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Convicted sex offender faces charges

A convicted sex offender is being held on high bail after pleading not guilty in Central Berkshire District Court to allegations that he had contact with a 13-year-old city resident.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

North Adams Transcript

Alleged dealer pleads not guilty

An alleged mid-level crack cocaine dealer from Manhattan, N.Y. who is believed to have direct ties to a Bronx-based drug ring distributing crack cocaine in the northern Berkshires, pleaded not guilty to numerous drug charges in Berkshire Superior Court on Thursday.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

North Adams Transcript

Adams Bust nets ammo, pot plants

The Berkshire County Drug Task Force and the Adams Police Department arrested three people last night and confiscated several marijuana plants at an Albert Street apartment.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Berkshire Eagle

Berkshire Talking Chronicle moves from Dalton to Pittsfield

The Berkshire Talking Chronicle, the nonprofit outfit that broadcasts reading services for the blind and reading impaired, has moved to a new home.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Berkshire Eagle

Arrests deter gangs, drugs

There's a simple formula police use to explain how they bust gangs and their economic endeavors in the drug trade: Arrests = hours.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

Berkshire Eagle

Death prompts run on CDs -- and vinyl

Toonerville Trolley, the Williamstown record store, had Michael Jackson CDs on hand Friday morning.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

North Adams Transcript

Beware the wind industry, blustering across the Berkshires

There are moments when I am so outraged I don't know what to say first. That happened when I read that Don McCauley, head of Minuteman Wind, was shopping his Savoy wind project to the towns of Wellesley and Concord in eastern Massachusetts.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Berkshire Eagle

Developer loses lawsuit

Developer Michael Deep lost another of his lawsuits against the City of North Adams this week.

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North Adams Transcript

Renewable Energy in the Berkshires Wind projects still in infancy

While the Berkshire hills are being eyed as the primary location for wind power projects on state-owned land, turbines aren't likely to start popping up anytime soon, state officials said Wednesday during a public input session at Berkshire Community College.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Berkshire Eagle

'Vette fete benefits charity

They were line up in the field behind the Krispy Cones Sofe Serve Cafe: red Corvettes, white Corvettes, green Corvettes, a total of 30 in all.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Berkshire Eagle

City home invasion suspect pleads not guilty

Four down and one to go. That's the number of defendants who have been arraigned so far in Berkshire Superior Court for their alleged roles in a West Side home invasion that left a man seriously wounded.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

WHDH

Officals to hold forum on wind power

Massachusetts officials will hold the last of two public hearings on a study that identified potential wind power on state land.

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Berkshire Eagle

Locals facing a fiscal realitya n Berkshire lawmakers finally get firm ...

After weeks of delay, the state House and Senate on Friday finally gave Berkshire budget makers what they had been waiting for: firm numbers.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Berkshire Eagle

Adams unfazed by cuts in aid

The state House and Senate approved a $27.4 billion budget on Friday afternoon that will see a cut of up to 15 percent in aid to some cities and towns.

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North Adams Transcript

Mass. Broadband Institute Group to vie for stimulus funds

Before a large and often emotional crowd, the director of the Massachusetts Broadband Institute spent two hours on Friday afternoon fielding questions on the lack of broadband access in the Berkshires, and outlining the organization's plans to tap into a pool of federal economic stimulus money to expand that technology here.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Berkshire Eagle

$1.15M budget on agenda

Town voters will be asked to approve a $1.15 million budget during the annual town meeting at 7 p.m. at the Florida Senior Center.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

IBerkshires

Moulton's General Store for...

William Norcross of North Adams won the Stamford Volunteer Fire Department's baseball excursion.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Berkshire Eagle

Immigrant Center offers walk-in hours

Due to an increasing demand for services, the Berkshire Immigrant Center has begun to offer walk-in hours to enable those seeking immigration advice or services to avoid waiting weeks for an appointment.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Berkshire Eagle

Alleged dealers charged

Narcotics investigators have been busy this spring locking up alleged Pittsfield drug dealers, three of whom recently were charged in Berkshire Superior Court for unrelated cases.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

IBerkshires

First Buy in Berkshires Expo...

An input session on the proposed trail system at the Glen will be held Monday, June 15, from 6 to 8 at Adams Town Hall.

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