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Solar Industry Names Downing Legislator of 2013| 04:26PM / Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | |
 Sen. Benjamin Downing receives the SEIA Legislator of the Year Award from Dan Berwick, director of policy and dusiness development at Borrego Solar. BOSTON — State Sen. Benjamin B. Downing has been named 2013 Legislator of the Year by the Solar Energy Industries Association.
The presentation was made June 12 at the State House during the first-ever "Solar Day on the Hill," which Downing hosted.
"SEIA is proud to recognize Senator Downing for his leadership in renewable energy policy in Massachusetts, and in particular, for his steadfast support of solar projects," said Carrie Cullen Hitt, senior vice president of state affairs for SEIA. "Over the past few
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'The Internship': A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the FutureBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
10:13AM / Monday, June 17, 2013 | |
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by Michael S. Goldberger
20th Century Fox Films Vince Vaughn, left, and Owen Wilson team up again in 'The Internship.' Director Shawn Levy's "The Internship" is the sort of lighthearted ditty Bing Crosby and Bob Hope might have knocked out if they were making their "road to" movies at the dawn of this millennium. However, since the filmmaker has neither resurrecting powers nor a time machine, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson make good substitutes. The sensibilities of the genre are kept intact. Except that, in this incarnation, the starry-eyed, bantering best buddies find fun, 0 Comments
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Berkshire Red Cross Chapter Honors Disaster RespondersBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
02:26PM / Friday, June 14, 2013 | |
 Paul Johansen, Robin Avery, Glenn Wheeler, Vivi Mannuzza and Candida Cooper pose for a photo following Thursday's ceremony. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — American Red Cross volunteers are known for arriving to disaster scenes with arms full of supplies for victims. But sometimes their desire to help goes beyond that.
For Candida Cooper, helping meant dancing in the rain with a police officer as the scene of a disaster. Recently, Cooper arrived at a scene at which a storm had knocked a tree into a home. She met a mother with a young daughter who was overwhelmed with fear of the thunder and lightening. The home was too damaged for the family to go back into it.
Cooper told the
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Are We There Yet?: Father Appreciation WeekendBy Rebecca Dravis,
01:05PM / Friday, June 14, 2013 | |
 I was listening to NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" show a couple weeks ago when they mentioned a story about women going to some outfit in Hawaii where they could give birth among dolphins. One of the many subsequent jokes about this was that a dolphin is just about as useful in the birthing process as a dad. My 7-year-old daughter was in the car with me, and she piped up, "What does that mean? Dads don't do anything to help babies be born?" Dads really have a bad rap, from jokes like that to the recent spate of commercials showing them acting hapless in basic baby situations, like diapering and swaddling. Dads are also underappreciated — 0 Comments
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iBerkshire Tag Sales: June 14 &15| 12:15PM / Friday, June 14, 2013 | |
 iBerkshires.com's FREE tag sale listing are back for the summer. Send your tag sale information — address, date, time and a brief description — info@iberkshires.com by 5 p.m. on Thursday. We'll post by Friday afternoon for the weekend listings. You can download the map and the listings, or use it on your smart phone. Have suggestions for our tag sale listings? Let us know at info@iberkshires.com. Hoping for nice weather this weekend! Lots of tag sales to choose from. View Berkshire County Tag Sales, June 14 &15 in a full screen map 0 Comments
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'Fast & Furious 6': Left Me in the DustBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
10:02AM / Friday, June 14, 2013 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Universal Pictures Odds are the flock of 15-year-old boys who excitedly drooled over "Fast & Furious 6" in the theater where I painfully attempted to make hide or hair of said sociocultural pandemonium on a recent rainy afternoon won't read this negative review. But if they do, I think they'll politely agree and then add, "Yeah, but it's great." A detonated piñata of special effects, it is of and for their time, and while it is a matter of conjecture whether franchise holder Universal Studios has created or responded to this entertainment 0 Comments
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Colonial Horse & Carriage Show Returning To StockbridgeBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
10:01PM / Thursday, June 13, 2013 | |
 Ron Konove driving in the carriage dog class at a recent show. STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Carriage drivers from around the region and more than 50 horses will descend on 200-acre Orleton Farm this weekend.
The annual Orleton Farm Pleasure Driving Show brings drivers to compete in an array of classes and show off their best horses and antique carriages. What used to be a semi-private competition has evolved to become a promotion for the sport with the organizers turning the show into public event and festival.
"It's keeping a tradition alive," said Cindy Tirrell, who has helped organize the event. "If people don't keep doing it then it will fade
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The Independent Investor: A Taste of Things to ComeBy Bill Schmick,
04:34PM / Thursday, June 13, 2013 | |
 If you are a bond holder, the last few weeks may have come as a shock. Ever since the Fed raised the possibility of tapering their stimulus program, interest rates have spiked higher. For the first time in years, bondholders actually saw bond prices decline. Get used to it.
If you are a baby boomer, the price declines in all things that yield interest or income since May 22 might have you wondering what happened to your "safe" investments. All our professional lives we were told that bonds were "safe" for "conservative" investors, widows and orphans and for those among us that find the stock market too risky.
That was sage advice, if somewhat misleading. For
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Tanglewood Expects Economic Impact to GrowBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
02:50PM / Wednesday, June 12, 2013 | |
 Chamber of Commerce CEO Michael Supranowicz presents Mark Volpe with a gift bag for being the keynote speaker at Wednesday's breakfast. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Tanglewood isn't just a stage for the "greatest artists of our time" but also a major driver of the cultural and educational business in the Berkshires.
That was the word from Boston Symphony Orchestra Managing Director Mark Volpe on Wednesday morning about the BSO's summer home in Lenox. Volpe was the keynote speaker at the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce's Good News Business Salute breakfast at the Crowne Plaza. Weaving humorous stories with discussion on the business, Volpe said the BSO and
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McCann Postsecondary Class 'Benefit' to CommunityBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
07:01PM / Tuesday, June 11, 2013 | |
 Above, Shelby Groves with surgical technology coordinator Jocelyne Hescock; at left, being presented the Jaime Drennan Scholarship by Drennan's parents, Anthony and Dolores Sacchetti. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — It was something of a completed circle on Monday night, as Shelby Groves was presented the first Jamie Sacchetti Drennan Memorial Scholarship.
Drennan had stood in McCann Technical School gym just a year before to recieve a lifetime acheivement award for her excellence in surgical technology. A 1981 graduate of the school's surgical technology program, she lost her battle with illness just six weeks later.
"It was very nice. ... I had a couple of my trainers tell me
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