Nominations Accepted For Young Careerist Competition| 04:26PM / Thursday, December 22, 2011 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Business and Professional Women is seeking seven nominations for the 2012 Young Careerist Competition.
The speak-off will take place on Monday, Feb. 6 at Mazzeo's Ristorante at 5:30 p.m. Each year, Berkshire BPW honors working women between the ages of 21–35 for their personal and professional achievements.
The co-chairs for the event are Barbara Martin and Heidi Higgins. The criteria requested by nominees are as follows:
To be between the ages of 21-35.
Be or have been employed in a business of their profession with at least one year of full time work experience.
Be living and/or working in Berkshire County.
Be active in civic 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Sees Job Gains Over YearExecutive Office of Labor and Workforce Development,
10:31AM / Tuesday, December 20, 2011 | |
BOSTON — The Pittsfield metropolitan area had one of the biggest percentage gains in jobs over the past year, up 3.7 percent, as the state has continued to see a drop in unemployment rates.
Pittsfield's jobless rate (seasonally unadjusted) has dropped from 8.1 percent last November to 6.6 percent, below the state jobless rate.
The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development on Tuesday reported that the November seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates were down over-the-month in 19 areas and up in three areas — Tisbury, Nantucket and Barnstable. Statewide, the November seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 6.4 percent, down from 6.8 percent in October. 4 Comments
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Adams Co-Op, South Adams Bank Merger ApprovedStaff Reports,
01:25PM / Wednesday, December 14, 2011 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — Adams Co-Operative Bank and South Adams Savings bank received federal and state approvals to merge.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Fund and the state Division of Banks and Depositor's Insurance Fund gave the banks notification of the approval on Dec. 9. The new Adams Community Bank will be a $400 million entity of two of the county's oldest community banks.
The merging was announced in September.
"This is an early Christmas present for both banks," said Joseph Truskowski Jr., president and CEO of Adams Co-Operative Bank, in a statement. "We anticipated receiving the news but not all final approvals until after the holidays."
The 0 Comments
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Treasury Halts Wasteful Presidential Coin ProgramStaff Reports,
05:28PM / Tuesday, December 13, 2011 | |
Taxpayers — and Crane & Co. — can sigh in relief that the unwanted and unloved dollar coin is kaput.
The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday announced it has suspended the program.
Sen. Scott Brown, who with Sen. John Kerry pushed a bill earlier this year to end the program, said the move will save taxpayers at least $50 million.
"For decades, special interests have pushed the wasteful dollar-coin program on the American people," he said. "They readily admitted that Americans would only use dollar coins if the popular dollar bill was eliminated — a move that would have wiped out hundreds of Massachusetts jobs. I introduced legislation to stop the coin 0 Comments
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Common Good Finance Gets Google GrantStaff Reports,
05:39PM / Monday, December 12, 2011 | |
ASHFIELD, Mass. — The nonprofit Common Good Finance has received a more than a $100,000 a year in free advertising and other services through a Google Grant.
The organization is set to launch its R Credit initiative next year in Greenfield. The "R" in R Credits stands for "Regenerative, Revolutionary, and taking Responsibility" for the local economy.
"It combines features from successful alternative credit systems, adding technology innovations and procedures to ensure a secure, profitable experience for everyone," said William Spademan, president of Common Good Finance, in a statement.
The system is somewhat similar to Berkshares in that it 0 Comments
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