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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Sarah’s Cheesecakes & Cafe in Pittsfield

The small family-owned and -operated operation is celebrating its 20th anniversary—and looking forward to many more years to come.

Pittsfield’s forgotten, ‘underidentified’ community: Children living in poverty

There are more than 900 kids living in poverty in the neighborhoods immediately surrounding the Berkshire Museum where veiled protesters have decried the ‘tremendous loss’ of paintings.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Resilience’ film screenings and discussions; Berkshire Grown harvest supper; grief support group

Berkshire Grown is partnering with state Sen. Adam G. Hinds co-chair of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development to highlight the Berkshires’ thriving farm-to-table movement at the supper.

Business Briefs: United Way seeks community investment proposals; Nonprofit awareness workshop; Stockbridge Cultural Council seeks grant proposals; Greylock introduces ChaChing app; BCC launches job...

Workshop participants will learn how to use a multi-channel approach to increase awareness about an organization, be it for- or nonprofit, via the topics of marketing, advertising, publicity and outreach.

Bits & Bytes: Gillian Seidl scholarship; golf classic accepting registration; local author up for Thurber Prize; the Josh requests volunteers

Author Aaron Thier is a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the only recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States.

Richard Krzynowek, 70, of Egremont, former president of Isgood Realty

He became the president of Isgood Realty in 1980, a position he held until his recent retirement. His broad knowledge of the marketplace, business acumen and personality made him the "go to" person amongst peers, earning him the title of the dean of Berkshire county real estate.

Business Briefs: New Berkshire Children & Families CEO; Red Lion Inn expands culinary team; grant for Shakespeare & Company; CEPA designation for Berkshire Money...

In conjunction with the Berkshire Juvenile Court system, adolescent offenders in the Shakespeare in the Courts program study rehearse and perform Shakespeare as an alternative to more punitive consequences.

United Way grant for Flying Cloud a ‘dream come true’ for educating young women in science

Flying Cloud Institute has just received $25,000 from Berkshire United Way to support its Young Women in Science after-school and summer programs reaching more than 360 girls in grades 3 to 12 from Sheffield to Pittsfield.

Business Briefs: Fairview announces awards; Jacob’s Pillow, Greenagers partnership; excellence award for Berkshire Baby Box; Lee Bank relieves employee student loan debt; grant for...

Lee Bank has announced its partnership with Gradifi to offer student loan debt relief as part of its employee benefits package.

Business Briefs: Berkshire United Way Day of Caring; Monetary awards for Berkshire South; fellowship for Austen Riggs psychologist; grants for Ventfort Hall; ‘Guide to...

An increase from last year’s gift, the combined support provides funding to ensure that all children will benefit from Berkshire South’s summer excursions regardless of their ability to pay for them.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington;’ ‘The Kabbalah of Bob Dylan;’ 1854 Town Hall benefit; 28,000 lbs. of food donated

'Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington' is set in 1915 and centers on an encounter between Du Bois and fellow NAACP co-founder Mary White Ovington.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Everyday People;’ young writers to share work; invasive plant volunteer day; postal workers’ food drive

The celebratory reading will feature about a dozen students ages 14 to 18 who will present selections of their poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction.

Business Briefs: Doyle joins CDCSB board; recognition for Berkshire Baby Box; Mad Macs founder completes Goldman-Sachs program; Live United community celebration; financial advisors promoted

Berkshire Baby Box has been selected by the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network as a finalist for the 2017 Nonprofit Excellence Awards for its success as a small nonprofit.

News Brief: Railroad Street Youth Project earns $11,200 grant for workforce training

The state awarded $7.9 million in workforce training fund grants to 111 Massachusetts companies for training over 5,243 workers and creating an expected 522 new jobs.

Business Briefs: Managing director for Barrington Stage; Barnbrook Realty opens Lenox office; Berkshire Botanical appoints trustees; Berkshire United Way seeks proposals; agents for William...

Organizations submitting community investment proposals to Berkshire United Way must deliver programs and outcomes that align with one of two priority community issues: early childhood development and positive youth development.

Business Briefs: U.S.-China publishing partnership; new managing director at Shakespeare & Co.; ‘HR for Nonprofits’; United Way applications sought; Greylock promotions

Adam Davis produced the L.A. County Holiday Celebration, an annual event at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of Los Angeles featuring 600 performing artists from the county’s myriad cultural communities, for which he received an Emmy Award in 2013.

Bits & Bytes: Denny Alsop at Laurel Hill meeting; area blood drives; BCC Day of Service; Berkshire Human Rights Speaker Series; tax assistance rally

A longtime Stockbridge resident, Denny Alsop made the first crossing of Massachusetts by canoe in 1988 and his journey resulted in the introduction of the Massachusetts Rivers Protection Act.
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