Off Your Cell Phones During Theater Performances| 12:00PM / Wednesday, August 09, 2017 | |
 To the editor:
A cell phone stopped the show at Shakespeare & Company. During a particularly intense scene of Lynn Nottage's extraordinary "Intimate Apparel," the amazing actor Nehassaiu deGannes broke the fourth wall but stayed in the rage of her character. She said "Please turn off your cell phone. I can hear it vibrating, and I won't continue until you turn it off." She was scary. A woman in the front row reached into her purse and turned off her phone immediately. The play continued.
DeGannes's words changed the experience of the play for all of us, but far from enough to spoil it. I believe everyone in the audience was on her side. Let's
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As Eclipse Nears, Williams College Crew Prepares| 10:57AM / Wednesday, August 09, 2017 | |
A crew from Williams College is at the center of the planning for the solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. Want to see it for yourself? View details online. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College astronomer Jay Pasachoff. is heading one of the largest organized scientific expeditions to study the sun, and the sun's effects on Earth, at the eclipse.
"This summer's total solar eclipse is a bonanza for finding out more about how the sun shines," said Pasachoff, who will take advantage of his experience in observing eclipses, and organizing eclipse expeditions, by taking dozens of students and colleagues with him to Salem, Ore., for the event on Monday, Aug.
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How Can You Leave the Legacy You Desire?Submitted by Edward Jones,
10:35AM / Wednesday, August 09, 2017 | |
 You may not see it in the greeting card section of your local drugstore, but August is "What Will Be Your Legacy Month." So it's a good time to think about the type of legacy you would like to leave.
Of course, "legacy" can mean many things. In the broadest sense, your legacy is how you will be remembered by your loved ones, friends and the communities to which you belong. On a practical level, establishing your legacy means providing your family and the charitable organizations you support with the resources you would like them to have.
And that means you may need to take the following actions: create your plans, communicate your wishes and review and update your
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Yard Work by Dan, Troiano & Sons Reach Giorgi League Final| 10:15PM / Monday, August 07, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Joe Wiggins scored 28 points, and Dave Wellington scored 23 Monday to lead their respective teams into the championship game of the John Giorgi Summer Basketball league. Wiggins’ teammate, Taverick “Tank” Roberson, added 27 as their Yard Work by Dan squad jumped out to a 21-point half-time lead and held off a furious second-half comeback bid by defending champion Moonlight Diner before prevailing, 77-65, in Monday’s opener at the Armory. In the nightcap, Wellington was backed up by 21 points from Lawrence Carrier and 20 from Sedale Jones in a 75-62 win for Troiano & Sons/Kingsbread/Flynn & Dagnoli against Central 0 Comments
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Youth Teams Sought for Soccer Kickoff Event at BCC| 10:10PM / Monday, August 07, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Registration is under way for the 24th annual Berkshire Kickoff Classic Youth Soccer Tournament, scheduled for Sept. 2 and 3 at Berkshire Community College. Teams are welcome for boys and girls in the under-10, under-12 and under-14 divisions. The event begins with a high school preseason jamboree for varsity boys and girls teams on Friday evening. "As the competition has grown in popularity the High School Jamboree has become an integral part of the tournament," the tournament's website reads. "In addition, it provides our young players a vision of playing soccer at the next level after their youth soccer 0 Comments
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Berkshires Beat: 350Vermont Brings Summer Pop-Up Series to Bennington| 11:36AM / Monday, August 07, 2017 | |
 Popping up: 350Vermont's Summer Pop-Up Series is taking the Burlington-based climate organization to four Vermont communities, including a last stop this week in Bennington County. The pop-up tent will appear in four Bennington County locations: the Bennington Farmers Market (Aug. 8, 3-6 p.m.), the Left Bank in North Bennington (Aug. 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.), the Manchester Farmers Market (Aug. 10, 3-6 p.m.), and Willow Park in Bennington (Aug. 11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.). Each site will also host other activities such as workshops or cantastoria performances. A full schedule can be found online.
350VT's Jen Lazar describes the pop-up as a "mix of a traveling roadshow, a listening tour, a
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