Burger Kings Closed in Pittsfield, LenoxBy Joe Durwin,
11:21AM / Thursday, June 28, 2012 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A local Burger King franchise closed the doors on three of its eateries Thursday morning.
Signs at the drive-up window at the First Street location say "Closed temporarily, sorry for the inconvenience." The Burger King on Merrill Road is also closed with the same signage; someone who answered at the Burger King in Lenox said that eatery closed Wednesday night, but the closure is only temporarily.
When contacted about the closures, franchise owner Richard George of Pittsfield replied, "I'm not at liberty to say right now."
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Berkshire Bank Branch Officer Completes Graduate School With Honors| 11:39AM / Friday, June 22, 2012 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Bank announced that Heidi Higgins, assistant vice president and branch officer of the 99 North St. Pittsfield office, has completed the American Bankers Association Stonier National Graduate School of Banking at University of Pennsylvania. Higgins received her diploma on June 7, 2012, graduating with honors.
“We are so proud of Heidi’s accomplishment," Tami Gunsch, senior vice president of retail banking, said. "She completed an intensive program designed to build upon her already well-established banking and leadership skills. All that she learned will enhance her professional career and benefit our 0 Comments
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Lenox Yarn Shop Offers 'Tasty' DesignsStaff Reports,
04:16PM / Thursday, June 21, 2012 | |
It looks almost good enough to eat ... if a little heavy on the fiber.
Colorful Stitches co-owner Bonnie J. Burton designed and knitted a variety of fast food and traditional summer fare for exhibit at the specialty yarn store at 48 Main St. in Lenox.
The yarn sculpture food — "Knitted Taste of Lenox" — includes hot dog and hamburger, pizza, cake, a bottle of wine, ice cream, full lobster dinner and more. (We particularly loved that lobster dinner, although the layered chocolate cake looks good, too.)
"Little did I know how addictive this project would become. I just kept coming up with new subjects to knit, but finally had to stop adding dishes so the 0 Comments
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Carr's Closing New York LocationStaff Reports,
09:25PM / Monday, June 18, 2012 | |
Carr Hardware is calling it quits in Watervliet, N.Y., done in by long, long road reconstruction.
According to the Times-Union of Albany, N.Y., the Carr Hardware store at 701 19th St. is liquidating its assets and closing by October. A hardware store's been at the location for 50 years; the first 45 as the family-operated DeLollo Hardware and the last five as Carr.
Carr Hardware's Dave Paris told the Times-Union that the two-year road construction on 19th Street had made an untenable cut into the store's profits.
Road work has been tough on the Pittsfield-based hardware chain. The company's president, Barton Raser, said Carr had seen a dramatic decrease in traffic in Watervliet 0 Comments
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Plastics Company Opening Location in Adams Park| 05:15PM / Thursday, June 14, 2012 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — A plastic sheet supplier and recycler is opening a new site in the Adams Corporate Park.
Optiglass PC LLC is a supplier of polycarbonate sheet and film, in association with bGreenplastic, a customized recycling service for plastic companies, both headquartered in North Carolina.
Rick Filiault, president and found of both companies, is a former account manager with GE Plastics.
Filiault said his goals is to "reawaken the foundation of plastic services in Berkshire County, and facilitate this process with passion and integrity."
"After growing up and working in Berkshire County, I felt that I needed to expand my business here, as Pittsfield 0 Comments
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