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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 08:59 am

Berkshire News

Local news for Berkshire, MA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

1 hr ago | Capital News 9

Summertime on 9: The Berkshires

Berkshire County touts itself as America's cultural resort. The latest tagline from the Berkshire Visitors Bureau reads, "Nature. Culture.

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Related Topix: Berkshire County, MA, Theater, Arts

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Greylock News

Two Local Boys in Cast of Barrington Stage 'Seussical'

Mitch Galli of Williamstown will appear as Horton the Elephant, and Mitchell Despain of Adams will play one of the mischievous Wickersham Brothers in the Barrington Stage Youth Theatre production of Seussical" ...

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Related Topix: Williamstown, MA, Adams, MA, Great Barrington, MA

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Berkshire Eagle

Drug charges are added

As if Rocco Brower weren't in enough trouble, the accused drug kingpin and former barbershop owner is facing more charges related to his felony drug case, increasing his chances of landing in state prison.

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Related Topix: Pittsfield, MA, Drugs, Berkshire County, MA

Tue Jul 01, 2008

MassLive.com

Former businessman denies bank fraud, money-laundering and tax charges

Michael Armitage is seen in this 1999 file photo in his capacity as chief executive officer of Power Development Corp.

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Related Topix: Agawam, MA, Pittsfield, MA, Pittsfield Metro

Berkshire Eagle

Longtime Berkshires weatherman dies

George J. Bulgarelli, one of the most well-known meteorologists in the history of Berkshire County, loved weather all his life.

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Related Topix: Berkshire County, MA, Pittsfield, MA

Mon Jun 30, 2008

North Adams Transcript

Berkshire County Employment Outlook

"So where are all the jobs anyway?" We keep hearing that there are all these jobs in the Berkshires, but where are they? I was shocked when I learned that at any point there are over 2,000 job vacancies in the ...

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Related Topix: Berkshire County, MA

Sun Jun 29, 2008

IBerkshires

Pittsfield High Graduates Told to Unlock...

View Slide Show LENOX - You could tell the class was getting antsy for their diplomas when air mattresses and pool sharks began bopping over their heads not halfway through graduation ceremonies for Pittsfield ...

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Related Topix: Pittsfield Metro, Theater, Arts, Pittsfield, MA

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Berkshire Eagle

More than 300 arrive to honor local theater

The Berkshire Theatre Festival celebrated its 80th birthday yesterday, honoring the legacy of the county's oldest theater while seeking to build for its future.

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Related Topix: Lenox, MA, Berkshire County, MA, Stockbridge, MA

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Berkshire Eagle

H.E.L.P.ing the Housatonic

H.E.L.P. can go a long way. The Housatonic Environmental Literacy Program was formed earlier this year when Mass Audubon and the Housatonic Valley Association teamed up to offer an interactive multi-tiered ...

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Housatonic, MA, Dalton, MA

Mon Jun 23, 2008

North Adams Transcript

Food festival packs them in

The Northern Berkshire Food Festival started off with a bang Sunday, but it wasn't the kind organizers had in mind.

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Sat Jun 21, 2008

North Adams Transcript

J.T. Bus Line's final run

After 58 years of delivering Berkshire County students to school and back, J.T. Bus Lines will complete its final run this afternoon as its buses open their doors for the pupils at Gabriel Abbott Memorial ...

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Related Topix: Berkshire County, MA, Pittsfield, MA, Pittsfield Metro, Drury, MA

Thu Jun 19, 2008

North Adams Transcript

In the courts In the courts

Judge Peter Velis heard the following cases in Berkshire Superior Court on Friday.

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Related Topix: Sandwich, MA, Berkshire County, MA, North Adams, MA, Adams, MA

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Cw56.com

Monument Mountain grad receives Pearl scholarship

A Monument Mountain Regional High School graduate who plans on studying film and journalism at Fitchburg State College is the winner of the 2008 Daniel Pearl Berkshire Scholarship.

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Related Topix: Fitchburg, MA, Fitchburg Metro, North Adams, MA

Mon Jun 16, 2008

North Adams Transcript

BArT celebrates first senior class

That's how the graduating class -- the very first graduating class -- of Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School finished high school Saturday.

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Related Topix: Pittsfield, MA, Pittsfield Metro, Dalton, MA, Lenox, MA, Williamstown, MA

Sun Jun 15, 2008

Berkshire Eagle

BMC, Fairview add digital exams

Berkshire Health Systems is adding digital mammography to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield and to Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, an upgrade that could deliver more accurate mammograms to a large ...

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Related Topix: Pittsfield, MA, Pittsfield Metro, Great Barrington, MA, Radiology, Medicine

Fri Jun 13, 2008

North Adams Transcript

Berkshire Wind sold

The Berkshire Wind Project on Brodie Mountain has a new owner. Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Corp.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, Holden, MA, Paxton, MA, Peabody, MA

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Berkshire Eagle Online - Berkshires Week

Lenox names 3 as tops in 2008

Kaitlan Ahrens is valedictorian and Michaela Allison Murray and Evan Shelhamer are co-salutatorians for the Lenox Memorial High School Class of 2008.

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Related Topix: Berkshire County, MA, Lenox, MA

Mon Jun 09, 2008

Berkshire Eagle Online - Berkshires Week

Charges added in Pittsfield gun assault

Prosecutors have upped the ante for a Pittsfield man accused of assaulting a man with a handgun last month, charging him with armed assault with intent to murder - a felony punishable by up to 20 years in state ...

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Related Topix: Berkshire County, MA, Pittsfield, MA

Sat Jun 07, 2008

PR-inside.com

Boston Symphony Orchestra Generates More Than $166 Million Annually...

Bernadette Horgan, 617-638-9285 Director of Public Relations bhorgan@bso.org or Kathleend Drohan, 617-638-9286 Associate Director kdrohan@bso.org The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc., generates $166.7 million ...

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Related Topix: Suffolk County, MA, Massachusetts, Boston, MA

Berkshire Eagle Online - Berkshires Week

Exhibits, June 5-11

Bennington Center for the Arts Pastel Society of America members' exhibit Sat. through Aug.

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Related Topix: Lee, MA, Painting, Arts, Photography, Stockbridge, MA

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